Prayer & Light Meditation for World Peace

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MALAYALAM
Meditation on Light
Created in 2012, as a message for the whole universe. It has been adapted from the messages of great masters and saints of the past, and those in our midst today.
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Love, Peace, Joy
This is dedicated to all those who are trying sincerely to live a spiritual life
In the midst of darkness, light persists
In the midst of death, life persists
In the midst of untruth, truth persists
In the midst of hatred and violence, love and peace persist
One who strives never perishes. I have implicit faith in that promise.
Therefore though I may fail a thousand times, I shall not lose faith.
This is a message of hope.
– Adapted from Gandhiji’s writings
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All is One
We offer this with love and gratitude, to all the great teachers of the East and the West, and to teachers in our times – Sri Anandamayee Ma and Sri Sathya Sai Baba, H.H. Dalai Lama and Thich Nhat Hanh – who have helped us in our spiritual journey. We hope this will take us deeper and closer to the Light.
“We lift our thought to the Supreme who knows all our struggles and failures. May ‘He’ awaken in our hearts a new sense of abiding love, and may that love low back in unceasing love and devotion. May we live in ever closer and closer contact with the Infinite.”
– A prayer by Swami Parmananda
ALL IS ONE
Devi Stuti
For World peace and harmony, this is an offering to the Divine Mother, the Conscious Force that up-holds us and the universe.
The Devi Stuti is from the Chandi, a sacred book which sings the praise of the Divine Mother. The translation is taken from Eknath Easwaran’s God Made the Rivers to Flow.
Hymn to the Divine Mother
Sarvamangala Mangalye Shive Sarvartha Sadhike
Sharanye Tryambake Gouri Narayani Namastute.
Srishti Sthiti Vinashanam Shaktibhute Sanatani
Gunashraye Gunamaye Narayani Namastute.
Sharanagata Dinarta Paritrana Parayane
Sarvasarti Hare Devi Narayani Namastute.
Sarvamangala Mangalye Shive Sarvartha Sadhike
Sharanye Tryambake Gouri Narayani Namastute.
Srishti Sthiti Vinashanam Shaktibhute Sanatani
Gunashraye Gunamaye Narayani Namastute.
Sharanagata Dinarta Paritrana Parayane
Sarvasarti Hare Devi Narayani Namastute
English Translation
O thou the giver of all blessings,
O thou the doer of all good,
O thou the fulfiller of all desires,
O thou the giver of refuge –
Our salutations to thee, O Mother Divine.
O thou Eternal Mother,
Thou hast the power to create, to preserve, and to dissolve.
Thou the dwelling-place and embodiment of the three gunas –
Our salutations to thee, O Mother Divine.
O thou the savior of all who take refuge in thee,
The lowly and the distressed –
O Mother Divine, we salute thee,
Who takest away the sufferings of all.
– SRI AUROBINDO
DEVI STUTI
Mangal Maitri Chant
A chant in Hindi inspired by Vipassana meditation teacher Pujya Shri.S.N.Goenkaji. It is a universal wish of loving kindness for oneself and all sentient beings.
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May I be happy, may I be happy, may I be happy indeed
May you be happy, may you be happy, may you be happy indeed
May all beings be happy, all beings be happy, all beings be happy indeed
May each one be happy, each one be happy, each one be truly happy
May beings in all ten directions, benefit from these blessings
In water, on land, and in air, may all beings be at ease
May anger, hatred, delusion be far away, may the mind be pure
May all be fearless, may all be healthy and free from illness
May I be happy, may I be happy, may I be happy indeed
May you be happy, may you be happy, may you be happy indeed
May all beings be happy, all beings be happy, all beings be happy indeed
May each one be happy, each one be happy, each one be truly happy