The Twelve Peace Prayers sung on April 23,
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> The Great Experiment
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> The Prayer of St Francis
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> Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
> Where there is hatred . . . let me sow love
> Where there is injury . . . pardon
> Where there is doubt . . . faith
> Where there is despair . . .hope
> Where there is darkness . . . light
> Where there is sadness . . .joy
> Divine Master,
> grant that i may not so much seek
> To be consoled . . .as to console
> To be understood . . .as to understand,
> To be loved . . . as to love
> For it is in giving . . .that we receive,
> It is in pardoning, that we are pardoned,
> It is in dying . . .that we are born to eternal life
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> Baha'i Prayer for Peace
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> Be generous in prosperity,
> and thankful in adversity.
> Be fair in 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.
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> Buddhist Prayer for Peace
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> 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 age, the unprotected--
> be guarded by beneficial celestials,
> and may they swiftly attain Buddhahood
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> Hindu Prayer for Peace
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> 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
> plants bring peace to all. May all beneficent
> beings bring peace to us.
> May thy Vedic Law propogate 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.
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> Jainist Prayer for peace
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> Peace and Universal Love is the essence
> of the Gospel preached by all
> 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, perrinial, 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,
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> Musliim Prayer for Peace
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> 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."
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> Native American Prayer for Peace
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> 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.
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> Another Native American Prayer for Peace
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> Oh 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 of mind
> Let us learn to share all good things that
> you provide for us on this Earth.
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> Shinto Prayer for Peace
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> 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
> oceans surrounding us?
> I only earnestly wish that the wind will
> soon puff away all the clouds which are
> hanging over the tops of mountains.
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> Zoroastrian Prayer for Peace
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> 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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> Sikh Prayer for Peace
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> 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 victory
> endures in consequences of which no
> one is defeated.
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> Christian Prayer for Peace
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> 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 that strike you on the cheek,
> offer the other one 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 for them again.
> And as you wish that others would do to you,
> do so to them.
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> In the mountain, stillness surges up to explore its
> own height;
> In the lake, movement stands still to contemplate
> its own depth.
> ~Rabindranath Tagore