Re: spiritual ways of greeting?
Namaste davidC
well from what I have read and learnt from elders, we do namaskara to show respect to our elders or even youngers but only God is recipient of that namaskara.
from Kamkoti website --
Only that Narayana, who has created all this and has endowed all this with vital energy (sakthi), has the "right" to accept all the namaskaras. Namaskara to any deity goes to Kesava. We recite the sloka: Sarva Deva Namaskara Kesavam Pratigachhati. When namaskaras performed to the deities go only to HIM, how can namaskaras performed to ordinary people belong to them? All these namaskaras also go to HIM only.
For more ,you can read here -
http://www.kamakoti.org/miscl/namoh4.html
Originally Posted by
devotee
There may be still more in many other languages which I would like to hear.
Namaste devotee ji, In my mother tongue magahi ,I say gowd laagi.
When the light has risen, there is no day, no night, neither existence nor non-existence; Siva alone is there. That is the eternal, the adorable light of Savitri, - and the ancient wisdom proceeded thence (Svetasvatara Upanishad IV-18). :)
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