Bowing to the Buddha

Respectfully I bowed to the Buddha. With deepest faith, sincerity and reverence, I bowed with my total being. In this moment, nothing matters, I forget my name, my past and my future, all forgotten. Just aware, just be, just bow.

Bowing with this quality of mind helps to bring us down to the present, to awareness. Buddha means aware or awake. Bowing to Buddha is bowing to the awakeness within us which is our true self. It reminds us to live every moment of our life with the awakeness just as we did while bowing.

There are practices in various Buddhist traditions involving bowing as a means to reduce karmic obstacles or meditation, as well as to subdue our all-important proud egoistic selfish tendencies which are the prime source of troubles.

I bow to the Buddha within you.
Smile... :)

~UnawakenOne

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This is a nice contribution, I want to share my reflections and experiences too!

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