Merle,
"Gassho" is Japanese for something like, "Hands held in front of the body in
prayer-pose" with your eyes looking gently at the tips of your middle fingers.
It's the hand-position Japanese people use when they bow to each other in
deepest respect and gratitude, and bow to the Buddha in each of us. Chinese
people, too (esp. in Taiwan; maybe not so much now in PRC where you have been).
"Gassho and bow" means hands in prayer pose, and bow at the waist.
Gassho, and bow,
--Joe
> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote:
>
> joe..explain to me "gassho"..merle
>
> My hands are in "Gassho", and I now stand, and ...bow, in your direction.
>
> Be well!,
>
> --Joe
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