Biblical: a living body: 1) physical body: 'chi bar 'dren pa'i lus 'di las nga sus sgrol/ who will rescue me from this body of death? (Rom. 7:24), lus nang yod dus su byas pa'i las/ the works done while in the body (2 Cor. 5:10), mig ni lus kyi mar me yin/ the eye is the lamp of the body (Mt. 6:22), 2) resurrection body: 'byung bzhi'i lus shig 'debs nas sems nyid kyi lus shig lang ngo / it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body (1 Cor. 15:44), lus hril po dmyal bar dbyug pa/ for the whole body to be thrown into hell (Mt. 5:29); 3) Christ's body: 'di ni nga'i lus yin/ this is my body (Mt. 26:26), nga tsho mang po yin kyang ma shi ka'i nang na lus gcig yin pas/ though we are many, in Christ we are one body (Rom. 12:5).
Buddhist: In Bsm. the body is a separate entity from the mind or spirit, and ultimate happiness requires transcending its limitations [compare NT concept of resurrection body]. The term lus/ refers to the bodies of: 1) humans: lus kyi yan lag lnga/ the five members of the body (CNG 60), rang gi sku lus yongs rdzogs keng rus lta bur gyur kyang / though [the Buddha's] whole body (sku lus/ ) became like a skeleton (SGN 9), lus ngag yid gsum/ body, speech, and mind (DLP 18), sems dang lus po rang rang so so red/ mind and body are separate (KPU 5), lus dang sems gnyis/ body and mind (TRC 202); 2) gods: lha dang mi'i lus rten phun sum tshogs pa zhig 'thob pa la/ to obtain the desirable body of a man or a god (TRC 165); 3) hell beings: yi dwags kyi lus blangs nas/ taking the body of a preta i.e. born as a tantalized ghost in the hell realm (TRC 260); 4) animals: rma bya'i lus/ the body of a peacock (KPU 35); 5) bodies of dream or meditational states: sgyu lus rmi lam gyi dbang / a mahayana doctrine called the "dream state of the illusory body" (TRC 137).
Proverbs: zhim tshad ma za 'jam tshad ma gyon cig,,,kha lus gnyis kyis sdug la sbyar yong ngo / don't eat all the good food or wear all the good clothes; you might become a slave to the mouth and body (KPU 24).
Cognates: 1) lus dkyil/ body mandala - a tantric visualization practice (TRI 269); 2) lus sa la phab ste/ prostrating himself (SGN 15); 3) lus zha bo/ a cripple (TRC 5); 4) lus kyi dka' thub/ bodily austerities (practiced by ascetics) (TRC 96); 4) lus khams bde srung gi bya ba/ health care (BFT 21).
[hon. spur/ ]
Biblical: a corpse, dead body: 1) a dead body: lus ro dang 'dra ba/ his body was like a corpse [as good as dead] (Rom. 4:19), sems dang bral ba'i lus ro yin pa ltar/ as the body without the spirit is dead (Jas. 2:26), ro yod sar bya rgod 'khor ro/ at the place where there is a dead body, the vultures will gather (Lk. 17:37), spur khyer te dur du bcug [John's disciples] took his body and buried it (Mt. 14:12), ye shu'i spur/ Jesus' body (Mt. 27:58); 2) figuratively dead: bka' khrims med pa yin na sdig pa ro ltar yin/ without the law, sin is dead [lit. like a dead body] (Rom. 7:8).
Buddhist: modern spoken term for a corpse (AMD): bden zhen ro rgan zhen med me la sregs/ cremate that old corpse of clinging to things as real in the fire of nonattachment (HTE 186), mi shi ba'i ro zhig the body of a dead man (SGN 7). Tantric adepts claim to be able to transfer their consciousness into the body of a dead person, a process called grong 'jug (TRI 40).
Proverbs: tshwa kha'i khyi ro mtha' ma tshwa la 'gro/ even the corpse of a dead dog turns to salt in a salt lake (KPU 12) i.e. if a student remains in school long enough, he will become educated no matter how dull he is.
Cognates: 1) me ro/ [fire + corpse] embers; 2) ro sgam/ coffin; 3) ro lang / the spirit of a dead person returned to earth = a ghost; also a spirit which occupies a dead body (TRI 263); 4) ro langs rgyag pa/ to restore: ro langs rgyag pa'i rgyal rabs/ the restored monarchy (SBC-1, 61).
[hon. sku sha/ ]
Biblical: meat, flesh: lam de ni gsar pa dang gson po yol ba yang na khong rang gi sku sha'i sgo nas nged kyi don du bkod pa yin/ by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body (Heb. 10:20 SV).
Buddhist: flesh: sems can bsad pa'i sha khrag gis mchod sbyin byed pa/ to offer the flesh of slaughtered animals (TRC 96), de bsad nas nya sha bzas/ after killing it, ate the fish flesh (TRC 259), sha za/ flesh-eater, a type of hell-being (TRI 272), sha rigs/ meat (SLR 11).
[hon.]
Biblical: body: nged rnams khong gi sku'i yan lag yin/ we are members of his body (Eph. 5:30 SV).
Buddhist: The Buddha is believed to have three mystical bodies: 1) chos kyi sku/ the body of the dharma or truth, which can only be perceived by other Buddhas; 2) longs spyod rdzogs pa'i sku/ the enjoyment body, which can only be seen by boddhisattvas; and 3) sprul pa'i sku/ emanation bodies, which can be seen by humans (DMP 244; JPG 557). sku'i yon tan/ the virtues of [the Buddha's] body (TRC 74), sku gsung thugs gsum/ the body, speech and mind of the Buddha (TRC 75) cf. lus ngag yid gsum/ under lus/ above, sprul sku/ emanation body of a Buddha (see appear).
[lit. heap]
Biblical: corpse, body: gcan gzan rnams las phung po'i rus pa de tshor srung skyob byas pa red/ guarded the bodies from wild animals (2 Sam. 21:10 NTV).
Buddhist: phung po lnga/ the five elements [Skt. skandhas] which make up human consciousness (form, feeling, perception, compositional factors, and consciousness).
Secular: dead body dur khung la phung po bcug pa/ to put a body into a grave (DPD).
Biblical: dkon mchog gi thugs dgongs nang bzhin sa bon re re la rang gi gshis bzhin gzugs re gnang ngo / according to God's will, to each seed is given its own kind of body (1 Cor. 15:38).
Buddhist: 1) body in the sense of shape or outward form; e.g. used of a woman's figure (AMD); so so'i gzugs po'i babs/ circumstances of individual body structure (TRC 198); 2) form: gzugs kyi phung po/ form aggregates - the set of conditions that create human life (KBT 11), see also flesh, gzugs khams/ the form realm (one of several in Bst. cosmology) see world.