Prayers for
peace
The Prayer of Saint Francis
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
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
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 freed.
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 beneficial celestials,
and may they swiftly attain Buddhahood.
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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.
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 beneficient 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.
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Jainist Prayer for peace
> 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, perrenial, and
unalterable way of spiritual life.
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Native American 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.
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Another Native American Prayer
for Peace
> 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
> 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
> We pray to God to eradicate
all the
> misery in the world:
> that understanding triumphs
over ignorance,
> that generosity triumphs
over indifference,
> that trust triumphs over
contempt, and
> that truth triumphs over
falsehood.
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Sikh Prayer for Peace
> 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
> 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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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."
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