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Can any person be a Holy Spirit?
Can a Buddhist monk or a yogi be a Holy Spirit?
As far as I understand, they're masters in doing deep breathing and meditation.
For me, there are only a few monks/nuns who have mastered the technique ...
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What are Christian explanations for the similarities between ecstatic spiritual experiences of Christians and those of other religions?
My question is motivated a recent realization of a concrete example.
In Tibetan Buddhism there is a spiritual practice known as Tummo. According to Wikipedia:
Tummo is also a tantric practice for ...
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Are there Christian equivalents for the four sublime attitudes or brahmaviharas of Buddhism (metta, karuna, mudita, upekkha)?
The brahmaviharas are four sublime mental states recognized by Buddhism and for which there exist different meditative practices designed to cultivate them. Concretely, the brahmaviharas are:
Metta (...
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