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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Rite that should bring persons or property share in divine power or grace</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about a type of religious pronouncement. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Blessing_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Blessing (disambiguation)">Blessing (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Bless" redirects here. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Bless_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Bless (disambiguation)">Bless (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8F_%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2_%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%8F_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8F_%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2_%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%8F_01.jpg/230px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="327" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8F_%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2_%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%8F_01.jpg/345px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8F_%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2_%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%8F_01.jpg/460px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1785" data-file-height="2540" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Sergius_of_Radonezh" title="Sergius of Radonezh">St. Sergius</a> blesses <a href="/wiki/Dmitry_Donskoy" title="Dmitry Donskoy">Dmitry Donskoy</a> to fight <a href="/wiki/Mamay" class="mw-redirect" title="Mamay">Mamay</a></i>, 1919, by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Aleksandr_Novoskoltsev&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aleksandr Novoskoltsev (page does not exist)">Aleksandr Novoskoltsev</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B2,_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" class="extiw" title="ru:Новоскольцев, Александр Никанорович">ru</a>]</span></figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religion</a>, a <b>blessing</b> (also used to refer to bestowing of such) is the impartation of something with <a href="/wiki/Doctrines_of_grace" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctrines of grace">grace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sacred" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacred">holiness</a>, spiritual <a href="/wiki/Redemption_(theology)" title="Redemption (theology)">redemption</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Will_of_God" title="Will of God">divine will</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology_and_Germanic_paganism">Etymology and Germanic paganism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blessing&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology and Germanic paganism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The modern English language term <i>bless</i> likely derives from the 1225 term <span title="Middle English (1100-1500)-language text"><i lang="enm">blessen</i></span>, which developed from the <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a> <span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">blǣdsian</i></span> (preserved in the <a href="/wiki/Northumbria" title="Northumbria">Northumbrian</a> dialect around 950 AD).<sup id="cite_ref-BARNHART73_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BARNHART73-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term also appears in other forms, such as <span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">blēdsian</i></span> (before 830), <span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">blētsian</i></span> from around 725 and <i><span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">blesian</i></span></i> from around 1000, all meaning to make sacred or holy by a sacrificial custom in the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_paganism" title="Anglo-Saxon paganism">Anglo-Saxon pagan</a> period, originating in <a href="/wiki/Germanic_paganism" title="Germanic paganism">Germanic paganism</a>; to mark with blood.<sup id="cite_ref-BARNHART73_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BARNHART73-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to this, the term is related to the term <span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">blōd</i></span>, meaning '<a href="/wiki/Blood" title="Blood">blood</a>'.<sup id="cite_ref-BARNHART73_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BARNHART73-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> References to this indigenous practice, <a href="/wiki/Bl%C3%B3t" title="Blót">Blót</a>, exist in related <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Icelandic</a> sources. </p><p>The modern meaning of the term may have been influenced in translations of the Bible into Old English during the process of <a href="/wiki/Christianization" title="Christianization">Christianization</a> to translate the <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> term <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">benedīcere</i></span> meaning 'to speak well of', resulting in meanings such as 'to praise' or 'extol' or 'to speak of' or 'to wish well'.