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soul

See also heart, mind, spirit
  1. sems/ 

    Biblical: In the OT the fundamental meaning of the term translated "soul" is "life"; in the Gk. the terms psyche (mind) and pneuma (spirit) are used for those aspects of man's being which survive death; hence, a Bib. definition for sems/  could be snying gi gang zag sbas pa/  the hidden inner person (1 Pet. 3:4 SV); sems gsod mi thub/  cannot kill the soul (Mt. 10:28), sems la ngal gso thob 'ong /  find rest for your souls (Mt. 11:29), rang gi snying hril po dang /,,sems hril po dang /,,yid hril po/  [with] all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind (Mt. 22:37), nga yi sems kyis gtso bor bstod/  my soul glorifies the Lord (Lk. 1:46), lus srog sems gsum/  body, spirit, and soul (1 Thes. 5:23), sems kyi thar pa/  salvation of the soul (1 Pet. 1:9).

    Buddhist: see heart, mind.

  2. srog

    [lit. life]

    Biblical: soul, life: 'jig rten hril po thob kyang /,,rang srog brlag gains the whole world, loses his own soul (Mt. 16:26).

    Buddhist: see life.

  3. snying / 

    [lit. heart]

    Biblical: soul: khyed kyi snying la'ang ral gri snun par 'gyur/  and a sword will pierce your own soul too (Lk. 2:35).

    Buddhist: see heart.