an honorable greeting. . . "My spirit honors yours"

an ancient Sanskrit greeting still in everyday use in India and especially on the trail in the Nepal Himalaya. Translated roughly, it means "I bow to the God within you", or "The Spirit within me salutes the Spirit in you" - a knowing that we are all made from the same One Divine Consciousness.

A greeting/saying in hindi which translates to: I honor the place in you where the entire universe resides, I honor the place in you where the ENTIRE universe resides, I honor the place in you of light, of love, of truth, of peace, I honor the place in you where if you and I are in that place then there is only one of us?

(Yeah, that one word means a whole lot, but it's a great saying none the less)

a word thrown around by trustifarians and hippies as they shop in whole foods while wearing their eco-green birkenstocks.

A really slacker way of saying "Nah, I'm gonna stay".

Namaste was originally intended as a respectful greeting to God, the Great Guru within. It is often used today as a greeting to other people - either friends or strangers.

Namaskar (and its related street term, skar) is always used in the second sense.

1. A word commonly utilized by Yogis (yoga instructors) and yoga partakers as well as overly spiritual individuals
2. A type of sea vegetable
3. The only word Andrew Zimmern could utter when he first tasted durian