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What does the hands together gesture mean

1. Please

The hands together signify a request for help. During a wish or prayer, people use the hands together gesture to express a request. When asking a friend or colleague for help, you can also use the gesture of folding your hands to express your desire to be helped by others, which means asking for help.

2. Thank you

Hands together to express gratitude. When you are in trouble or difficulty, you can accept help from others. You can show your gratitude by using the gesture of folding your hands. For example, actors and celebrities often cross their hands and bow in public **** to show their gratitude to their fans and other celebrities.

3. Respect

The folding of hands also means respect. In Buddhist culture, when entering a Buddhist temple, one would bow to the statue of Buddha with both hands folded to show respect to the Buddha. When monks meet, they also put their hands together to show respect for each other. The Tenfold Dharma, as simple as it may seem, is profound. Just as the language of the sutras is profound, a single word or even a single phrase may have infinite meanings and realms. The universe has a big world and the human body has a small world. Man is the epitome of the universe, and all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are made of man.