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Prayers from all over the world


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Hear the words of the dancing God,
the music of whose laughter stirs the winds,
whose voice calls the seasons:
I who am the Lord of the Hunt and the Power of the Light,
sun among the clouds and the secret of the flame
I call upon your bodies to arise and come unto me.
For I am the flesh of the earth and all its beings.
Through me all things must die and with me are reborn.
Let my worship be in the body that sings,
for behold all acts of willing sacrifice are my rituals.
Let there be desire and fear, anger and weakness,
joy and peace, awe and longing within you.
For these too are part of the mysteries found within yourself,
within me, all beginnings have endings,
and all endings have beginnings.
 
charge of the god - author unknown


 


 


 


Sufi
 
Not Christian or Jew or
Muslim, not Hindu,
Buddhist, Sufi, or Zen.
Not any religion
or cultural system. I am
not from the east
or the west, not
out of the ocean or up
from the ground, not
natural or ethereal, not
composed of elements at all.
I do not exist,
am not an entity in this
world or the next,
did not descend from
Adam and Eve or any
origin story. My place is
the placeless, a trace
of the traceless.
Neither body or soul.
I belong to the beloved,
have seen the two
worlds as one and
that one
call to and know,
first, last, outer, inner,
only that breath breathing
human being.
 
sufi mystic - jelaluddin rumi - 13th century


 


 


 


O love, O pure deep love, be here, be now.
Be all; worlds dissolve into your stainless endless radiance,
Frail living leaves burn with you brighter than cold stars;
Make me your servant, your breath, your core.
 
sufi mystic - jelaluddin rumi - 13th century


 


Celtic
 
Bless, O Mistress of Magic,
Myself and everything anear me,
Bless me in all my makings,
And keep me safe forever.
 
Keep me safe forever.
 
From every unclean spirit and sending,
From every evil wish and cursing,
From every wicked spell and glamour,
From every star that frowns upon me,
Save me till the end of my day.
That they may keep me safe forever.
 
Save me till the end of my day.
 
Let every nymph and faerie be my sister,
Let every troll and brownie be my brother,
Let every fairy-mouse and will-o-the-wisp befriend me,
That they may keep me safe forever.
 
That they may keep me safe forever.
 
carmina gadelica - ancient celtic oral tradition



 


We bathe your palms
In the showers of wine,
In the crook of the kindling,
In the seven elements,
In the sap of the tree,
In the milk of honey,


We place nine pure, choice gifts
In your clear beloved face:


The gift of form,
The gift of voice,
The gift of fortune,
The gift of goodness,
The gift of eminence,
The gift of charity,
The gift of integrity,
The gift of true nobility,
The gift of apt speech.
 
traditional gaelic



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Native American Prayer for Peace

 


O Great Spirit of our


Ancestors, I raise


my pipe to you.


To your messengers the four winds, and


to Mother Earth who provides


for your children.


Give us the wisdom to teach our children


to love, to respect, and to be kind to each


other so that they may grow


with peace in mind.


Let us learn to share all good things that


you provide for us on this Earth.



Buddhist Prayer for Peace

 


May all beings everywhere plagued


with sufferings of body and mind


quickly be freed from their illnesses.


May those frightened cease to be afraid,


and may those bound be free.


May the powerless find power,


and may people think of befriending


one another.


May those who find themselves in trackless,


fearful wilderness--


the children, the aged, the unprotected--


be guarded by beneficent celestials,


and may they swiftly attain Buddhahood.



Bahai' Prayer for Peace

 


Be generous in prosperity,


and thankful in adversity.


Be fair in thy judgement,


and guarded in thy speech.


Be a lamp unto those who walk


in darkness, and a home


to the stranger.


Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light


unto the feet of the erring.


Be a breath of life to the body of


humankind, a dew to the soil of


the human heart,


and a fruit upon the tree of humility.



Sikh Prayer for Peace

 


God adjudges us according


to our deeds,


not the coat that we wear:


that truth is above everything,


but higher still is truthful living.


Know that we attaineth God when we loveth,


and only that victory


endures in consequences of which no


one is defeated.



Hindu Prayer for Peace

 


Oh God, lead us from the


unreal to the Real.


Oh God, lead us from darkness to light.


Oh God, lead us from death to immortality.


Shanti, Shanti, Shanti unto all.


Oh Lord God almighty, may there be peace in


celestial regions.


May there be peace on earth.


May the waters be appeasing.


May herbs be wholesome, and may trees and


plants bring peace to all. May all beneficent


beings bring peace to us.


May thy Vedic Law propagate peace all


through the world.


May all things be a source of peace to us.


And may thy peace itself, bestow peace on all,


and may that peace come to me also.



