The Relationship Between Faith and Hope

It's very hard in a relationship, a student-teacher relationship, not to have a power dynamic. It's far more common in other traditions where the teacher is looked on as a manifestation of the Buddha. Norman Fisher says, it can be tricky because one could think that faith that is not in something or someone is really just self-confidence. In a way, faith in self and faith in other might in the end collapse into the same thing. Sharon Salzberg says, I think they would have to. Whether you're starting with the other or you'restarting with yourself, ultimately, it has to be about everybody. This truth is beyond self and other.