<sup id="cite_ref-BARNHART73_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BARNHART73-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Abrahamic_religions">Abrahamic religions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blessing&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Abrahamic religions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Isaak_zegent_Jakob_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-110.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Isaak_zegent_Jakob_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-110.jpeg/220px-Isaak_zegent_Jakob_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-110.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Isaak_zegent_Jakob_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-110.jpeg/330px-Isaak_zegent_Jakob_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-110.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Isaak_zegent_Jakob_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-110.jpeg/440px-Isaak_zegent_Jakob_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-110.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="5722" data-file-height="4720" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Isaac" title="Isaac">Isaac</a> Blessing <a href="/wiki/Jacob" title="Jacob">Jacob</a></i>, painting by <a href="/wiki/Govert_Flinck" title="Govert Flinck">Govert Flinck</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rijksmuseum_Amsterdam" class="mw-redirect" title="Rijksmuseum Amsterdam">Rijksmuseum Amsterdam</a>)</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Abrahamic_religions" title="Abrahamic religions">Abrahamic religions</a></div> <p>'To be blessed' means to be favored by <a href="/wiki/YHWH" class="mw-redirect" title="YHWH">God</a>, the source of all blessing.<sup id="cite_ref-Chinuch_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chinuch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blessings, therefore, are directly associated with, and are believed to come from, God. Thus, to express a blessing is like bestowing a wish on someone that they experience the favor of God, and to acknowledge God as the source of all blessing. </p><p>A biblical damnation, in its most formal sense, is a negative blessing. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a>, positive and negative blessings are related; the book of <a href="/wiki/Deuteronomy" class="mw-redirect" title="Deuteronomy">Deuteronomy</a> prescribes that obedience to the <a href="/wiki/Ten_Commandments" title="Ten Commandments">Law of Moses</a> brings God's blessing. One of the first incidences of blessing in the Bible is in <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Genesis" title="Book of Genesis">Genesis</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0112.htm#1">12:1–2</a> where <a href="/wiki/Abram" class="mw-redirect" title="Abram">Abram</a> is ordered by the <a href="/wiki/YHWH" class="mw-redirect" title="YHWH">God</a> to leave his country and is told: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"I will bless you, I will make your name great."</p></blockquote> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Priestly_Blessing" title="Priestly Blessing">Priestly Blessing</a> is set forth at <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Numbers" title="Book of Numbers">Numbers</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0406.htm#24">6:24–26</a>: </p> <dl><dd>May <a href="/wiki/Names_of_God_in_Judaism#Adonai" title="Names of God in Judaism">Adonai</a> bless you, and guard you;</dd> <dd>May Adonai make His countenance shine upon you, and be gracious to you;</dd> <dd>May Adonai turn His countenance to you and grant you peace.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Judaism">Judaism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blessing&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Judaism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Berakhah" title="Berakhah">Berakhah</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Synagoge,_Enschede,_Mozaiek.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Synagoge%2C_Enschede%2C_Mozaiek.jpg/220px-Synagoge%2C_Enschede%2C_Mozaiek.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Synagoge%2C_Enschede%2C_Mozaiek.jpg/330px-Synagoge%2C_Enschede%2C_Mozaiek.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Synagoge%2C_Enschede%2C_Mozaiek.jpg/440px-Synagoge%2C_Enschede%2C_Mozaiek.