The universal truth is that prayer is universal in the way it works. Each culture and people call God by different names but the way it works is the same on the planet. Use your religion to explore God. Use it to uplift yourself. Use it to become wise. Don’t use it to convert and kill others. Truth will dawn on anyone from anywhere on the planet or elsewhere who approaches God with an open heart and open mind.
Prayer of Thanks
With love in our hearts we pray.
God, we thank you for this life, for this body and for this beautiful earth. Thank you for everything and everyone in our lives. Bless us with the inspiration to grow and glow. Bless us with good health and peace. Bless us with good meditation so that we can experience the highest knowledge of truth and the consciousness and bliss of being.
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Prayer for World Peace
Sit down in a chair with your back straight. Take about 3 relaxing breaths.
Clasp your hands in prayer mudra (with palms together all fingers touching each other) and place it at the level of your heart touching your body. This way you will access the heart and brain together. Whenever we begin any prayer we must say a thankful prayer or prayer of gratitude. The words we use in prayer are very important so instead of saying, ” God we pray that there is no war” we say something like “God we prayer for peace or peaceful diplomacy.
Dear God
Thank you for this life, this wonderful life. Thank you for this life experience on this earth.
We as an earth family join together in this moment in eternity, from this space in the heart to pray together for peace. We pray for peaceful diplomacy among world leaders. We pray for unity among the religious and spiritual leaders. We pray for a rise in intelligence and compassion.
We pray that we relate to each other as souls and not just the physical body that we inhabit.
We pray for peace, love, unity and cooperation among all of us.
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Daily Prayer For the Seeker
Dear God
I love you with all my heart and soul and I bow to you. I thank you for the gift of life and for this wonderful body and this beautiful earth. Thus, I pray for your blessings and daily guidance, internally and externally. I pray to always be inspired to keep doing my sadhana.
May we all be blessed by presence and continue to walk in light, love and auspiciousness.
Om Maa
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Vedic Prayers
Om, bhur-bhuvah swah,
Tatsavitur varen-yam
Bhargo devasya dhimahi;
Dhiyo yo nah pra-cho-dayaat.
O Omnipotent God, the Giver of Life, Remover of pains and sorrows, Bestower of happiness and the Creator of the universe! You are the most luminous, pure and adorable. We meditate on You. May You inspire and guide our intellect in the right direction.
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Om asato Maa sad gamaya,
Tatsavitur varen-yam
Bhargo devasya dhimahi;
Dhiyo yo nah pra-cho-dayaat.
O God! Lead me from falsehood to truth. Lead me from darkness to light. Lead me from death too immortality.
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Om, Vishvaani Dev Savitarduritaani Paraa Suvaa;
Yadbhadram Tanna Aasuva.
O Lord, the creator of the Universe, Remove all forms of vices and sorrows from us; Give us those qualities that are ennobling.
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Om, tejo-asi tejo mayi dhehi;
Om, viryam asi viryam mayi dhehi;
Om, balam asi balam mayi dhehi;
Om, ojo-asi ojo mayi dhehi;
Om, manyur-asi manyum mayi dhehi;
Om, saho-asi saho mayi dhehi;
O God! You are the source of luster, grant me luster. You are the source of vigor, grant me vigor. You are the source of strength, grant me strength. You are the source of brilliance, grant me brilliance. You are the source of zeal, grant me zeal. You are the source of force, grant me force.
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Om, Sarve bhavantu sukhinah, sarve santu nirmayah;
Sarve bhadrani pashyantu, ma kashchid dukh bhagbhaveta.
O Lord! May all be happy, may all be free from miseries;
May all realize goodness and may no one suffer pain.
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Om, namah sham-bha-vaa-ya cha
Mayo-bha-waa-ya cha;
Namaha Shankaraa-ya cha
Mayas karaaya cha;
Namaha Shivaaya cha
Shiva-taraa-ya cha.
My salutation to the Lord who is the source of peace, who is the source of bliss;
My salutations to the giver of peace, to the giver of bliss; My salutation to the benefactor, to the Supreme benefactor.You oh! Peaceful Being, the Eternal Source of joy and happiness.
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Prayers to the Guru from the Guru Gita
Gurubrahma Guru-vishnuh, Guru-devomaheswara; Guruh sakshat parabramha tasmai shri Gurave namah.
Guru is Brahma(Creator of the Universe). Guru is Vishnu(Preserver of the Universe), Guru is Shiva(Reformer of the Universe), Guru is the Supreme Soul. Salutation to such Guru.
Om Chaitanyam Shashvatam Shantam
Vyomateetam Niranjanaha
Nada Bindum Kaala Teetam
Tasmai Shri Gurave Namaha
The one who is verily consciousness-incarnate, eternal, ever peaceful, beyond even the ether, blemish less, beyond all sound, beyond all measurement, beyond all time, we offer our salutations unto such a Guru.
The Guru’s Prayer / Mantra
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Peace Prayer
Om Dhyauh Shantirantariksham Shantih
Prithvi Shantirapah Shantiroshadhayah Shantih
Vanaspatayah Shantirvishvedevah
Shantir Brahma Shantih Sarvam Shantih
Shantireva Shanti sa ma Shantiredhi.
Om Shantih Shantih Shantih
There is peace in the heavenly region, there is peace in the atmosphere, peace reigns on the earth, there is coolness in the water, the medical herbs are healing, the plants are peace giving; there is harmony in the celestial objects and the perfection is eternal, everything in the Universe is peaceful, peace pervades everywhere. May that peace come to me !
May there be peace, peace, peace.
The Lord’s Prayer
Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth,
As it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive them that trespass against us.
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
The power, and the glory,
For ever and ever.
Amen.
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Short Healing Mantras
These two mantras invoke the healing energies of the sun
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Prayer for Healing
Prayer for Healing
Sick with a Fatal Illness
Oh Paramatma(God or the name of God you chose) I come to you with love and thankfulness. I pray I will see your light and feel your touch as I cross this dimension.
As my last breath leaves this body I pray to remember you. I pray to remain in a stream of consciousness with complete awareness.
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