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	Bowing
		Although bows are used in prayer in Japan and form integral parts of many religions, the bow used in the dojo is not part of a religious ceremony.
		Bows are typically reciprocated with the exceptions of bowing at the kamiza, dojo genkan, (entrance), solo kata practice or, when outside of the dojo, to staff in department stores etc. who bow to welcome you.
		Bows should always be returned and the person who is the lower status of the two should bow first and lowest, holding the bow until the other person has done theirs.
	www.shitoryu.org /heritage/bowing.htm (6371 words)

	Bowing (social) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bowing is the act of lowering the head, or sometimes the entire upper body from the waist, as a social gesture.
		Bows are exchanged repeatedly throughout a tea ceremony, between the host and guest of honour, among the guests, between guests and the hosts assistants, and between the host and guests.
		A profound bow is a deep bow from the waist, and is often done as a substitution for genuflection.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bowing_(social) (1674 words)

	Bowing and Samadhi
		I conclude that bowing in Chinese Mahayana Buddhism embodies both "purity of heart" and "contemplation." It is not ancillary to meditation, rather the bowing door includes both "stopping and contemplating," and opens directly to samadhi, to Prajna wisdom and to Great Compassion.
		Bowing was a central ascetic practice to the Desert Fathers and anchorites East and West.
		And universally, religious individuals have bowed to repent and to renew, to seek to reintegrate a heart wounded by ethical injury and to return to purity after a moral misdeed.
	www.bedegriffiths.com /dialogue/ciew_hengsure.htm (883 words)

	Buddhist Bowing as Contemplation
		Bowing has many purposes; perhaps its primary psychological function in the Buddhist context is to dispel arrogance and to transform the affliction of pride.
		He was aware of the significance of bowing in cultivating the fundamental attitude of humility appropriate to a spiritual seeker.
		Bowing is a mental yoga, a contemplation used therapeutically for its ability to replace and counteract the view of self, the source of pride and all the other evils that arise from arrogance.
	www.urbandharma.org /udharma7/bowing.html (7828 words)

	Red River Hapkido October and November 2006 Newsletter
		Basic standing bows are performed with the back straight and the hands at the sides (boys and men) or clasped in the lap (girls and women), and with the eyes down.
		The standing bow is performed while standing erect with hands held loosely by the side, then bending the body from the waist 90° forward while dropping the hands (still together) to the knees, and then returning to standing position.
		Sitting bows are used at the beginning and end of class, before and at the end of meditation, when greeting teachers, and when training with a partner.
	www.hapkidoselfdefense.com /newsletter.htm (639 words)

	The Social and Political Importance of Dance
		If she was bowing to an individual of high social status, her bow must be made lower, requiring excellent balance.
		One was required to bow when entering or leaving a room, in greeting or in passing of an individual, when presenting a gift or handing an item to someone, and at the end of a conversation.
		Though the main concern of the academy was social and courtly dances, the king kept artists organized and under his official authority and service.
	www.blakeneymanor.com /essay.html (2387 words)

	hemphill
		Although she was studying codes of manners for Americans at "street-level," her observations did indeed illuminate the larger social and political movements of those two and a half centuries.
		She found that codes for individual behavior aimed to mediate the oppositions and contradictions of social and political values as they evolved through (and presumably helped to define) three distinctive periods: the colonial period (1620-1740), the revolutionary period (1740-1820), and the ante-bellum period (1820-1860).
		It does so, however, in terms of the countless social acts that Americans were expected to perform day by day--acts of the socially high, middling, and low toward one another, acts of the young and the old toward one another, acts of men and women toward one another.
	webpages.ursinus.edu /rrichter/hemphill.htm (1902 words)

	JapanCorner - The Benihana Guide to Japan
		The degree of the bow is determined by social status.
		A typical bow is done at about a 15 degree angle and the longer it is held the more feeling it evokes.
		When bowing is done as an apology, it must be as low as 90 degrees.
	www.japancorner.com /etiquette.asp (3574 words)

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		Shinto, the indigenous religion of Japan, required bowing to "kami" (gods or spirits of nature) and to the emperor's picture.(4) Such bowing is prohibited by the Bible.(5) Japanese Christians and others who objected to this forced bowing were told it wasn't religious,(6) just their patriotic duty.
		Bowing to mats or a picture of a dead person (Jigoro Kano) is required in almost all American judo clubs.
		Bowing to mats was required in all judo tournaments until January, 2003, when the IJF, the International Judo Federation, changed the tournament rules.
	www.judochampions.com /bowing.html (1684 words)

	bowing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Bowing is used to express politeness, respect and humility, all at the same time.
		It can range from bowing in a somewhat automatic manner to a customer in a store or it can range up to the extreme form of getting down on the floor, the person's forehead against the ground in an all-out bowing action.
		The general principle is that the depth and length of the bow depends on the status difference (real or perceived) between the two people.
	www.bookmice.net /darkchilde/japan/bowing.html (266 words)

