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Which are the three kinds of desires permitted in dharma?

1. Lokeshana - desire to attain a divine world such as Swarga or Vaikuntha 2. Putreshana - desire to have progeny 3. Vitteshana - desire for wealth to fulfill your duties as a householder.

Namaste vs Handshake

Personally if I were a native of India I would not adopt any foreign custom unless I was satisfied that I ought to do so. Certainly I would not give up the Indian salutation for an English handshake. I should. see no object in doing so except to imitate, and thereby acknowledge the superiority of a foreign civilization. - John Woodroffe (Author)

वल्लभनायकस्य भक्तो भवामि वाञ्छितार्थदायकस्य वरमूषिकवाहनस्य पल्लवपदमृदुतरस्य पाशाङ्कुशादिधरस्य मल्लिकाजातीचम्पकहारस्य मणिमालस्य वल्लीविवाहकारणस्य गुरुगुहपूजितस्य कालिकलामालिनि- कमलाक्षिस�....