Multi-Faith Prayers

Prayers from various faiths (including Gayathri chanting by Swami)

Buddhism

Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma Sambuddhassa

Buddham Sharanam Gatchami

Dhammam Sharanam Gatchami

Sangham Sharanam Gatchami

I seek refuge in the Buddha I seek refuge in Dharma (Righteousness) I seek refuge in Sangha (Holy order/Community)

Christianity

Our Father who Art in Heaven hallowed be Thy name

Thy kingdom come Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven

Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses

As we forgive those who trespass against us

(And) Lead us not into temptation

But deliver us from evil

For Thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory forever and ever

Amen

Hinduism

Aum Bhoor Bhuvah Suvah

Tat Savithur Varenyam

Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi

Dhiyo Yonah Prachodayaat

Oh Mother, who subsists in all the three Kaalas (Time: Past, Present and Future), in all the three lokas (Lokas: Heaven, Earth and Lower Regions) and in all the three gunas (Gunas – Attributes: Sathwa, Rajas and Thamas).
I pray to Thee, to illumine my intellect and dispel my ignorance just as the splendorous sunlight dispels all darkness.
I pray to Thee to make my intellect serene and bright and enlightened.

Islam

Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem (3)

La Ilaha illallah Allah Allah (3)

In the name of God, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. God is One and the Only One.

Judaism

Sch’ma Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad Adonai Echad (2)

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord

Sai Gayathri

Aum Saayeeshvaraaya Vidhmahe

Sathya Devaaya Dheemahi

Thannassarvah Prachodayaath

I know through Gurus and Shastras (and by direct experience) that Sai is God Himself: He is Bhagawan and Iswara.
I meditate on this form in my heart with all my mental faculties. He is the embodiment of truth, divinity, universal consciousness and one who pervades all the worlds.
I pray to such a Sai to direct our intellects to engage in auspicious and righteous activities.
I meditate on this great form.