Because I often sign off my blog posts with this word, I thought I would share with you my understanding of this term...
Namaste is one of the few Sanskrit words commonly recognized by English speakers. In the West, it is often used to indicate South Asian culture in general. "Namaste" is particularly associated with aspects of South Asian culture such as vegetarianism, yoga, ayurvedic healing or Hinduism.
Westerners who learn about "namaste" from yoga often believe that the word is part of yogic practice, and that it has a multitude of very complicated and poetic meanings. Some examples:
- I honor the Spirit in you which is also in me
- 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
- I salute the God within you
- I recognize that we are all equal
- The entire universe resides within you
- The divine light in me salutes the divine light in you
- Your spirit and my spirit are ONE
- That which is of God in me greets that which is of God in you
- I honor the Holy One that lives in you
- I bow to the divine in you
(Thankyou Wikipedia for this concise little blurb!)
And...
*NAMASTE*
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