Vedanta Society of New York -- Vedantist's Prayers

--Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda -- Vol. 8, p. 129

Vedantist's Prayers

	May He Who is Father in heaven of the Christians, Holy One of the Jews, Allah of the Muslims, Buddha of the Buddhists Tao of the Chinese Ahura Mazda of the Zoroastrians, and Brahman of the Hindus, Lead us from the unreal to the Real, From darkness to light, from death to Immortality. May the All-Loving Being manifest Himself unto us, and Grant us abiding understanding, and All-consuming Divine Love. Peace. . . peace. . . peace. . . be unto all. (1)
	Om . . . this world, the higher world, and the highest world! That Sun, the adorable One, On the glory of the luminous One, we meditate; May He endow us with pure intelligence! (2)
	Om . . . May Brahman protect us both (teacher and student)! May Brahman nourish us both! May we both acquire energy (as a result of this study)! May we both become illumined (by this study)! May we not hate each other! Om. . . peace. . . peace. . . peace. . . (3)
	Om . . . May my limbs become strong. May my speech, prana, sight, hearing and all the sense organs be vigorous. All existence is the Brahman of the Upanishads May I never deny Brahman; may not Brahman deny me. Let there be no denial at all; let there be no denial at least on my part. Whatever virtues are in the Upanishads, may they abide in me who am devoted to the Atman; may they abide in me. Om. . . peace. . . peace. . . peace. . . (4)
	Om . . . With our ears may we hear what is good. With our eyes may we behold thy righteousness. Tranquil in body, may we who worship thee find rest. Om. . . peace. . . peace. . . peace. . . (5)
	Om . . . On that adorable light: The wind blow sweetly for the righteous, the rivers pour forth honey. May the herb be sweet unto us. To earth, hail. Let us meditate on the divine glory: May the night and day be sweet. May the dust of the earth be sweet. May heaven our father, be sweet to us. To the atmosphere, hail. May he inspire our understanding. Om. . . peace. . . peace. . . peace. . . (6)
	Brihad-aranyaka (1.3.28), Aitareya and, Svetasvatara (4.21) Upanisads. Based on the prayer recited by Swami Vivekananda while presenting his paper on Hinduism at the Parliament of Religions in Chicago. Ref: Complete Works, Vol. 1, p. 19 "Gayatri",The Rig-Veda, III-LXII-10, Source: "The Message of the Upanisads" by Swami Ranganathananda, p. 157, Published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay, 1985. Ibid, p. 263 Ibid, p. 192 "The Upanishads" tr. by Swami Prabhavananda and Frederick Manchester, p. 43, A Mentor Book, 1948 Brihad-aranyaka Upanisad (6.3.6), Source: "The Principal Upanishads", by S. Radhakrishnan, pp. 318-319