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Affirmation of Human Oneness I am a member of the human family.
My home is Earth.
The achievements of men and women
throughout the ages are my heritage.
My destiny is bound
to that of all my
fellow human beings.
What we jointly create
forms our
bequest to future generations.
May my life serve the good of my family.
May our use of the earth
preserve it
for those yet to come.
~ Joseph Schwartzberg
African
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.
Bahá'í
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.
~ Baha'u'llah
Bahá'í
O Thou kind Lord!
Thou has created all humanity from the same stock.
Thou hast decreed
that all shall belong to the same household.
In Thy Holy Presence they are all Thy servants,
and all mankind are sheltered beneath Thy Tabernacle;
all have gathered together at Thy Table of Bounty;
all are illumined through the light of Thy Providence.
O God! Thou art kind to all,Thou hast provided for all,
dost shelter all, conferrest life upon all.
Thou hast endowed each and all
with talents and faculties,
and all are submerged in the Ocean of Thy Mercy.
O Thou kind Lord! Unite all.
Let the religions agree and make the nations one,
so that they may see each other as one family
and the whole earth as one home.
May they all live together in perfect harmony.
O God! Raise aloft the banner of the oneness of mankind.
O God! Establish the Most Great Peace.
Cement Thou, O God, the hearts together.
O Thou kind Father, God!
Gladden our hearts through the fragrance of Thy love.
Brighten our eyes through the Light of Thy Guidance.
Delight our ears with the melody of Thy Word,
and shelter us all in the Stronghold of Thy Providence.
Thou art the Mighty and Powerful,
Thou art the Forgiving
and Thou art the One Who overlooketh
the shortcomings of all mankind.
~'Abdu'l-Bahá
Buddhist
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
Buddhist - Sutta Nipata
May all beings be filled with joy and peace.
May all beings everywhere,
The strong and the weak,
The great and the small,
The mean and the powerful,
The short and the long,
the subtle and the gross:
May all beings everywhere,
Seen and unseen,
Dwelling far off or nearby,
Being or waiting to become:
May all be filled with lasting joy.
Let no one deceive another,
Let no one anywhere despise another,
Let no one out of anger or resentment
Wish suffering on anyone at all.
Just as a mother with her own life
Protects her child, her only child, from harm,
So within yourself let grow
A boundless love for all creatures.
Let your love flow outward through the universe,
To its height, its depth, its broad extent,
A limitless love, without hatred or enmity.
Then as you stand or walk,
Sit or lie down,
As long as you are awake,
Strive for this with a one-pointed mind;
Your life will bring heaven to earth.
Refuge Prayer - Thich Nhat Han
At the foot of the Bodhi tree, beautifully seated,
peaceful and smiling,
the living source of understanding and compassion,
to the Buddha I go for refuge.
The path of mindful living,
leading to healing, joy, and enlightenment,
the way of peace,
to the Dhamma I go for refuge.
The loving and supportive community of practice,
realizing harmony, awareness, and liberation,
to the Sangha I go for refuge.
I am aware
that the Three Gems are within my heart.
I vow to realize them.
I vow to practice mindful breathing and smiling,
looking deeply into things.
I vow to understand living beings and their suffering,
to cultivate compassion and loving kindness,
and to practice joy and equanimity.
I vow to offer joy to one person in the morning
and to help relieve the grief
of one person in the afternoon.
I vow to live simply and sanely,
content with just a few possessions,
and to keep my body healthy.
I vow to let go of all worry and anxiety
in order to be light and free.
I am aware that I owe so much
to my parents, teachers, friends and all beings.
I vow to be worthy of their trust,
to practice wholeheartedly,
so that understanding and compassion will flower,
and I can help living beings be free from their suffering.
May the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha
support my efforts.
Christian - Saint Basil of Caesarea
Steer the ship of my life, good Lord,
to the quiet harbour,
where I can be safe from the storms of sin and conflict.
Show me the course I should take.
