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Holy Spirit

thugs nyid/ 

[hon. of sems nyid/  spirit] or dam pa'i thugs nyid/ 

Biblical: the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit: dkon mchog gi thugs nyid chu rnams kyi steng du lding ba yin/  the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters (Gen. 1:2), stongs grogs thugs nyid dam pa/  the Counselor, the Holy Spirit (Jn. 14:26), thams cad la dam pa'i thugs nyid kyis khyabs/  they were all filled with the Holy Spirit (Acts 4:31), khong gis khyod cag la dam pa'i thugs nyid dang me'i khrus gnang bar 'gyur/  he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire (Mt. 3:11), dam pa'i thugs nyid dang ldan par gyur to/  they received the Holy Spirit (Acts 8:17), dam pa'i thugs nyid kyi mchod khang /  a temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 6:19), dam pa'i thugs nyid kyi gnang sbyin/  gifts of the Holy Spirit (Heb. 2:4), thugs nyid kyi 'bras bu/  the fruit of the Holy Spirit (Gal. 5:22).