Namaste

The tall, thin man who won fourth place in our marathon belongs to the Prospect Park Track Club. When he came to get his prize, he said, "Namaste."
 
At one point during the marathon, while he was running he turned around to greet me. Many other people also turned around to greet me.
 
-3 October 1982 
 
  
 
[Source: "Namaste" in Sri Chinmoy,  Run and Become, Become and Run, Part 12, Agni Press/Aum Publications, Jamaica, New York, 1983.]