Renew me in the gift of discernment,
so that I can always see
the right direction in which I should go;
and give me the strength and courage
to choose the right course,
even when the sea is rough and the waves are high,
knowing that through enduring hardship and danger
we shall find comfort and peace.
Christian Eastern Orthodox Prayer for Enemy
O Christ, Our God,
who prayed for those who crucified You,
and asked us, your servants,
to pray for our enemies;
forgive those who hate and oppress us and,
through Your Grace and love for humanity,
change their lives from doing wrong and wickedness
to love for their neighbors
and life filled with goodness.
That none of them may perish because of us
but rather they and us together
be saved through penitence;
we pray You, Lord, hear us and have mercy.
Christian - Gospel of Matthew
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.
Christian - Orthodox Peace Fellowship
We thank You, Master and Lover of mankind,
King of the ages and giver of all good things,
for destroying the dividing wall of enmity
and granting peace to those who seek your mercy.
We appeal to You to awaken
the longing for a peaceful life
in all those who are filled with hatred for their neighbors,
thinking especially of those at war or preparing for war.
Grant peace to your servants.
Implant in them the fear of You
and confirm in them love one for another.
Extinguish every dispute
and banish all temptations to disagreement.
For You are our peace and to You we ascribe glory:
to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
now and forever and unto ages of ages.
Amen.
Christian - Orthodox Prayerbook
Almighty God and Creator,
you are the
Father of all people on the earth.
Guide, I pray all the nations and their leaders
in the ways of justice and peace.
Protect us from the evils
of injustice,
prejudice, exploitation, conflict and war.
Help us to put away mistrust, bitterness and hatred.
Teach us to cease
the storing and using of implements of war.
Lead us to find justice, peace and freedom.
Unite us in the making and creating of the tools of peace
against ignorance, poverty, disease and oppression.
Grant that we may grow in harmony and friendship
as brothers and sisters
created in Your image,
to Your honor and praise.
Amen.
Christian - St Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
when there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O 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,
and it is in dying
that we are born to eternal life.
Christian - St. Augustine
O Lord, my God, grant us your peace;
already, indeed,
you have made us rich in
all things!
Give us that peace of being at rest,
that
Sabbath peace,
the peace which knows no
end.
Hindu
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.
Hindu - Bhagvad-Gita, XVIII
I desire neither earthly kingdom,
nor even freedom from birth and death.
I desire only the deliverance from grief
of all those afflicted by misery.
Oh Lord, lead us from the unreal to the real;
from darkness to light;
from death to immortality.
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 wisdom spread peace all through the world.
May all things be a source of peace to all and to me.
Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.
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Islam - Qur'an 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'
Jainist
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.
Jewish - 17th Century
Peace to you, ministering angels,
messengers of the Exalted One,
the King Who reigns over kings,
the Holy One, blessed is He.
Come in peace, angels of peace,
messengers of the Exalted One,
the King Who reigns over kings,
the Holy One, blessed is He.
Bless me with peace, angels of peace,
messengers of the Exalted One,
the King Who reigns over kings,
the Holy One, blessed is He.
Go in peace, angels of peace,
messengers of the Exalted One,
the King Who reigns over kings,
the Holy One, blessed is He.
Jewish - Osheh Shalom
May the One who causes peace
to reign in the high heavens,
let peace descend on us,
on all Israel, and all the world
Jewish - Tanakh
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.
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.
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.
Mormon - Doctrine and Covenants
Glory, and honor, and power, and might,
Be ascribed to our God;
for he is full of mercy,
Justice, grace and truth, and peace,
Forever and ever,
Amen.
Native American
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 the good things
that you provide for us on this Earth.
Native American
Hear me, four quarters of the world
- a relative I am!
Give me the strength to walk the soft earth,
a relative to all that is!
Give me the eyes to see
and the strength to understand,
that I may be like you.
With your power only can I face the winds.
~ Black Elk
Native American - Cornerstone of 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.
Oneness Prayer
O God, we are one with you,
You have made us one with you.
You have taught us that if we are open to one another,
You dwell in us.
Help us to preserve this openness
and to fight for it with all our hearts.
