My dear young wife, certainly friends and relatives offer mutual greetings by standing up, welcoming one another and offering obeisances. But those who are elevated to the transcendental platform, being intelligent, offer such respects to the Supersoul, who is sitting within the body, not to the person who identifies with the body.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
प्रत्युद्गमप्रश्रयणाभिवादनं विधीयते साधु मिथः सुमध्यमे । प्राज्ञैः परस्मै पुरुषाय चेतसा गुहाशयायैव न देहमानिने
pratyudgamapraśrayaṇābhivādanaṃ vidhīyate sādhu mithaḥ sumadhyame | prājñaiḥ parasmai puruṣāya cetasā guhāśayāyaiva na dehamānine
SB 4.3.22