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3452" data-file-height="3132" /></a><figcaption>Position in which a Jewish <a href="/wiki/Kohen" title="Kohen">kohen</a> places his hands and fingers during the <a href="/wiki/Priestly_Blessing" title="Priestly Blessing">Priestly Blessing</a>, detail of a <a href="/wiki/Mosaic" title="Mosaic">mosaic</a> in the Synagoge of Enschede, Netherlands<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Rabbinic_Judaism" title="Rabbinic Judaism">Rabbinic Judaism</a>, a blessing (or <i><a href="/wiki/Berakhah" title="Berakhah">berakhah</a></i>) is recited at a specified moment during a prayer, ceremony or other activity, especially before and after partaking of food. The function of blessings is to acknowledge <a href="/wiki/God_in_Judaism" title="God in Judaism">God</a> as the source of all blessing.<sup id="cite_ref-Chinuch_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chinuch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <i>berakhah</i> of rabbinic origin typically starts with the words, "Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe..." Rabbinic Judaism teaches that food ultimately is a gift of the one great Provider, God, and that to partake of food legitimately one should express gratitude to God by reciting the appropriate blessing of rabbinic origin prior, while torah mandates an informal blessing afterwards.<sup id="cite_ref-Chinuch_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chinuch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jewish_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish law">Jewish law</a> does not reserve recitation of blessings to only a specific class of Jews; but it does mandate specific blessings to specific occasions, so that, for example since medieval times, Jewish women chiefly recite a rabbinic blessing after lighting two <a href="/wiki/Shabbat_candles" title="Shabbat candles">Shabbat candles</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Christianity">Christianity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blessing&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Christianity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:First_communion_blessing.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/First_communion_blessing.jpg/220px-First_communion_blessing.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/First_communion_blessing.jpg/330px-First_communion_blessing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/First_communion_blessing.jpg/440px-First_communion_blessing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>A bishop blesses a girl with the sign of cross on her forehead during <a href="/wiki/Confirmation_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Confirmation in the Catholic Church">Confirmation in the catholic church</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Blessings and <a href="/wiki/Curse" title="Curse">curses</a> of <a href="/wiki/Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Christ">Christ</a> appear in the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a>, as recounted in the <a href="/wiki/Beatitudes" title="Beatitudes">Beatitudes</a> of Luke 6:20-22. Within <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism">Roman Catholicism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy" title="Eastern Orthodoxy">Eastern Orthodoxy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Anglicanism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutheranism</a>, and similar traditions, formal blessings of the church are performed by <a href="/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">bishops</a>, <a href="/wiki/Priest" title="Priest">priests</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Deacon" title="Deacon">deacons</a>. Particular formulas may be associated with <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_blessing" title="Episcopal blessing">episcopal blessings</a> and <a href="/wiki/Papal_blessing" class="mw-redirect" title="Papal blessing">papal blessings</a>. In Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran churches blessings are bestowed by <a href="/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">bishops</a> and <a href="/wiki/Priest" title="Priest">priests</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Liturgy" title="Liturgy">liturgical</a> context, raising their right hand and making the <a href="/wiki/Sign_of_the_Cross#Use_of_the_sign" class="mw-redirect" title="Sign of the Cross">sign of the cross</a> with it over persons or objects to be blessed. They also give blessings to begin <a href="/wiki/Daily_office" class="mw-redirect" title="Daily office">divine services</a> and at the <a href="/wiki/Dismissal_(liturgy)" title="Dismissal (liturgy)">dismissal</a> at the end. