Passage 8

In English

There is, for instance, the simple gesture of folding hands when one greets another in offering "." What is the inner significance of this gesture? For one thing, the coming together of the two palms is a demonstration of the unity that subsumes the multiplicity. For another, it represents the offering of the five sense organs and the five organs of action to the Lord as an act of surrender. The Muslims use the term as form of greeting. What does the word mean? "" refers to "", the Lord who is the embodiment of Truth, Awareness mad Bliss (); " " means " " (mergence). means merging in the Supreme who is also the embodiment of Truth and Bliss. The Christians also have similar expressions for indicating submission to the Divine.