This mantra serves as a simple gesture of deep respect toward beings that are more spiritually advanced.

This mantra serves as a simple gesture of deep respect toward beings that are more spiritually advanced.

For example, in certain ceremonies, a person would perform a sequence of three sets of three kowtows-stand up and kneel down again between each set-as an extreme gesture of respect ; hence the term three kneelings and nine head knockings ().

A salute is a gesture or other action used to display respect.

The modern Western military salute evolved from the practice of men raising their hats as a gesture of respect.

An obeisance is a gesture not only of respect but also of submission.

In some situations a kiss is a ritual, formal or symbolic gesture indicating devotion, respect or greeting, as in the case of spouses kissing at the conclusion of a wedding ceremony or national leaders kissing each other in greeting, and in many other situations.

Throughout history, a kiss has been a ritual, formal, symbolic or social gesture indicating devotion, respect or greeting.

A unit of French Algerian infantry, the 3rd Regiment of Zouaves, was present at Youk-les-Bains and awarded the American paratroopers their own regimental crest as a gesture of respect.

Balaguer reciprocated Trujillo's respect by spending the three decades of the Era as one of the most efficient public aides of the dictatorship, without seeming perturbed or showing the smallest gesture of disgust for the excesses and aberrations that were common at the time.

The signing of Spanish under-21 midfielder Ander Herrera was agreed well before the end of the season, although the young star elected to stay with formative club Real Zaragoza as a gesture of respect as they battled against relegation.

As a gesture of respect and great honor, Pompey lowered his fasces before Posidonius's door.

The British then fired a twenty-one gun salute in three salvos, in a gesture of respect.

Similar to flying a flag at half-mast, a moment of silence is often a gesture of respect, particularly in mourning for those who have recently died or as part of tragic historical event.

* Rodney Dangerfield's shtick was centered around his famous catchphrase, " I don't get no respect ," accompanied by his characteristic facial gesture and yanking or straightening his scarlet necktie.

* Genuflection ( or genuflexion ) is bending at least one knee to the ground, was from early times a gesture of deep respect for a superior.

This was almost certainly the last music from The Creation that Haydn ever heard: it was sung for him several days before his death in 1809 as a gesture of respect by a French military officer, a member of Napoleon's invading army.

at least when a Hindu starts using it, just as a gesture of showing respect and praying that this object would help one excel in the work one would use it for.

The gurudakshina is a traditional gesture of acknowledgment, respect and thanks to the great guru, which may be monetary, but may also be a special task the teacher wants the student to accomplish.

In some areas of India it is customary that, out of respect, when a person's foot accidentally touches a book or any written material ( which are considered as a manifestation of the goddess of knowledge Saraswati ) or another person's leg, it will be followed by an apology in the form of a single hand gesture ( Pranāma ) with the right hand, where the offending person first touches the object with the finger tips and then the forehead and / or chest.

In 1782, Empress Catherine sent her son Grand Duke Paul to visit Grand Master De Rohan as a gesture of her respect and admiration.

( Earlier, he and Pyle in a gesture of mutual respect had exchanged paintings — Pyle ’ s painting of a dead pirate for Remington ’ s of a rough and ready cowpuncher ).

Later, Lieutenant Cririe first lieutenant of Narcissus and commander of the boats, returned Captain Travis's sword to him — an unusual gesture of respect — for his " gallant defense " of Surveyor.

In the tradition of London Livery Companies, for example, an assembled party ( at, for example, a formal dinner ) will routinely perform a slow handclap as a gesture of respect and deference to the arriving party of the Master and Court of the Company.

`` This whole Washington venture was my last gesture, and it has failed.

He wondered what expression, as he made that gesture, was on his face.

Then why was he assuming the role -- the gesture and the suffering??

Or was he now taking the role -- the gesture and the suffering -- because it was the only way to affirm his history and identity in the torpid, befogged loneliness of this land.

There was the day Uncle Izaak had, in an unexpected grandiose gesture, handed over the pretty sloop to Abel for keeps, on condition that he never fail to let his brother accompany him whenever younger the boy wished.

This thoughtful gesture was well received by the Juniors as the Class had an entry of 46 Juniors and it took approximately one hour, 45 minutes to judge the Class.

The return of the Catholic hierarchy in 1850 was looked upon with indignant disapprobation and, in fact, was charged with being a gesture of disloyalty.

We are not certain that the word " democracy " was extant when systems that came to be called democratic were first instituted, but around 460 BC an individual is known whose parents had decided to name him ' Democrates ', a name which may have been manufactured as a gesture of democratic loyalty ; the name can also be found in Aeolian Temnus, not a particularly democratic state.

Although he assumed use of his stepfather's surname, it was not until Billy ( as he was known then ) turned fifteen that he formally adopted the surname Clinton as a gesture toward his stepfather.

In a quid pro quo gesture to nationalists, all marches and parades were banned, including the flashpoint march by the Apprentice Boys of Derry which was due to take place on 12 August.

In an early " good-will " gesture that was later heavily criticised, the Attlee government allowed the Soviets access, under the terms of a 1946 UK-USSR Trade Agreement, to several Rolls-Royce Nene jet engines.

Orestes was powerless, but nonetheless rejected Cyril's gesture of offering him a Bible, which would mean that the religious authority of Cyril would require Orestes ' acquiescence in the bishop's policy.

Arriving in an open-top Mercedes convertible, the singer waved to the crowd in a gesture that some alleged was a Nazi salute, which was captured on camera and published in NME.

" Videotapes of the incident are inconclusive as to whether Mason's upswept hand was intended to be an indecent gesture ( as Mason's fingers are just barely off-camera ), but Sullivan's body language immediately afterward made it clear that he was convinced of it, despite Mason's panic-stricken denials later, claiming that he did not know what the " middle finger " meant, and that he did not make the gesture anyways.

On 29 June, Foreign Minister Tavola said that Fiji was " running out of patience " and that he was writing to the government of Vanuatu in what he called a " final gesture of friendship.

The clarinet gesture that opens Rhapsody in Blue could likewise be thought of either way: it was originally planned as a glissando ( Gershwin's score labels each individual note ) but is in practice played as a portamento though described as a glissando.

Indeed, as Edward Muir points out, “ by the sixteenth century virtually every word, gesture and act that the doge made in public was subject to legal and ceremonial regulation ”.