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox Church</a> liturgical blessings are performed over people, objects, or are given at specific points during divine services. A priest or bishop usually blesses with his hand, but may use a <a href="/wiki/Blessing_cross" title="Blessing cross">blessing cross</a>, <a href="/wiki/Candle" title="Candle">candles</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Icon" title="Icon">icon</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chalice_(cup)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chalice (cup)">Chalice</a> or <a href="/wiki/Gospel_Book" title="Gospel Book">Gospel Book</a> to bestow blessings, always making the <a href="/wiki/Sign_of_the_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Sign of the Cross">Sign of the Cross</a> therewith. When blessing with the hand, a priest uses his right hand, holding his fingers so that they form the Greek letters <a href="/wiki/IC_XC" class="mw-redirect" title="IC XC">IC XC</a>, the monogram of Jesus Christ. A bishop does the same, except he uses both hands, or may hold the <a href="/wiki/Crozier" title="Crozier">crozier</a> in his left hand, using both to make the Sign of the Cross. A bishop may also bless with special candlesticks known as the <a href="/wiki/Dikirion_and_trikirion" title="Dikirion and trikirion">dikirion and trikirion</a>. When blessing an object, the <a href="/wiki/Rubrics" class="mw-redirect" title="Rubrics">rubrics</a> often instruct Orthodox bishops and priests to make use of such substances as <a href="/wiki/Incense" title="Incense">incense</a> and <a href="/wiki/Holy_water_in_Eastern_Christianity" title="Holy water in Eastern Christianity">holy water</a>. Also, formal ecclesiastical permission to undertake an action is referred to as a "blessing". The blessing may be bestowed by a bishop or priest, or by one's own <a href="/wiki/Spiritual_father" class="mw-redirect" title="Spiritual father">spiritual father</a>. When an Orthodox <a href="/wiki/Laity" title="Laity">layperson</a> bestows a blessing, he or she will hold the thumb and first two fingers of the right hand together (the same configuration used when making the Sign of the Cross on themselves), and make the sign of the cross over the person or object they are blessing. </p><p>In Protestant liturgies such as those of <a href="/wiki/Reformed_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Reformed church">Reformed churches</a> or <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical church">Evangelical churches</a>, the minister blesses the congregation during the concluding part of the service of worship, known as the <a href="/wiki/Benediction" title="Benediction">benediction</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, the <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Presbyterian" class="mw-redirect" title="Orthodox Presbyterian">Orthodox Presbyterian</a> Directory for Public Worship states that "Unless necessary, none should depart until after the benediction," and "by his Spirit working through the ministry of the Word, God addresses his people in the call to worship, in the salutation and benediction, in the reading and preaching of the Word, and in the sacraments."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Methodist <i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Worship_for_Church_and_Home_(1965)" title="Book of Worship for Church and Home (1965)">The Book of Worship for Church and Home</a></i> (1965) contains "An Office for the Blessing of a Dwelling".<sup id="cite_ref-BOW1964_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BOW1964-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Blessing_(Roman_Catholic_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blessing (Roman Catholic Church)">Roman Catholic Church a priest or bishop blesses</a> the faithful with the <a href="/wiki/Blessed_Sacrament" class="mw-redirect" title="Blessed Sacrament">Blessed Sacrament</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Monstrance" title="Monstrance">monstrance</a> during <a href="/wiki/Benediction_of_the_Blessed_Sacrament" title="Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament">Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament</a>. According to the guidelines given by the Vatican's <a href="/wiki/Congregation_for_the_Discipline_of_the_Sacraments" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments">Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments</a> that govern the procedures for liturgical ceremonies, if a Roman Catholic layperson (a lay acolyte or parish administrator, for example) or any non-ordained religious (who is not the superior of the congregation) leads a Sunday service (other than a <a href="/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)" title="Mass (liturgy)">Mass</a>, which requires a priest to celebrate), such as <a href="/wiki/Eucharist" title="Eucharist">Eucharistic</a> adoration, the <a href="/wiki/Rosary" title="Rosary">Rosary</a>, or celebration of the <a href="/wiki/Liturgy_of_the_Hours" title="Liturgy of the Hours">Liturgy of the Hours</a>, he or she does not perform rites or sacraments reserved to the clergy and does not solemnly bless the people as a bishop, priest, or deacon would at the end of the service; an alternative format is used instead. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Lutheran_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran Church">Lutheran Churches</a>, priests are often asked to bless objects frequently used by or sacred to individuals, such as a <a href="/wiki/Cross_necklace" title="Cross necklace">cross necklace</a>; in addition, Lutheran clergy also bless the homes of members of the congregations.