In one tantric myth it is said that the great lover god,
Krishna made away with the clothes of unmarried teen-age
maidens, who were bathing in the river Yamuna. Their
fervent pleading didn’t sway him. Only when they performed
the eternal gesture of Namaste, out of total devotion, did
he agree to hand back their garments so that they could
recover their modesty.
The greeting "Namaste" is commonly used in our
spiritual community and is pronounced "Namastay.” In
Sanskrit it literally translates to, Namas:"I bow” Te:“to
you." It is often expressed with two hands pressed together
near the heart center with the head gently bowed, and eyes
closed. Thus Namaste is both a Mantra (sacred sound) and a
Mudra (sacred gesture.) The hands held in union signify the
oneness of the apparent duality: left and right, masculine
and feminine, spirit and matter, or the ego-self meeting
the higher-self.
Namaste is sometimes expressed by bringing the fingers
of the clasped palms to the forehead, where they touch the
brow, the site of the mystic Third Eye. A third form of
Namaste brings the palms completely above the head, a
gesture said to focus consciousness in the subtle space
just above Crown Chakra. This form is so full of
reverence it is reserved for the Almighty and the holiest
of the gurus.
According to Hindu Today magazine, the essential
expanded meaning of this gesture is the same as silently
saying, "I see the deity in us both, and bow before Him or
Her. I acknowledge the holiness of even this mundane
meeting. I cannot separate that which is spiritual in us
from that which is human and ordinary."

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