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Mercuræn Buddhist
They are right there, all one one page. It's not as if I told you to go educate yourself by throwing a whole book at you like this:However, I will copy and paste some excerpts here for you:
1 Corinthians 12
6 Now there are different gifts, (C) but the same Spirit. 5 There are different ministries, but the same Lord. 6 And there are different activities, but the same God is active in everyone and everything. 7 A manifestation of the Spirit is given to each person (D) to produce what is beneficial:
8 to one (E) is given a message of wisdom (F) through the Spirit,
to another, a message of knowledge by the same Spirit,
9 to another, faith by the same Spirit,
to another, gifts of healing (G) by the one Spirit,
10 to another, the performing of miracles, (H)
to another, prophecy, (I)
to another, distinguishing between spirits, (J)
to another, different kinds of languages,
to another, interpretation of languages.
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27 Now you are the body of Christ, (Q) and individual members of it. 28 And God has placed these in the church: (R)
first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, (S) next, miracles, (T)
then gifts of healing, (U) helping, managing, various kinds of languages.
29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets?
Are all teachers? Do all do miracles?
30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in languages?
Do all interpret? (V)
31 But desire (W) the greater gifts. And I will show you an even better way.
1 Corinthians 13 (which I believe should be part of chapter 12--testing the spirit and the Spiritual gift that does not pass away like prophesy, xenoglossy, gifts of healings, etc...)
1 If I speak the languages of men and of angels, but do not have love, (X)
I am a sounding gong (Y) or a clanging cymbal.
2 If I have [the gift of] prophecy, (Z)
and understand all mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I have all faith, so that I can move mountains, (AA)
but do not have love, I am nothing.
3 And if I donate all my goods to feed the poor,
and if I give my body to be burned, [c]
but do not have love, I gain nothing.
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8 Love never ends. (AI)
But as for prophecies, they will come to an end;
as for languages, they will cease;
as for knowledge, it will come to an end.
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10 But when the perfect comes, the partial will come to an end.
Gifts like prophesy, etc, can be examined to determine whether it is a product of mind, or a product of transcendence. It serves as a sign which helps us to recognize and cultivate the greater, more subtle gifts that are less recognizable as being a product of transcendence:6 Now there are different gifts, (C) but the same Spirit. 5 There are different ministries, but the same Lord. 6 And there are different activities, but the same God is active in everyone and everything. 7 A manifestation of the Spirit is given to each person (D) to produce what is beneficial:
8 to one (E) is given a message of wisdom (F) through the Spirit,
to another, a message of knowledge by the same Spirit,
9 to another, faith by the same Spirit,
to another, gifts of healing (G) by the one Spirit,
10 to another, the performing of miracles, (H)
to another, prophecy, (I)
to another, distinguishing between spirits, (J)
to another, different kinds of languages,
to another, interpretation of languages.
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27 Now you are the body of Christ, (Q) and individual members of it. 28 And God has placed these in the church: (R)
first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, (S) next, miracles, (T)
then gifts of healing, (U) helping, managing, various kinds of languages.
29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets?
Are all teachers? Do all do miracles?
30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in languages?
Do all interpret? (V)
31 But desire (W) the greater gifts. And I will show you an even better way.
1 Corinthians 13 (which I believe should be part of chapter 12--testing the spirit and the Spiritual gift that does not pass away like prophesy, xenoglossy, gifts of healings, etc...)
1 If I speak the languages of men and of angels, but do not have love, (X)
I am a sounding gong (Y) or a clanging cymbal.
2 If I have [the gift of] prophecy, (Z)
and understand all mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I have all faith, so that I can move mountains, (AA)
but do not have love, I am nothing.
3 And if I donate all my goods to feed the poor,
and if I give my body to be burned, [c]
but do not have love, I gain nothing.
<...>
8 Love never ends. (AI)
But as for prophecies, they will come to an end;
as for languages, they will cease;
as for knowledge, it will come to an end.
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10 But when the perfect comes, the partial will come to an end.
1 Corinthians 13:13
13 Now these three remain: faith, hope, and love.
But the greatest of these is love.
More products of transcendence are described in Tantric Buddhist and Hindu literature. (Perhaps some who are more familiar with these and other traditions would like to post some of the spiritual gifts (or siddhas, etc.) recognized within their traditions.)But the greatest of these is love.