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a>, blessings are given by worthy, male members who hold the <a href="/wiki/Melchizedek_priesthood_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Melchizedek priesthood (Latter Day Saints)">Melchizedek priesthood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Islam">Islam</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blessing&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Islam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Barakah" title="Barakah">Barakah</a></div> <p>Blessings in <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> have two aspects, according to major scholars of Islam. Blessings are given by <a href="/wiki/Allah" title="Allah">Allah</a> as a trial for mankind. Scholars of Islam believe that having fear of being gradually misled by blessings is an attribute of the pious, and not having fear from such even though one is constantly misbehaving is an attribute of the impious. Blessings can be a source of success in the afterlife if one is grateful to Allah for them and the same blessings can be a source for damnation in afterlife if a person is not constantly grateful to God for them.<sup id="cite_ref-wordpress1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wordpress1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Islam has no clerical caste, and therefore no blessings reserved to specific individuals. Muslims will frequently pronounce "peace and blessings be upon him" when mentioning the name of <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a> or indeed, any of the prophets. Muslims will also greet one another with a blessing every time they meet and depart: <span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته</span></span> <span title="Arabic-language text"><i lang="ar-Latn">as-salāmu alaikum wa rahmatul-lāhi wa barakātuh</i></span> (meaning "<a href="/wiki/As-salamu_alaykum" title="As-salamu alaykum">may peace, mercy and blessings of God be upon you</a>").<sup id="cite_ref-wordpress1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wordpress1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dharma_religions">Dharma religions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blessing&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Dharma religions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Indian_religions" title="Indian religions">Indian religions</a>, which includes <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> and other religions like <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a>, etc. are also called <a href="/wiki/Dharmic" class="mw-redirect" title="Dharmic">Dharmic</a> religions, all of which are based on the different concept of dharma and <a href="/wiki/Karma" title="Karma">karma</a> and typical blessings are based on <a href="/wiki/Adhi%E1%B9%A3%E1%B9%ADh%C4%81na" title="Adhiṣṭhāna">Adhiṣṭhāna</a>, <a href="/wiki/A%C3%B1jali_Mudr%C4%81" title="Añjali Mudrā">Añjali Mudrā</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dar%C5%9Bana" class="mw-redirect" title="Darśana">Darśana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mudra" title="Mudra">Mudra</a>, etc. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hinduism">Hinduism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blessing&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Hinduism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Blessing" title="Special:EditPage/Blessing">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. 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It is modeled on the idea of giving a gift or offering to a deity or important person and receiving their approval (<span title="Sanskrit-language text"><i lang="sa-Latn">Ashirvād</i></span>). During the Puja involves an '<a href="/wiki/Aarti" class="mw-redirect" title="Aarti">Aarti</a> plate' or 'Aarti lamp' is circulating around a deity or person and is generally accompanied by the singing of songs in praise of that deity or person (many versions exist). In doing so, the plate or lamp is supposed to acquire the power of the deity. The priest circulates the plate or lamp to all those present. They cup their down-turned hands over the flame and then raise their palms to their forehead – the purificatory blessing, passed from the deity's image to the flame, has now been passed to the devotee. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Naivedya" class="mw-redirect" title="Naivedya">naivedya</a> ritual, a devotee makes an offering of a material substance such as flowers, fruits, or sweets. The deity then 'enjoys' or tastes a bit of the offering, which is then temporarily known as <a href="/wiki/Bhogya" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhogya">bhogya</a>. This now-divinely invested substance is called <a href="/wiki/Pras%C4%81da" class="mw-redirect" title="Prasāda">prasāda</a>, and is received by the devotee to be ingested, worn, etc. It may be the same material that was originally offered, or material offered by others and then re-distributed to other devotees. In many temples, several kinds of prasada (e.g. nuts, sweets) are distributed to the devotees. