saddha
in Buddhism, the initial acceptance of the Buddha's teachings, prior to the acquisition of right understanding and right thought. Buddhism does not rely on supernatural authority or the word of the Buddha but claims rather that its teachings can all be experientially verified. The act of entering onto the Eightfold Path (the Buddhist system of spiritual progress) involves, however, a provisional acceptance, through faith, of the Buddha and his teachings that is later confirmed by direct experience and by the growth of right understanding. Some Buddhist commentators have analyzed three kinds of faith: affective (devotional), conative (involving effort), and cognitive (rational)
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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