Saddhā: The Criterion of Being the Tathāgata's Son
…ed here as ‘settled, rooted, established, and solid’ so that it
cannot be altered either by the one who possesses magical power,
or who is of so-called high birth, or by divine power, evil power, or
high…
…is kind of confidence is not an ordinary belief, but a quality of noble individuals (ariya-puggala) who have realized the truth of Buddha’s dhamma and become self-reliant. The passage highlights the spir…