Appendix / Prayers from Various Religions

Hindu

Om: The thousand-headed Purusha, thousand-eyed, thousand-footed, even He, encompassing the Universe on all sides, remained of then fingers in extent. Purusha alone is all this, that which has been and that which is to be. Moreover, He is the Director of Immortality; and hence manifests Himself as the Universe evolving by means of food. Of this magnitude is His greatness, even greater than this is Purusha. One-fourth of Him forms all created things, the Immortal three-fourths are in the regions above.

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One God sits hidden in every creature, pervading all, the In-most Self of all beings, the Watcher over all acts, abiding in all created things, the Witness, the Heart, the Absolute, free of all attributes.

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The One Dweller, Self-controlled, Who divided the One Seed into the Many, Who is their Atma, those steadfast ones see Him enthroned within their Atma, for them alone is Bliss Eternal, not for others.

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That blessing do we choose, in order that we may sing for the purpose of the sacrifice, and for the Lord of the sacrifice. Divine blessing be ours. May blessing be on the children of men. May that which is of good effect go always singing upwards. May blessing be on us, the two-footed, blessing on the four-footed. Om! Peace. Peace, Peace!