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The entire human species should EMBRACE "Namaste Greeting" instead of
the "western white christian filthy greeting way of shaking hands".
This will STOP the transmission of diseases and SAVE TENS OF BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS in HEALTH COSTS, RESOURCES and TIME.
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https://www.softpowermag.com/namaste-the-universal-salutation-for-the-modern-age/
Namaste – the Universal Salutation for the Modern Age
Aparna Sridhar March 5, 2020
The greetings that humans share at initial contact varies from country
to country and from culture to culture. In the wake of the spread of the
deadly Coronavirus, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently
encouraged the citizens of Israel to adopt ‘Namaste’ – an Indian
greeting, as a measure to prevent contact, yet remain convivial.
In Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a summit in Berlin on
March 2 approached the Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany Horst
Seehofer for a handshake but was ‘namaste-d’ instead.
Infact, several countries would have to change their mode of greeting in
the wake of Corona. Argentina with its right cheek to right cheek touch,
the Mano of Philippines where the knuckles are pressed against the
forehead of the other person, sticking one’s tongue out as a mark of
respect in Tibet, the triple cheek kiss of Ukraine – left, right, left,
the elaborate handshake of Botswana, the Hongi practice of touching
noses of New Zealand, the list is endless.
India has many forms of greetings, among which is the salutation with
joined palms (the Namaste or Namaskara). For those who assume that there
are no other greetings in Indian traditions, Vedic scholar S K
Ramachandra Rao talks about the holding and shaking of hands
(hasta-laghava), embrace (parishvanga, alinga), and the more elaborate
prostrations (pranama) and the touching of feet (pada-sparsa).
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
However, it is Namaste which has always been symbolic of India. The word
nama occurs in the Rgveda as well as in later Vedic texts. Today,
travellers to India are always greeted in airlines with a Namaste, the
first point of welcome to the land.
‘Namah’ according to the Laghu-manjusha, writes Dr Ramachandra Rao, “is
a process by which the abandonment of one’s possession is accomplished”.
He quotes Panini, when saying that ‘namah’ must be construed along with
expression like ‘svasti’, ‘svaha’ and ‘svadha’ all of which mean giving
up or tyaga.
Rao says the expression ‘nama’ in namaskara is derived from the root
‘nam’ which means to bend, to bow, to sink, to incline, in terms of
submitting oneself humbly. “It is cognate with the Greek ‘nemo’, ‘nemos’
and ‘nomos’, the Latin ‘nemus’, the old Saxon ‘niman’, the German
‘neman’ and ‘nehmen’.”
In his book Bharatiya Pranama Paddhati (Respectful Salutations in
India), Dr Rao says Namaskara is supposed to be three-fold: “physical or
bodily (kayika), verbal (vachika or vagbhava) and of the mind (manasika).
Bodily namaskaras are of three types, prostrating by extending one’s
legs and arms and touching the earth with the entire body, knees and
head, bending and touching the earth with only the knees and the head
and namaskara with only palms joined. Verbal namaskaras include
recitation of poems or prose, or reciting hymns from Puranic or Vedic
texts or using one’s own words. Namaskaras of the mind include
supplications to the deity. Of the three kinds, Dr Rao says that the
most meritorious are the bodily kind because they involve the other two.
Much importance is given to the pranama and a proper pranama is
considered “itself a sacrifice and superior to even the performance of
sacrifices,” writes Dr Rao. The Skanda –purana says that the pranama in
which the knees touch the ground and the head is bent low towards the
earth is as effective as an Aswamedha sacrifice.
Namaste and Indian Philosophy
In Indian philosophy, the meaning of the word ‘namah’ follows its usage.
“The word ‘namah’ is split into na and mah, the former syllable
signifying negation, and the later representing the word mama. The
meaning would then be ‘not mine’,” writes Dr Rao. He says this implies
that the soul belongs to the deity, and there can be nothing that the
soul can claim as its own.
Greeting with folded hands is a common gesture in dance and sculpture
too. The palm joining is known as ‘anjali mudra' with mudra being a
conventional hand posture. The joining of the palms heads the list of 24
samyuta-hastas (where the two hands are joined), and when it is raised
above one’s head it is a salutation to the Gods, when kept in front of
one’s face to gurus and when held against one’s chest to learned men.
Prostrations to Surya or the Sun Devata is a supplication for health and
well-being. And Yoga practitioners all over the world pay obeisance with
the Surya Namaskar. Surya is regarded a visible God and is believed to
be pleased with prostrations (Namaskara-priyo bhanuh). And it is He, the
benevolent Sun, who is probably keeping the virus at bay in India.
