This will
eventually be updated with "all greetings" in the world.
Please send yours to
info@foundationforpluralism.com . We invite you to send the
correct pronunciation and meaning as well
Greetings is the oldest form of initiating a
conversation when two people meet, it is an acknowledgment of the
existence of the other. From a Simple “Hi” to “Hamazor
Hama Ashobed”- meaning I am fine and hope you are too.
The
essence of greetings
is “ I CARE” and this statement is flavored by religions, traditions
and cultures - all mean goodness, pure goodness.
Allow me to greet you in the traditional greetings of different
faiths
“
Alla Abho” - meaning God is Glorious, that is a Baha'i Greeting –
God
Bless “ Generalized Christian Greetings”
Namaste “ the go(o)d in me invokes the go(o)d in you”
Salaam Alaikum “ let you be peaceful and safe
Jai
Jinendra, Shalom Alechum, Sat Sri Akaal and Hamazor Hama Asho Bed,
the Zoroastrian greeting. All meaning "I Care about you and your
well being" - isn't it beautiful?
I
hope one day we could free ourselves from all the chains that Jail
us, and truly achieve the mukti to use these greetings as synonyms.
It feels so good to be free, try it, you will not give it up.
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Have you ever
felt the serenity, peace and joy linger in you all day when you
help some one that morning?
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Have you ever
felt the pain and suffering of others without regard to their
faith, race, culture, ethnicity or any other uniqueness?
When
you get to that point ‘with malice towards none’, the boundlessness
in you and the sense of alignment you feel with the almighty is
incredible. It is indeed liberating, it is true freedom, it is
worth having it. This is what Jesus may have meant when
he said “follow me” and Krishna “surrender to me” and Allah “submit
to my will” and you will find the same essence in all spiritual
traditions. When you follow, surrender and submit, you have acquired
the qualities of God, you have become like him (her/it) all loving,
all caring which removes the “you” and “me”
barriers. Everything belongs to you, and you belong to the Universe,
that’s the salvation Jesus had promised us, Krishna had guaranteed
us, Ahura Mazda will supervise it and Allah will deliver it to us.
Pluralism is an
attitude of accepting and respecting every beautiful way people have
come to worship the divine, including but not limited to the Baha'i,
Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islam, Jain, Jewish, Sikh, Zoroastrian
and other systems of belief. The moment you believe yours is the
only way, the ego takes over and kills the spirituality and the
piety in you. Good riddance of ego for ones peace and tranquility is
the summation of all religions.” Arrogance and Ego is the mother of
all evil.