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hindu-priest-blessing.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Hindu-priest-blessing.jpg/220px-Hindu-priest-blessing.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Hindu-priest-blessing.jpg/330px-Hindu-priest-blessing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Hindu-priest-blessing.jpg/440px-Hindu-priest-blessing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Hindu priest giving blessing.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Dar%C5%9Bana" class="mw-redirect" title="Darśana"><i>Darshan</i></a> is a term meaning 'sight' (in the sense of an instance of seeing or beholding; from a root <span title="Sanskrit-language text"><i lang="sa-Latn">dṛś</i></span> 'to see'), <a href="/wiki/Vision_(spirituality)" title="Vision (spirituality)">vision</a>, apparition, or glimpse. It is most commonly used for "visions of the divine," e.g., of a god or a very holy person or artifact. One could "receive <span title="Sanskrit-language text"><i lang="sa-Latn">darshana</i></span>" of the deity in the temple, or from a great saintly person, such as a great <a href="/wiki/Guru" title="Guru">guru</a>. The touching of the feet (<span title="Sanskrit-language text"><i lang="sa-Latn">pranāma</i></span>) is a show of respect and it is often an integral part of <span title="Sanskrit-language text"><i lang="sa-Latn">darshan</i></span>. Children touch the feet of their family elders while people of all ages will bend to touch the feet of a great guru, <a href="/wiki/Murti" title="Murti">murti</a> (icon) of a <a href="/wiki/Deva_(Hinduism)" title="Deva (Hinduism)">Deva</a> (God) (such as <a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a> or <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is a special link between worshipper and guru during <a href="/wiki/Puja_(Hinduism)" title="Puja (Hinduism)">pujas</a>, in which people may touch the guru's feet in respect (<a href="/wiki/Pran%C4%81ma" title="Pranāma">Pranāma</a>), or remove the dust from a guru's feet before touching their own head. </p><p>Another tradition is <span title="Hindi-language text"><i lang="hi-Latn">Vāhan pujā</i></span> (Hindi) or <span title="Tamil-language text"><i lang="ta-Latn">Vāgana poojai</i></span> (Tamil <span title="Tamil-language text"><span lang="ta">வாகன பூஜை</span></span>) 'vehicle blessing'. This is a ritual that is performed when one purchases a new vehicle.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buddhism">Buddhism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blessing&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Buddhism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Mangala_Sutta" class="mw-redirect" title="Mangala Sutta">Mangala Sutta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adhi%E1%B9%A3%E1%B9%ADh%C4%81na" title="Adhiṣṭhāna">Adhiṣṭhāna</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Replica_of_Sanchi_gate_at_Chaitya_Bhoomi.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Replica_of_Sanchi_gate_at_Chaitya_Bhoomi.png/220px-Replica_of_Sanchi_gate_at_Chaitya_Bhoomi.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Replica_of_Sanchi_gate_at_Chaitya_Bhoomi.png/330px-Replica_of_Sanchi_gate_at_Chaitya_Bhoomi.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Replica_of_Sanchi_gate_at_Chaitya_Bhoomi.png/440px-Replica_of_Sanchi_gate_at_Chaitya_Bhoomi.png 2x" data-file-width="514" data-file-height="341" /></a><figcaption>Replica of an image at the Sanchi gate at <a href="/wiki/Chaitya_Bhoomi" title="Chaitya Bhoomi">Chaitya Bhoomi</a>, which shows a devotion scene involving a Buddhist <a href="/wiki/Stupa" title="Stupa">stupa</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In <i><a href="/wiki/Mangala_Sutta" class="mw-redirect" title="Mangala Sutta">Mangala Sutta</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Lord_Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Buddha">Lord Buddha</a> describes 'blessings' that are wholesome personal pursuits or attainments, identified in a progressive manner from the mundane to the ultimate spiritual goal. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_devotion#Blessing" title="Buddhist devotion">Blessings in Buddhism</a>, certain ceremonies are meant to provide blessings.