What is faith for me?

Faith is not only a realization of manifestation of human vulnerabilities called arishadvarga in sanskrit i.e., gluttony, hatred, parsimony, delusory emotional attachment, hubris, and covetousness but also acceptance of the cure for the same within oneself, wherein the idea of God is a mere catalyst facilitating a quantum leap from the former to the latter. Ones needing not the catalyst becomes one themselves, e.g., Swami Vivekananda, Bhagavan Ramana among others.

For instance, Tyagaraja, a renowned saint and one third of the trinity of carnatic music (others being Syama Shastri, and Muthuswami Deekshitaar) in his dedication to Lord Rama, which goes 'Bantu reeti koluveeyavayya Rama', says, 'tuntavintivaani modalaina madaadula batti nelagula cheya', which means make me a servant of yours who can break the binding to the arishadvarga such as endless desire or trushna. 

 Herein, Tyagaraja not only accepts his vulnerability to arishadvarga but also sees a cure for the same invoking his faith to Lord Rama through Bhakti marga, which is one of the nine prescribed margas (sharavanam keertanam vishnoh smaranam padasevanam archanama vandanam dasyam sakhyam aatmanivedanam).

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