10For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Jew and Gentile Reconciled Through Christ 11Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the ...
The adept's new identity is finally created by the guru, who often gives the adept a new name and with it, their new status. In the first statement, the Ba¯la¯d¯ıks. a¯paddhati insists on choosing a dedicated adept who deserves initiation. This aspect is mentioned in ...