Guest guest Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 Namaste I came across this Pali definition this morning and wondered if the sanskrit word sadhana is somehow related through a root word with saddha in Pali?. . . The literal for saddha here is truly beautiful. . .To place the heart upon. " " In Pali, the language of the original Buddhist texts, the word usually translated as faith is saddha, which literally means " to place the heart upon. " To have faith is to offer one's heart. In Pali faith is a verb, an action, as it is also in Latin and Hebrew. It is not a singular state that we either have or don't have, but is something that we do. We " faithe. " Aum Amriteswaryai Namaha In Amma ordinary sparrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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