Pastor Eddie D. Smith Sr. – The Meaning of Namaste’
Pastor Eddie D. Smith Sr. is well known national for regulating a word Namaste’ as a greeting. In this special Sermon entitled “Speaking To The Hearts of Black Males” Pastor Smith introduces a tenure to a Macedonia Church (Macon, Georgia) congregation. This absolute oration is accessible in a entirety. Contact a church bureau for some-more report (478) 750-0040.
November 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
To a Muslim it could mean I salute the attributes of God within you [albeit] in a human for (like compassion, wisdom, creativity, forgiveness, justice, etc.) from the godly attributes in me!! Physically God as a Creator is seperate from what He creates!
November 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Very nice! I did not know the meaning of the word, despite having heard it a zillion times. Thanks for the education, Reverend Pastor.
November 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
NAMESTE! Yes get your women and men and boys to get it NAMESTE! NAMESTe!
November 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
babymootha, Namaste, to you and the World.
November 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
dragonfish13,Agree with most what U say.but “No religion is better than the other,thay are just different paths to reach…”Muslim Quran Sura4:48, Allah will not forgive those who associate other Gods with him,but He will forgive whom He will for other Sins.He that associates other Gods with Him is guilty of a heinous Sin” Islam doesn’t recognise any other religion except Islam simple as that. Non muslims are all “Kaffirs” sub-human
November 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
The pastor is on the right track – very open minded. He did forgoet the gesture of Namaste which is what every kid in India is taught from childhood…
November 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
It’s quite sad that we’ve missed the whole point of what the Pastor was trying to say. His main point was to respect each other as you respect yourself. Why does it matter where Namaste came from, understand the meaning behind it: “I respect you, like I respect myself, like I respect God.”
No religion is better than the other, they are just different paths to reach the same destination. Religion was not created by God, but by humans. And my friends, human being is not perfect.
November 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
namaste, world!
November 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
As a very proud hindu myself, I am glad to see words such as namaste has reached the mainstrain
November 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.
( Elton Trueblood)
We need to put as side the differences,The main thing is intension not the words.The words only counts five percent of our commiuncation ,and we use 95% of the body lingo.Lets work togther towards peace and welfare of the human beings regardless of their religion or region.
Thanks
November 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
tsk tsk tsk tsk….
November 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Where I am from in India, it is customary to greet one another with the other’s customary greeting. So I might greet my friend Aslam’s abbujaan, with a Salaam, and he in turn would greet me with a Raam, Raam, bete.
Pastor Smith: Namaste!!
November 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Just for your edification and further enlightenment, Namaste is not an Islamic Greeting. We Muslims greet each other with the blessing, As-Salaam-O-Alaikum which when translated is Peace and Blessings Be Unto You, to which the response would be Walaikum Salaam And Peace Be unto You too. Salaam meaning Peace. What a wonderful greeting to share with each other indeed!
Be Blessed.
November 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
well done! you managed a sentence without bad breath! – now try one without being rude – and then welcome to the universe – meanwhile you are clearly at home elsewhere !
November 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
i know namaste is a sanskrit word. i know sanskrit lol. I am not against the pastor. I was merely trying to tell a fanatic to not quote words from their book in EVERY post. I like opinions, not quotes with no valid proof or relevance.
November 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
my home is this universe. wonder where yours is?
ur brainwashed mentality is too limited for my time(which is illusion anyway). i shud stop here, cuz u might need drugs/ an initiation/ serious life changing experience to awaken your consciousness.
November 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Dear Sir,
Dont you think that Namaste as explained here has a deeper meaning and a more stronger feeling than “peace be upon you”. I feel unless we have an element of feeling that God is in each one of us and remind our selves with some greetings and Namaste seem to be better why should we complex it by saying that it is not Islamic is some thing I am not able to comprehend. May be say it in English or Arabic which means the same. To be honest I feel you are threatened by this word.
November 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
If you are going to use Gutter Language – keep it in your own home! -
November 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Clearly you are a well learned, educated and knowledgeable person – my humble and limited awareness is not worthy of any merit – other than in simple terms it satisfied my point that IT IS CLEARLY NOT AN ISLAM GREETING – which is all I wanted to point out – Many thanks
November 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
By the way, Hinduism is both a monoteist (‘advait)’ and a dualist (‘dvait’ )where God is an ultimate formless spiritual divinity different than “you” and the goal of human existence is to reach and be submerged in That.
This dualisitc approach is a way to make it possible for all human beings of different psyche and capabilities to reach That ultimate Divinity. Why are we then fighting here (on earth) for? Is the puropose really to help every human to reach God? I wonder! ddc.
November 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
‘NAMASTE’ is a sanskrit term. not a hindu term. It got identified with hinduism only because when and where sanskrit and related languages orginated and were medium of communication hinduism was the only religion people followed..(By the way Hinduism is more a way of life woven around a thread of humane nobility with the ultimate purpose of elevating ‘self’ and all around ‘(your)self’ rather than an instituionlised religion. -ddc..
November 12th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Holiness is secular. ‘GOD’ is secular. God is neither hindu noe moslem neither christian nor buddhist. God was there before we all originated. He orriginated us all. We made all these different pathe to suit us, the different people. Then how couild ‘God’ ‘spiritua;ism’ could belong to some, ‘one’ and not be equal for all and secular. -ddc
November 12th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Namaste
Hats of to the pastor (Guru here) who is teaching good things. I grew up in mumbai near five gardens where i have seen Muslims say Ram Ram or Jai Ramjiki to hindus and we say salam allako. We need to learn to respect soul within. The body appearance may be different and symbols we use to decorate may be different (Om, Cross or Moon sign). All these point to one – Almight, Allaha or Brahman. Say namaste and pray to Brahman
Om Shanti/Hari Om
November 12th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Friend Rajat:
There are a couple of things you might want to consider in regards your comment. One is that Namaste is from Hindu, which is not Islam, and Hindu does embrace a divine inner presence. Secondly, monotheistic or not, Pastor Smith is speaking to the problem of violence in his black community, and I think is coaching his youth to another, more effective approach. It is much needed.
November 12th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
well, im not against what the pastors saying…. in fact i agree with him. The problem here is that Islam does not agree with the a divine presence in humans…instead they think that the divine is separate from the being. SO U are wrong and not me mister manoj. I dislike them bringing islam into every conversation when they dont even agree with us. keep your shit to yourself – destroyers of spirituality and indigenous traditions (monotheistic religions)!!