How We Greet One Another

[InLove]

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InPeace,
InLove

[Nitai]

codes on greeting

* love of God is the ultimate goal of religion
* ANALOGY: in the material world the boy all the time thinks of a girl
* thinking all the time about God is the symptom of love of God

* the best greeting is which reminds one of God
* the best greeting is which contains the names of God

Hare Krishna

[InLove]

As strange as it may sound to some, maybe Love is all we need?

Thanks, Nitai--and welcome to CR.

InPeace,
InLove

[Nitai]

* God is love and love is in God
* chanting His names you developing love of God
* greeting others with the name of God you also benefit other souls
* Let the names of God always be in our lips

Hare Krishna

[Saponification]

I've seen someone around here who wishes people "metta," the Buddhist term for "loving-kindness."

[InLove]

Hello, and Peace--

I have been given permission to post this by proxy from BruceDLimber from a thread on the Baha'i board:

And you'll often encounter the word "Allah'u'Abha" (pronounced close to "Allow-Abha"), which means "God is Most Glorious" and is used by Baha'is world wide as a greeting. :-)

And Bruce has told me more--I will post that in a moment.

Thanks,
InPeace,
InLove

[InLove]

Hi--Peace--

And my question is always whether or not it is appropriate for others to use an address to those in a certain faith--here is the answer from Bruce:

Yes, non-Baha'is can definitely use "Allah-u-Abha" for greeting Baha'is--or even others, if they like.

Thanks again, BruceDLimber, for your contribution.

Coming up next--some answers from my Muslim friends--sorry it is taking me so long--had to go out of town--Father's day, ya know--love my Dad.

InPeace,
InLove

[InLove]

Peace to All Here--

The following quote is part of a post on a thread (one which was very helpful to me) on the Islam board entitled, "In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful."

Thipps has graciously allowed me to post this part of the conversation here (I believe I, Brian was being addressed in this particular post, and "friend" had also been a part of the discussion. Thipps has since added more, which I will post next. But for now:

The islamic greeting is the one both you and friend quoted. The difference is only in the degree to which it is applied in speech. You used 'Salaam Alaikum' which is the shortest one. A higher degree of it is 'Salaam Alaikum wa Rahmatullahe' . Yet the highest one is 'Salaam Alaikum wa Rahmatullahe wa barakatuh.' Basically, it keeps adding on to it. The rule for the one who answers the greeting is that he should answer with the same or better degree.
If you say 'Salaam Alaikum', then i can answer by any of the 3 degrees. i.e.
'wa alaikum salaam' ;'wa alaikum salaam wa Rahmatullahe' ; 'wa alaikum salaam wa Rahmatullahe wa barakatuh'.
On the other hand, if you say 'Salaam Alaikum wa Rahmatullahe wa barakatuh' which is the highest form of greeting, then i can only answer by equalling it and saying 'wa alaikum salaam wa Rahmatullahe wa barakatuh'.

All meanings etc. can be found at:
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/referen.../term.ASAK.html
Hope this helps.
And Allah knows best.
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May God guide us all.

[InLove]

Peace to All Here--

This is what Thipps has added (addressing my request at the beginning):

Wa'Alaikum salaam,
Yes you can use it but add the following to it as well. I forgot about it and it occured to me now.
There is an element of how the salaam is said that shuold also be considered.
If some says 'Assalaamu Alaikum'... he/she can say it in a regular tone but it can also be said with emotion to express happiness at meeting the person. In the first case, one can reply in the 3 manners I explained before... but for the second case, since the person said it with emotion, so if you simply reply "wa 'Aalikum salaam", then it should also be with emotion so that it is equal to the greeting made... otherwise you can reply by adding one or both of the extra phrases that were mentioned.
This is in accordance with what Allaah said in the Quran:
“When you are greeted with a greeting, greet in return with what is better than it, or (at least) return it equally” [Quran, 4:86]
Love is one of the duties of Islam and one of the pillars of the Islamic system. One should give salaams to those whom one knows and those whom one does not know, out of sincerity towards Allaah; one should not try to impress other people by giving salaams only to those whom one knows and no-one else. This also entails an attitude of humility and spreading the symbols of this ummah through the word of salaam [Al-Qaadi said in Ikmaal al-Mu’allim (1:276)]
And Allah knows best.

Thank you, Thipps--

InPeace,
InLove

[InLove]

Peace to All Here--

Going to go to the Judaism board next. That means I have to ask bananabrain. Pray for me. .

InPeace,
InLove

[InLove]

Hi, and Peace to All Here--

Shalom, bananabrain--

In case you are reading this thread, I was just teasing a bit with that. Just want to make sure you know I really wasn't trying to offend. I figure you know that, but thought I should say so anyway . Just looking for your astute contribution, if you so desire.

InPeace,
InLove

[InLove]

Peace,

Originally Posted by Saponification

I've seen someone around here who wishes people "metta," the Buddhist term for "loving-kindness."

Yes--thanks for that, Saponification--I have been wondering about that. I notice it is often used at the end of a message, as well.

InPeace,
InLove

[Nitai]

Hare Krishna

The explanation and the purpose of greeting other persons with the words Hare Krishna is as follows.

Hare means the energy of God, Krishna. That energy can connect one to Krishna, God. Whether one hears or says Hare Krishna the spiritual sound vibration Hare Krishna will act and gradually bring one closer to Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Even if one don't believe in the power of the words Hare Krishna, the sound-vibration Hare Krishna will still have an effect on the elevation of consciousness.

Conclusively, to greet each other with Hare Krishna is very beneficial regardless ones faith. Hare Krishna.

[InLove]

Peace to All Here--

Cool, Nitai ! Thanks for that--I had kind of wondered, but wasn't quite sure how to ask yet. Appreciate the contribution.

Also--more of the latest--I have great responses from the Judaism board, thanks to dayaa and bananabrain--I will post those replies as soon as I can--just making double-sure it is okay with them.

I was also thinking about this--in the late sixties and early seventies, lots of young people in the U.S. (and I'm sure in other countries) used the greeting "Peace", which irritated much of the older generation because it was, at the time, associated with hippie culture and "flower children" and the anti-war movement. Isn't it funny how things evolve, and how the meaning of the word never changed, just the perception of it?

Just thinking....

InPeace,
InLove

[Vajradhara]

Namaste all,


Namaste and its deriviate, Namakser are greetings from, today, the Nepali region. of course, when these terms origniated, it wasn't Nepal... but, that probably doesn't matter at this point all that much.

in any case, there are several translations that could be used to express the meaning behind the term, the one that i use is thus:

"i bow to the divine in you. when you are in that place in you and i am in that place in me, there is but one of us."

whilst this isn't a typical Buddhist greeting, really, more of a Sanatana Dharma sort of thing, i still use it since it connects more easily with more beings, in my view.