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Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/comments/196hqs7/zen_hopefuls_faith_in_teachings_vs_normies_trust/
Post Summary: A while ago ewk gave a description of the difference between trust and faith that stuck with me and has influenced my thinking quite a bit ever since. To paraphrase:
faith can ignore evidence in favour of confidence in a given principle. that apparent confidence is seen as a worthwhile end in its own right.
trust can test endlessly, having no preference that any given principle is true or false. there's no question of 'i'd rather not have this information.'
Zen Teaching: A little Layman Pang, a lot of Dongshan (because I say so)
Post Cast Overview: We started with people who hate Zen actually spend more time hating online than studying what they claim they believe, and we ended up talking about cooking and how following the recipe can be like following the bird path (what? How?)
Zen Lineage: www.reddit.com/r/zensangha/wiki/getstarted