Jewish Prayer for Peace

 


Come let us go up the mountain of


the Lord, that we may walk the


paths of the Most High.


And we shall beat our swords into ploughshares,


and our spears into pruning hooks.


Nation shall not lift up sword against nation--


neither shall they learn war any more.


And none shall be afraid, for the mouth of the


Lord of Hosts has spoken.



Muslim Prayer for Peace

 


In the name of Allah,


the beneficent, the merciful.


Praise be to the Lord of the


Universe who has created us and


made us into tribes and nations,


That we may know each other, not that


we may despise each other.


If the enemy incline towards peace, do


thou also incline towards peace, and


trust God, for the Lord is the one that


heareth and knoweth all things.


And the servants of God,


Most Gracious are those who walk on


the Earth in humility, and when we


address them, we say "PEACE."



Christian Prayer for Peace

 


Blessed are the PEACEMAKERS,


for they shall be known as


the Children of God.


But I say to you that hear,


love your enemies,


do good to those who hate you,


bless those who curse you,


pray for those who abuse you.


To those who strike you on the cheek,


offer the other also,


and from those who take away your cloak,


do not withhold your coat as well.


Give to everyone who begs from you,


and of those who take away your goods,


do not ask them again.


And as you wish that others would do to you,


so do to them.


 


 



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Shinto Prayer for Peace

 


Although the people living


across the ocean


surrounding us, I believe,


are all our brothers and sisters,


why are there constant troubles in


this world?


Why do winds and waves rise in the


ocean surrounding us?


I only earnestly wish that the wind will


soon puff away all the clouds which are


hanging over the tops of the mountains.



Jainist Prayer for Peace

 


Peace and Universal Love is the essence


of the Gospel preached by all the


Enlightened Ones.


The Lord has preached that equanimity


is the Dharma.


Forgive do I creatures all,


and let all creatures forgive me.


Unto all have I amity, and unto none enmity.


Know that violence is the root cause of


all miseries in the world.


Violence, in fact, is the knot of bondage.


"Do not injure any living being."


This is the eternal, perennial, and unalterable


way of spiritual life.


A weapon howsoever powerful it may be,


can always be superseded by a superior one;


but no weapon can, however,


be superior to non-violence and love.



Zoroastrian Prayer for Peace

 


We pray to God to eradicate all the


misery in the world:


that understanding triumph


over ignorance,


that generosity triumph over indifference,


that trust triumph over contempt, and


that truth triumph over falsehood.





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we are one with the Mother


                   and to her we shall return


'                  like a drop of water


                   flowing to the ocean


                   hoof and horn


                   human form


                   all that lives shall be reborn


 


                    (indian prayer)


 


                              


 


                The mountains,I am part of them


                the herbs,the fir tree,I am part of them


                the morningmists,the clouds,the gathering waters


                I am part of them


                the wilderness,the dew drops,the pollen......


                I become part of it.


       


                (Navaho prayer)


 


                                     


 


                Peace..........


           comes within the souls of men when they realize...


           their relationship,their oneness,with the Universe


           and all its powers,


           and when they realize that the centre of                       Universe


           dwells Wakan Tanka,the Creator,


           and that this centre is everywhere,


           It is within each of us.


 


               (Black Elk,Oglala Lakota Nation)


 


                                                                                                                                                                                                                      


                        


With your feet I walk
I walk with your limbs
I carry forth your body
For me your mind thinks
Your voice speaks for me
Beauty is before me
And beauty is behind me
Above and below me hovers the beautiful
I am surrounded by it
I am immersed in it
In my youth I am aware of it
And in old age I shall walk quietly
The beautiful trail.

 
(Native American - navaho)


 


Cover my earth mother four times with many flowers.
Let the heavens be covered with the banked-up clouds.
Let the earth be covered with fog;
cover the earth with rains.
Great waters, rains, cover the earth.
Lightning cover the earth.
Let thunder be heard over the earth;
let thunder be heard;
Let thunder be heard over the six regions of the earth.
 
(Native American - zuni)


 


It is lovely indeed, it is lovely indeed.
I, I am the spirit within the earth ...
The feet of the earth are my feet ...
The legs of the earth are my legs ...
The bodily strength of the earth is my strength ...
The thoughts of the earth are my thoughts ...
The voice of the earth is my voice ...
The feather of the earth is my feather ...
All that belongs to the earth belongs to me ...
All that surrounds the earth surrounds me ...
I, I am the sacred words of the earth ...
It is lovely indeed, it is lovely indeed.
 
(Native American - navaho song)


 



Our old women gods, we ask you!
Our old women gods, we ask you!
Then give us long life together,
May we live until our frosted hair is white;
May we live till then.
This life that now we know!
 
(Native American - tewa)


 



-- Edited by Avalin at 12:18, 2006-09-30

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