Salutations to Him.
the "western white christian filthy greeting way of shaking hands".
This will STOP the transmission of diseases and SAVE TENS OF BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS in HEALTH COSTS, RESOURCES and TIME.
=====================================================================
https://www.softpowermag.com/namaste-the-universal-salutation-for-the-modern-age/
Namaste – the Universal Salutation for the Modern Age
Aparna Sridhar March 5, 2020
The greetings that humans share at initial contact varies from country
to country and from culture to culture. In the wake of the spread of the
deadly Coronavirus, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently
encouraged the citizens of Israel to adopt ‘Namaste’ – an Indian
greeting, as a measure to prevent contact, yet remain convivial.
In Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a summit in Berlin on
March 2 approached the Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany Horst
Seehofer for a handshake but was ‘namaste-d’ instead.
Infact, several countries would have to change their mode of greeting in
the wake of Corona. Argentina with its right cheek to right cheek touch,
the Mano of Philippines where the knuckles are pressed against the
forehead of the other person, sticking one’s tongue out as a mark of
respect in Tibet, the triple cheek kiss of Ukraine – left, right, left,
the elaborate handshake of Botswana, the Hongi practice of touching
noses of New Zealand, the list is endless.
India has many forms of greetings, among which is the salutation with
joined palms (the Namaste or Namaskara). For those who assume that there
are no other greetings in Indian traditions, Vedic scholar S K
Ramachandra Rao talks about the holding and shaking of hands
(hasta-laghava), embrace (parishvanga, alinga), and the more elaborate
prostrations (pranama) and the touching of feet (pada-sparsa).
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
However, it is Namaste which has always been symbolic of India. The word
nama occurs in the Rgveda as well as in later Vedic texts. Today,
travellers to India are always greeted in airlines with a Namaste, the
first point of welcome to the land.
‘Namah’ according to the Laghu-manjusha, writes Dr Ramachandra Rao, “is
a process by which the abandonment of one’s possession is accomplished”.
He quotes Panini, when saying that ‘namah’ must be construed along with
expression like ‘svasti’, ‘svaha’ and ‘svadha’ all of which mean giving
up or tyaga.
Rao says the expression ‘nama’ in namaskara is derived from the root
‘nam’ which means to bend, to bow, to sink, to incline, in terms of
submitting oneself humbly. “It is cognate with the Greek ‘nemo’, ‘nemos’
and ‘nomos’, the Latin ‘nemus’, the old Saxon ‘niman’, the German
‘neman’ and ‘nehmen’.”
In his book Bharatiya Pranama Paddhati (Respectful Salutations in
India), Dr Rao says Namaskara is supposed to be three-fold: “physical or
bodily (kayika), verbal (vachika or vagbhava) and of the mind (manasika).
Bodily namaskaras are of three types, prostrating by extending one’s
legs and arms and touching the earth with the entire body, knees and
head, bending and touching the earth with only the knees and the head
and namaskara with only palms joined. Verbal namaskaras include
recitation of poems or prose, or reciting hymns from Puranic or Vedic
texts or using one’s own words. Namaskaras of the mind include
supplications to the deity. Of the three kinds, Dr Rao says that the
most meritorious are the bodily kind because they involve the other two.
Much importance is given to the pranama and a proper pranama is
considered “itself a sacrifice and superior to even the performance of
sacrifices,” writes Dr Rao. The Skanda –purana says that the pranama in
which the knees touch the ground and the head is bent low towards the
earth is as effective as an Aswamedha sacrifice.
Namaste and Indian Philosophy
In Indian philosophy, the meaning of the word ‘namah’ follows its usage.
“The word ‘namah’ is split into na and mah, the former syllable
signifying negation, and the later representing the word mama. The
meaning would then be ‘not mine’,” writes Dr Rao. He says this implies
that the soul belongs to the deity, and there can be nothing that the
soul can claim as its own.
Greeting with folded hands is a common gesture in dance and sculpture
too. The palm joining is known as ‘anjali mudra' with mudra being a
conventional hand posture. The joining of the palms heads the list of 24
samyuta-hastas (where the two hands are joined), and when it is raised
above one’s head it is a salutation to the Gods, when kept in front of
one’s face to gurus and when held against one’s chest to learned men.
Prostrations to Surya or the Sun Devata is a supplication for health and
well-being. And Yoga practitioners all over the world pay obeisance with
the Surya Namaskar. Surya is regarded a visible God and is believed to
be pleased with prostrations (Namaskara-priyo bhanuh). And it is He, the
benevolent Sun, who is probably keeping the virus at bay in India.
Salutations to Him.