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[journyman]

<What language is "namaste".
Its in many Indian languages which basically means "Greetings" or "Hello" or even used when saying "Good Bye" in a reverential mode. I don't know if its there in Hebrew as well. Maybe someone else can explain this better than I did.

[augieboo]

Namaste is an ancient Sanskrit word meaning:

I honor the place in you in which the entire universe dwells. I honor the place in you, which is of light and peace. When you are in that place in you and I am in that place in me, we are one.

http://www.namaste.org/namaste/about_new.htm

[philippe V]

http://www.realmagick.com/articles/06/2206.html

Namaste - Meaning and Usage
by Anja Heij

The term Namaste is commonly used within new-age, yoga and reiki circles. It is a respectful greeting, both as a welcome and a saying good-bye. This Sanskrit word was brought to the western world by spiritual seekers in India and Nepal. I’m sure it has become so popular because this salutation addresses the inner man, where western greetings focus on attention for the outer person.


Here are several translations for Namaste:

“I honor the place in you in which the entire universe dwells. I honor the place in you which is of Love, of Truth, of Light, and of Peace. When you are in that place in you and I am in that place in me, We are One. “

“The God(dess) in me greets and honors the God(dess) in you.”

"I salute the divine qualities in you."

"I salute the God within You."

"My soul bows to your soul.”.

"The Great Perfection within me honors the Great Perfection within you".



Namaste! ;-)

[philippe V]

The following article explains namaste in a bit more detail

http://www.idstratus.com/TheRealm/namaste.html

Namaste! ;-)

[Jim Calladine]

NAMASTE:

Lots of good explanations that have already been given.

I am a devotee of an American-born Guru by the name of Adi Da
(www.adidam.org) whose Teaching includes (as a base-point) the notion that there is nothing but God. I use the word "namaste" in that sense.

One of the simplest ways to begin to understand that is around the matter of the beating of your heart. Ask your local doctor or scientiest or even ZEEV "who or what beats MY heart
and lives everyone and everything else?". You pretty much draw a blank about that.

If anyone would like an interesting discourse on that subject
send me an email ([e-mail]) and I will send it to you. As they used to say in the ads "no salesman will call"
Nowadays I suppose the version is "no spam or popups will follow from your otherwise innocent act of curiosity"

Namaste
Jim