Namaste or Namaskar is the Indian way of greeting each other. When Hindus meet people Namaste is the customary courtesy greeting to begin with and often to end with. Namaste is normally understood as prostration but it actually refers to paying homage or showing respect to one another. Nama means bow, as means I, and te means you. Therefore, namaste literally means "I bow to you.” The divine in me recognises the divine in you. Or the light within me reflects the light within you. Namaste could be just a casual or formal greeting, a cultural convention or an act of worship. However, there is much more to it than meets the eye. The real meeting between people is the meeting of their minds. When we greet one another with namaste, it means, ‘may our minds meet’, indicated by the folded palms placed before the chest. The bowing down of the head is a gracious form of extending friendship in love, respect, and humility.
Hindus not only do namaste but also bow and close their eyes, as it were, to look into the inner spirit. This physical gesture is sometimes accompanied by Ram Ram, Jai Shri Krishna, Radhe Radhe, Namo Narayana. This is also quite common when two devout Hindus meet - indicating the recognition of the divinity within ourselves and extending a warm welcome to each other. The reason why we do namaste has a deeper meaning with a spiritual significance of negating or reducing ones ego in the presence of other. It also represents the belief that there is a divine spark within each of us that is located in the heart chakra. The gesture is a an acknowledgment of the soul in one by the soul in another. We bring the hands together at the heart chakra to increase the flow of divine love. Bowing the head and closing the eyes helps the mind surrender to the divine in the heart. While saying Namaste, it is customary to fold hand with or without slight bow of head. One can do namaste to oneself as a Meditation technique to go deeper inside the heart chakra. It recognises the belief that the life force, the divinity, the Self or the God in me is the same in all. Acknowledging this oneness with the meeting of the palms, we honor the divinity in the person we meet.! 🙏🏻
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Namaste ~ Jai Shri Ram ~ Jai Mahavir Hanuman! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
🐵🌺🐒🌹🙏🏻Namaste ~ Jai Shri Ram ~ Jai Mahavir Hanuman! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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