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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.
O 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.
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 wildernesses
- the children,
the aged, the
unprotected -
be guarded by
beneficent celestials,
and may they quickly
attain Buddhahood.
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.
Jainist Prayer
for Peace
Peace
andUniversal 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superseded by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.
Jewish
Prayer for Peace
Come
let us go up to
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.
Nations 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.
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.
Native
African Prayer
for Peace
Almighty
God, the Great
Thumb
we cannot evade
to tie any knot:
The Roaring Thunder
that splits mighty
trees;
the all-seeing
Lord up on high
who sees
even the footprints
of an antelope
on a rock mass
here on earth.
You are the one
who does not hesitate
to respond to
our call.
You are the cornerstone
of peace.
Native
American Prayer
for Peace
O
Great spirit of
our Ancestors,
I raise my pipe
to you;
To your messengers
in 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.
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."
The Baha'i Prayer
for Peace
Be
generous in prosperity
and thankful in
adversity.
Be fair in thy
judgment, 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 upon 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 clothes
that we wear;
That truth is
above everything,
but higher still
is truthful living.
Know that we attain
God when we love,
and only that
victory endures
in consequences
of which no one
is defeated.
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 aks them again.
And as you wish
that others would
to do you,
do so to them.
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