Collected Advices of Rebbi Nachman Z"TzUKL:
Truth and faith (partial)
Literal translation from Hebrew by Nissim Kaufmann Sh"Y, last changed 04/23/06
1. Redemption depends mainly on faith, for the main cause of exile is nothing but lack of faith. (Likutei Moharan 7:1)
2. Faith and prayer and miracles and the Land of Israel are one idea, and they all depend on each other. (there)
3. There are people who cover all the miracles under the course of nature, and when these unbelievers are finished, who have no faith in miracles, and when faith abounds in the world – then Mashaich will come, for redemption depends on faith as mentioned above. (there)
4. It is impossible
to come to faith except by truth (i.e. the exact root of faith is
nowhere but in that which the intellect cannot understand, for where
the intellect understands – faith is not applicable. And hence, when
the intellect does not understand, from where should one come to
believe in that which one needs to believe? Therefore faith depends
mainly on truth, for if a man wants to truthfully look at the truth, he
will understand on his own that one must believe in the holy faith, in
the Lord, blessed-be-He and in the true Tzaddikim and in the Holy
Torah, even though it is impossible to understand with his materialized
intellect. For by looking at the truth with an eye of truth, he will
see from afar that the truth is that way, but it is impossible to
understand with the intellect, and one needs only strengthen himself in
complete faith; understand this well. (there)
5.
It is impossible to come to truth except through
true Tzaddikim, and one should walkin in the way of their advice and
should not stray right or left from their words, and through this the
truth will be engraved in him and he shall merit to faith etc. and as
mentioned above. Likewise must one farthen himself from the
advice of the wicked and the opposers who dispute the truth. And
all this one merits through the commandment of tzitzit, which is the
idea of protection from lechery, which is the idea of the advice of the
wicked, and merits to rectification of the Covenant, which is the idea
of the advice of the Tzaddikim. (there)
6.
Through praying with force and putting all one's
might into the letters of the prayer, through this one merits to
truth. (there 9)
5. It is impossible to
come to truth except through true Tzaddikim, and one should walkin in
the way of their advice and should
5. It is impossible to
come to truth except through true Tzaddikim, and one should walkin in
the way of their advice and should
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