Passage

Romans 12

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not varṇa, accumulated karma-status, or ātman-Brahman identity as taught in Advaita (see the Holy Spirit entry in translation_memory.json for the closely related risk).

  ROM.12.5

• Glossary Term

  Church

  Never मन्दिरम् (temple, image-centered) or मठः (a monastic institution organizationally tied to a guru-lineage, e.g.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  New covenant community, not a maṭha (guru-lineage monastic institution) or a varṇa-segregated assembly.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not be confused with the formal saṃnyāsa (renunciation) life-stage of the varṇāśrama-dharma system.

  ROM.12.1-2

• Doctrine

  Spiritual Gifts

  Spirit-given enablements, not the eight classical yogic siddhis (supernatural attainments) systematically catalogued in Yoga Sūtra 3 as products of disciplined practice.

  ROM.12.6-8

• Glossary Term

  Spiritual Gifts

  सिद्धिः is explicitly rejected because it names the eight classical yogic supernatural attainments (aṣṭasiddhi: aṇimā, mahimā, and others) systematically catalogued in Yoga Sūtra chapter 3 as by-products of advanced yogic mastery -- powers earned through disciplined practice, not enablements freely given by the Spirit.

  ROM.12.6-8