	CNN - Social Security says Web site was designed to be safe - Apr. 9, 1997
		In turning off the site, Acting Social Security Commissioner John Callahan said nothing was more important than maintaining the public's confidence in the agency's ability to keep data confidential.
		In fact, systems that use an electronic key 56 bits or higher are so difficult to decipher that the United States forbids their export to other countries on national security grounds.
		The system was set up so that Social Security auditors can trace any request for information back to the computer that made it.
	www.cnn.com /TECH/9704/09/social.security (757 words)

	Customs and etiquette of Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bowing is considered extremely important in Japan, so much so that, although children normally begin learning how to bow from a very young age, companies commonly provide training to their employees in how to execute bows correctly.
		The etiquette surrounding bowing, including the length and depth of bow, and the appropriate response, is exceedingly complex.
		Drinking is considered a social activity and one should not pour their own glass, but fill the glasses of your fellows.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Customs_and_etiquette_of_Japan (3698 words)

	Engage Buddhism --> Practices for Activists
		Because some Westerners are uncomfortable with notion of bowing, he calls it "Touching the Earth"--for their elders and teachers, the Buddha Dharma and the spiritual community, their original faith traditions, their ancestors, their homeplace on the planet.
		For you who teach me that the mind is a limitless source, a miracle capable of manifesting as love, as greed, as fear, capable of clarity or delusion, blind to the consequence of action or open to the boundless coherence of all that we do and experience in life.
		The bodhisattva archetype is present in all religions and even all social movements, be it in the guise of suffering servant, worker-priest, shaman, prophet, idealistic revolutionary, or community organizer.
	www.joannamacy.net /html/buddhism/practices.html (6241 words)

	math lessons - Bow
		A musical bow is a kind of simple strung musical instrument, usually plucked.
		In most cultures, a bow is a sign of respect given by the person bowing to the person bowed before.
		Bow Group, the centre-right think-tank in the United Kingdom
	www.mathdaily.com /lessons/Bow (131 words)

	Japanese Bowing
		Bowing techniques range from a small nod of the head to a long, 90 degree bow.
		If your opposite is of higher social status than yourself, you are supposed to bow deeper and longer than him or her.
		It is also common to bow to express thanks or an apology or when making a request or asking somebody for a favor.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e2000.html (139 words)

	Cleansing the heart
		and bow low from afar." Moses and his companions are expected to appear before the Lord and to prostrate themselves before Him in accordance with accepted rules of ceremony." In theTorah the saga of the Israelites' wandering includes the episode with the Golden Calf.
		The three styles are: kongshou, which means that the head hits the hands, folded and held at chest height, and sometimes while kneeling; jishou, which means bowing to the ground while kneeling, but not touching the head, and dunshou and (alternately jisang), which mean bowing and touching the head to the ground.
		Daoxuan says that this refers to unrolling the nisidana, "the bowing cloth" which along with an alms bowl and three robes is one of the three requisites of a monk.
	www.purifymind.com /CleansingHeart.htm (8970 words)

	How to Apologize: the apology and bow epitomize good manners in Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The bow is most formidable when used to apologize, which can be either offensive or defensive.
		In true cornerstone fashion, the bow is to manners what manners are to society what society is to civilization.
		There is not a hint of glee, malice or hesitation in either her execution of the apology or elbow blows.
	home.inter.net /glaabs/HtApologize.html (1545 words)

	Bowing (page 1)
		It is said that Joe Lewis, karate champion and founder of contact karate, when asked why he did not bow, said that since he did not bow to his own mother, why should he bow to anyone else.
		This seems strange since in martial art schools located in oriental countries bowing is not used very often.
		The bow is used in the same manner.
	tkdtutor.com /03School/Procedures/Bowing/Bowing01.htm (592 words)

	World Culture Resists Bowing to Commerce
		Only when cultures are well developed is there enough social trust to support commercial and governmental institutions.
		If the G8 leaders are united in their support of global commerce and trade, the civil society movement groups are just as committed to the idea of preserving local identity and enriching both biological and cultural diversity.
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	www.commondreams.org /views01/0702-01.htm (1094 words)

	Yoshioka-sensei's Aikido Notebook
		The bow must be low enough from the waist so you can see if your hands and feet are clean.
		When bowing to a stranger, it is wise to bow only as far down as you can see his hands and/or feet.
		In bowing, hands must be in front or at the side of the body, and the feet together.
	www.trussel.com /aikido/f_sens2.htm (2630 words)

	Bush Begins Next Phase of Social Security Reform Push (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		But, bowing to criticism that such private accounts would do little to fix Social Security's finances, Bush is now focusing his energy on an overhaul in which initial benefits would rise the most for low-income workers.
		House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said repeatedly that "Democrats know how to fix Social Security." She offered no specific suggestions, but she said Democrats stand ready to meet with Republicans for bipartisan talks as soon as he abandons his call for private accounts.
		Social Security crisis is just the beginning — all pension systems are in danger!
	www.newsmax.com /archives/articles/2005/5/3/215723.shtml (791 words)

	Glencoe Social Studies Geography: The World and Its People: Chapter 25
		Glencoe Social Studies Geography: The World and Its People: Chapter 25
		In this chapter students read about Japan, North Korea, and South Korea.
		In the Korean diet, dried meats, fish, and vegetables are staple items.
	www.glencoe.com /sec/socialstudies/geography/gwip2002/chap25/walp.shtml (259 words)

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