'Faith' in what in Buddhism? (saddha)

"Faith" in what?
In Buddhism, "faith" (Pali saddhā, Sanskrit śraddhā) refers to a confident, serene commitment to the practice of the Buddha's Teaching (Dhamma, Dharma, Doctrine), and to trust in enlightened or highly developed beings, such as the noble ones (those along the four stages of enlightenment).

Buddhists usually recognize multiple objects of this sort of confidence or conviction, but many are especially devoted to one in particular, such as one particular buddha or disciple.

Faith may not only be devotion to a person but exists in relation to Buddhist concepts like the efficacy of karma (confidence that intentional action produce results) and the possibility of enlightenment for those who put into practice what the Buddha taught.

Who are the "noble ones," the real Aryan Sangha?

Faith in Early Buddhism focused on going for guidance the Triple Gem, namely: Buddha (Teacher), Dharma (Teaching), and the successfully Taught (the Noble Saṅgha, the "spiritual community" of developed cultivators of the path).

A faithful devotee was called an upāsaka or upāsika, a status for which no formal initiation is required.

Early Buddhism valued personal verification of the truth of the Buddha's Teachings as the best way to confirm what is true. By comparison, it considered sacred texts (scriptures), mere reason, or faith in a teacher to be far less valuable sources of authority. See the Kalama Sutta.

As important as faith is to initiate action along the path-of-practice, it is merely a first step on the path of compassion and wisdom to awakening (full enlightenment).

Faith becomes obsolete or is redefined at the final stage of the path as it converts to gnosis (direct experience). More

• Dhr. Seven, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Pat Macpherson (eds.), Wiki edit saddha