Śraddhā

 

The free translation for Sraddha is faith knowledge and is more than blind belief, as it creates trust and conviction that serves as pulp to profound spiritual knowledge.

The spiritual path of self realization is called Śraddhā and is the unwavering trust that the ultimate reality of Gods presence in the individual soul is the longing of the spirit to unite.

In Vedic tradition, Śraddhā is expected to mature into direct realization with the divine as branches in the living being.

It is the necessary starting point for spiritual advancement and understanding, that faith in the Divine nourishes the branches from the roots as conscious, trust-based approach to the absolute truth in the tree of life.

While faith is often considered as belief in things unseen and tangled by knowledge guiding to action that turn abstract beliefs into obedient and rational trust.

Faith is not blind and is based on knowledge with the unity in the self and not on the knowledge of God revealed through scriptures.

Faith and reason do not need to be necessarily in conflict, but rather two ways of understanding the realities of the divine.

Faith-knowledge involves using the scripture knowledge within a framework of spiritual understanding, whereas the rational certainty of intuitive correspondence with the divine, as obedient server.

The evidence of things not seen and seen by some is the conviction that the maturity of the senses become accurate and correct.

Belief without knowledge forms the basis of faith and is the intimate calling to become the essential part or branch of the divine tree.

Beyond the world of feelings are informed decisions that have effects on life by shaping choices and the essential aspect of living.

Humanity, as the image bearer needs to allow the comprehending natural influential forces, to shape into the real sense of personality, in his image.

Faith therefore remains as knowledge and conviction that we are made in the image of God.