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_uses">Other uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blessing&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Other uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_070403-N-6674H-069_Kuhu_Kaleo_Patterson_performs_a_traditional_Hawaiian_blessing_as_Commander,_Navy_Region_Hawaii_(CNRH)_Rear_Adm._T._G._Alexander_use_Hawaiian_o-o_sticks_during_a_military_housing_groundbreaking_ceremon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/US_Navy_070403-N-6674H-069_Kuhu_Kaleo_Patterson_performs_a_traditional_Hawaiian_blessing_as_Commander%2C_Navy_Region_Hawaii_%28CNRH%29_Rear_Adm._T._G._Alexander_use_Hawaiian_o-o_sticks_during_a_military_housing_groundbreaking_ceremon.jpg/260px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/US_Navy_070403-N-6674H-069_Kuhu_Kaleo_Patterson_performs_a_traditional_Hawaiian_blessing_as_Commander%2C_Navy_Region_Hawaii_%28CNRH%29_Rear_Adm._T._G._Alexander_use_Hawaiian_o-o_sticks_during_a_military_housing_groundbreaking_ceremon.jpg/390px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/US_Navy_070403-N-6674H-069_Kuhu_Kaleo_Patterson_performs_a_traditional_Hawaiian_blessing_as_Commander%2C_Navy_Region_Hawaii_%28CNRH%29_Rear_Adm._T._G._Alexander_use_Hawaiian_o-o_sticks_during_a_military_housing_groundbreaking_ceremon.jpg/520px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2804" data-file-height="1880" /></a><figcaption>A traditional Hawaiian blessing during a <a href="/wiki/Groundbreaking" title="Groundbreaking">groundbreaking</a> ceremony</figcaption></figure> <p><i>Blessing</i> is also a term used for marriage in the <a href="/wiki/Unification_Church" title="Unification Church">Unification Church</a>, <i>see:</i> <a href="/wiki/Blessing_Ceremony_of_the_Unification_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Blessing Ceremony of the Unification Church">Blessing Ceremony of the Unification Church</a>. </p><p>Clergy will normally receive a blessing from their ecclesiastical superiors to begin their ministry. In the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church" title="Russian Orthodox Church">Russian Orthodox Church</a> pious laymen would go to a <a href="/wiki/Starets" title="Starets">starets</a> (<a href="/wiki/Elder_(Christianity)" title="Elder (Christianity)">elder</a>) to receive his or her blessing before embarking upon any important work or making a major decision in their life. In <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a>, a member may receive a special blessing, known as a <a href="/wiki/Patriarchal_blessing" title="Patriarchal blessing">patriarchal blessing</a>, as guidance. </p><p>In the U.S., there are sometimes ritual ceremonies to bless companion animals.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a> anything new (a new building, a new stretch of road to be opened, a new garden) receives a blessing by a Hawaiian practitioner (or <a href="/wiki/Kahuna" title="Kahuna">Kahuna</a>) in a public ceremony (involving also the unwinding of e.g. a <a href="/wiki/Maile" class="mw-redirect" title="Maile">maile</a> <a href="/wiki/Lei_(Hawaii)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lei (Hawaii)">lei</a>).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>, there is a blessing which can be used as a tender <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/farewell" class="extiw" title="wikt:farewell">farewell</a>, especially from a parent: <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Vaya con Dios</i></span> ('Go with God'), also <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/adi%C3%B3s" class="extiw" title="wikt:adiós"><i>Adiós</i></a> (<span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">A Dios</i></span>, 'to God'), similar to the <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Adieu</i></span>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Kyrgyz_people" title="Kyrgyz people">Kyrgyz people</a>'s tradition, the blessing (<span title="Kyrgyz-language text"><i lang="ky-Latn">bata</i></span> or <span title="Kyrgyz-language text"><i lang="ky-Latn">ak bata</i></span>, 'the right blessing' or 'white blessing') might be a good wish to somebody by the oldest person or the person with the best reputation before the travel or launch of some activity of the person who seeks such a blessing and moral support. The procedure might be from the pre-Islamic local nomadic traditions with deep family values. Sometimes, older person(s) might give a negative blessing (so-called <span title="Kyrgyz-language text"><i lang="ky-Latn">teskeri bata</i></span> – 'the opposite blessing' or 'the black blessing').<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In commercial interactions, a seller's good words about the product, such as "I hope you enjoy it," could be considered to be blessings.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blessing&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Blessing" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Blessing">Apostolic Blessing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benediction" title="Benediction">Benediction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blessing_of_animals" title="Blessing of animals">Blessing of animals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dar%C5%9Bana" class="mw-redirect" title="Darśana">Darśana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Jewish_Prayers_and_Blessings" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Jewish Prayers and Blessings">List of Jewish Prayers and Blessings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priesthood_blessing" title="Priesthood blessing">Priesthood blessing</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blessing&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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