Blind faith (Lectures)

Expressions researched:
"blind faith" |"blind or unquestioning faith" |"blind, sentimental religious faith" |"blind, so-called religious faith" |"faith is blind" |"faith is not blind" |"faith is sometimes blind" |"faith may be blind" |"faith or some blind belief" |"faith should not be blind" |"faith, it is blind"

Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

Apply your arguments. Apply your logic. Don't take it as a sentiment or as a blind faith.

Lecture on BG 4.11-12 -- New York, July 28, 1966:

Suppose you hear something of the Bhagavad-gītā, and it appeals to you, or even does not appeal to you. Just try to think over: "What Bhagavad-gītā says? How Swamiji has discussed this matter?" Apply your arguments. Apply your logic. Don't take it as a sentiment or as a blind faith. You have got reason; you have got arguments; you have got sense. Apply it and try to understand it. Neither it is bogus. It is scientific. Then you will feel... Taj-joṣaṇād āśv apavarga-vartmani śraddhā ratir bhaktir anukramiṣyati. You will gradually develop your attachment for hearing it, and devotional service will be invoked in your heart, and then, gradually, you will make progress.