Favorite Prayers, Mantras, Spells and such

[Cameron]

This thread could go forever

 

 

You know the Our Father prayer is actually not bad..how does it go..

 

 

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. Amen

[VeeCee]

I like this one from St. Francis of Asisi:

 

Lord, make me an instrument of thy 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.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much

seek to be consoled as to console,

not so much to be understood as to understand,

not so much 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 awake to eternal life.

Edited October 8, 2007 by VeeCee

[thelerner]

I've been chanting the Jewish Shmah prayer for a while. Using Rabbi Cooper's Ecstatic Kabbalah technique where its done in hebrew but its interpreted as 'May the part of me that seeks spirituality/oneness listen/understand. Imanense and beyond Imanense, Everything is one, Everything is One.'

 

Done in the hebrew you also concentrate on how the sounds and vowels echoe in your body. From the beginning Shhhh to the ending Ohmmmnn.

 

I also like Rawn Clarks IHVH chant. Its based loosely on Franz Bardon's Hermetic Kabalic system. Like Coopers work emotional meaning and sound vibration are of equal importance. He throws in the tree of life chakra system as well as ways of using it to cast 'spells'.

 

 

Michael

[Taoist81]

Om Nama Shivaya

[Ian]

"May I (or he or she) get what I need, and may it be as close to what I want as possible!"

[rex]

Christian Contemplative phrases:

 

I will be still and learn of Thee, Spirit of Peace within.

 

Be still and know that I Am God. I am Peace within thee.

 

Be still, and know that I Am Peace within thee.

 

 

 

Hindu:

 

Again and again we bow to the goddess who resides as Intelligence in all living beings.

Again and again we bow to the goddess who resides as Wealth in all living beings.

Again and again we bow to the goddess who resides as Strength in all living beings.

Again and again we bow to the goddess who resides as Faith in all living beings.

Again and again we bow to the goddess who resides as Compassion in all living beings.

Again and again we bow to the goddess who resides as Peace in all living beings.

 

 

Hermetic:

 

Holy is the God, the Father of the Universals.

Holy is the God, Whose Will is performed and accomplished by His Own Powers.

Holy is the God, Who willeth to be known and his known by His Own.

Holy Thou art, Who by Thy Word (Logos) has established all things that are.

Holy art Thou, of Whom all Nature hath been born an Image.

Holy art Thou, Whom Nature hath not formed.

Holy art Thou, Who art more Mighty than all power.

Holy art Thou, Who transcendeth all pre-eminence.

Holy art Thou, Who excelleth all praise.

[Pero]

Precept Dedication Prayer

by Shantideva, revised by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama.

 

May all beings everywhere,

Plagued by sufferings of body and mind,

Obtain an ocean of happiness and joy

By virtue of my merits.

 

May no living creature suffer,

Commit evil or ever fall ill.

May no one be afraid or belittled,

With a mind weighed down by depression.

 

May the blind see forms,

And the deaf hear sounds.

May those whose bodies are worn with toil

Be restored on finding repose.

 

May the naked find clothing,

The hungry find food.

May the thirsty find water

And delicious drinks.

 

May the poor find wealth,

Those weak with sorrow find joy.

May the forlorn find hope,

Constant happiness and prosperity.

 

May there be timely rains

And bountiful harvests.

May all medicines be effective

And wholesome prayers bear fruit.

 

May all who are sick and ill

Quickly be freed from their ailments.

Whatever diseases there are in the world,

May they never occur again.

 

May the frightened cease to be afraid

And those bound be freed.

May the powerless find power

And may people think of benefiting each other.

 

 

With clasped hands I entreat the perfectly

Enlightened Ones who stand in all the regions ,

That they kindle the lamp of the Law for them

Who in their blindness fall into sorrow .

- Shantideva, Path of Light

 

Calling the guru from afar

 

 

7 Line prayer:

 

In the northwest of the country of Oddiyana

Born on the pistil of a lotus:

Endowed with the most marvelous attainment;

Renowned as the Lotus-Born;

Surrounded by a retinue of many Khadros

Following you I practice:

Please come forth to bestow blessings.

 

As for mantras, Om Mani Padme Hum.

[doc benway]

Not a prayer, spell, or mantra... just a question that I've been vocalizing/meditating on inspired by J Krishnamurti:

Is it possible, with all the complexities of daily living, to be able to let go of the shadow of conflict?

[林愛偉]

Eveyrday I recite the name; Amituofo, The Great Compassion Mantra, and the Shurangama Mantra, all 5 assemblies of the SHurangama Mantra, in the morning, and throughout the day walking, sitting, teaching, standing.

 

Peace,

Lin