~Thomas Merton
Peace Pilgrim's Blessing
Blessed are they who give
without expecting even thanks in return,
for they shall be abundantly rewarded.
Blessed are they who translate
every good thing they know into action
- even higher truths shall be revealed to them.
Blessed are they who do God's will
without asking to see results,
for great shall be their recompense.
Blessed are they who love and trust
their fellow human beings,
for they shall reach the good in people
and receive a loving response.
Blessed are they who have seen reality,
for they know that not the garment of clay
but that which activates the garment of clay
is real and indestructible.
Blessed are they who see the change we call death
as a liberation from the limitations of this earth-life,
for they shall rejoice with their loved ones
who make the glorious transition.
Blessed are they who after dedicating their lives
and thereby receiving a blessing
have the courage and faith
to surmount the difficulties of the path ahead,
for they shall receive a second blessing.
Blessed are they who advance toward the spiritual path
without the selfish motive of seeking inner peace,
for they shall find it.
Blessed are those who instead of trying
to batter down the gates of the kingdom of heaven
approach them humbly and lovingly and purified,
for they shall pass right through.
Prayer for Peace, Love, and Happiness
Let me be loved, let me be happy, let me be peaceful.
Let my friends be happy, loved, and peaceful.
Let my perceived enemies
be happy, loved, and peaceful.
Let all beings be happy, loved, and peaceful.
Let the whole world experience these things.
~ Deepak Chopra
Prayer for Peace
We are one global family.
All colors, all races, one world united.
We pray for peace and the healing of our planet Earth
Peace for all nations.
Peace for our communities.
And peace within ourselves.
As we join as one across the world,
let us connect heart to heart.
Through our diversity we recognize Unity.
Through our compassion we recognize Peace.
Our love is the power to transform our world
Let us send it out NOW!
Prayer for Peace
O God, you are the source of life and peace.
Praised be your name forever.
We know it is you who turn our minds to thoughts of peace.
Hear our prayer in this time of talk of war.
Your power changes hearts.
All people of faith profoundly affirm,
That they are followers of the one God,
Children of Abraham, brothers and sisters together.
Enemies begin to speak to one another;
Those who are estranged join hands in friendship;
Nations seek the way of peace together.
Strengthen our resolve to give witness
to these truths by the way we life.
Give to us:
~ Understanding that puts an end to strife;
~ Mercy that quenches hatred,
~ And Forgiveness that overcomes vengeance.
Empower all people to live in your law of love.
Amen.
Quaker
Eternal lover of Thy children,
bring us into Thy life,
make us sharers in Thy love
and transmitters of it.
Help us to become serene and patient
in the midst of our frustrations,
but at the same time
make us heroic adventurers,
brave, gentle, tender,
but without fear
and with radiant faces.
~Rufus Jones
Shinto
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.
Sikh
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.
Sufi
Send Thy peace O Lord,
which is
perfect and everlasting,
that our souls may radiate peace.
Send Thy peace O Lord,
that we
may think, act and speak harmoniously.
Send Thy peace O Lord,
that we
may be contented and thankful
for
Thy bountiful gifts.
Send Thy peace O Lord,
that amidst
our worldly strife,
we may enjoy Thy bliss.
Send Thy peace O Lord,
that we
may endure all, tolerate all,
in the thought of
Thy grace and mercy.
Send Thy peace O Lord,
that our lives
may become a Divine vision
and in Thy light,
all darkness may vanish.
Send Thy peace O Lord, our Father and Mother,
that we Thy children on Earth
may all
unite in one family.
~Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan
Sufi
O Almighty Sun, whose light clears away all clouds,
We take refuge in you.
Guide of all people, God of all deities,
Lord of all angels,
We pray you to dispel the mists of illusion
from the hearts of the nations
And lift their lives by your all-sufficient power,
Your ever shining light, your everlasting life,
Your heavenly joy and your perfect peace.
Taoist
If there is to be peace in the world,
There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart.
~Lao-Tse
Zoroastrian
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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