Holy Spirit

In various religions, most notably Christianity, the Holy Spirit (also called the Holy Ghost in Trinitarian Christianity) is a form of God, being the third Person of the Holy Trinity. The word "Spirit" commonly translates the Greek New Testament word pneuma (Greek: ??????).

Other views

Judaism

The term "Holy Spirit" appears in the Tanakh (Old Testament to Christians) but Judaism as a whole does not have a developed pneumatology. Most Jews consider the Holy Spirit as usually discussed to be a thoroughly Christian concept, and the closest any have dealt with the subject may be the aforementioned Kabballah followers.

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Tanakh - Old Testament - Kabballah

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Islam

Islam considers the Holy Spirit to be another name for the archangel Gabriel. In Sura 2.97, the Qur'an states that Gabriel delivered the word of Allah to the prophet Muhammad, and in Sura 16.102 Gabriel is specifially called "the Holy Spirit". All Quranic references to the Holy Spirit refer, therefore, to this angel.

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Islam - Archangel - Gabriel - Sura - Qur'an - Allah - Prophet - Muhammad

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Mandaeanism

See Ruha d-Qudsha

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Hinduism

Several scriptures of Vedic (Hindu) tradition describe that God is present in the heart as the supreme witness, Paramatman (as per 1 Cor. 3:16, sura 50:16 and sura 6:60 of Qur'an) - Vedanta Sutra 1.2.11, Katha Upanishad 1.3.1, Chandogya Upanishad 8.1.1 and other Upanishads. Bhagavad Gita, a summary of Upanishads, has many verses about Paramatman. Several are:

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Vedic - Hindu - Paramatman - Sura 50 - Sura 6 - Qur'an - Vedanta Sutra - Upanishad - Bhagavad Gita

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10.20: "I am the Supersoul, O Arjuna, seated in the hearts of all living entities. I am the beginning, the middle and the end of all beings."

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15.15: "I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. By all the Vedas, I am to be known. Indeed, I am the compiler of Vedanta, and I am the knower of the Vedas."

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Vedas - Vedanta

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18.61: "The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone’s heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the material energy."

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(quotes from Bhagavad_Gita_As_It_Is by A.C._Bhaktivedanta_Swami_Prabhupada)

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Bhagavad_Gita_As_It_Is - A.C._Bhaktivedanta_Swami_Prabhupada

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