1, with different concepts.

Shen Yuan: It refers to the substance that can control the soul gradually formed and mastered through the practice of practitioners, and it is also the true meaning and all essence of human life.

Soul: refers to what we call consciousness, spirit and psychological activities today, which is the result of brain physiological activities. When people die, the so-called soul will disappear.

2. Religious differences.

Taoism is related to the Yuan God. People believe that the Yuan God is eternal and true, the soul dominates people's consciousness, the sense of soul dominates people's good and evil, and the birth of the soul dominates people's life. If the soul in charge of the seven spirits dies after death, the Yuan God will be disillusioned, so there is a saying that "both form and spirit are destroyed".

Christianity is associated with the soul, and people believe in souls. People divide the soul into "spirit" and "soul". "Soul" is flesh and blood, and all living things have it. Spirit (wisdom or rationality, and other human-specific manifestations) comes from heaven and only human beings have it.

3. The essence is different.

Shen Yuan: This is the essence of foreign orders. If Shen Yuan doesn't come out, the foreign order has no roots. The misunderstanding of foreign orders in the past has led many people to go astray, seek grass and burn grass, and avoid the world to fix the truth.

In fact, temples in past dynasties lived in downtown areas, and their merits were boundless. As for what foreign Dan is, it is mentioned in the article Yu Zhen Tong Jie.

Soul: It is just a comprehensive function of the brain. Soul (consciousness) exists, but only in living things, mainly in the brain.

People must think that when life stops, the soul disappears, because the activity and metabolism of nerves, like the activities of other tissues and organs, also stop.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-soul

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Shen Yuan