One in the Same

Prayer is a way a person communicates with a high being in which they believe in. When reviewing these prayers from various religions, it seems like we, as American people are more like when it come to faith.  The language might be different but the message is the same. People   have the right to believe in any higher being but one thing remains the same  ,we  all  have  faith  in a powerful  focus. Please take the time to read each prayer.  

Buddhism  - The Refuge Prayer

Buddham  saranam gacchami

I go to the Buddha for refuge.

Dhammam saranam gacchami

I go to the  Dhamma for refuge

Sangham saranam gacchami

I go to the Sangha for refuge.

Christianity – The Lord’s Prayer

Origin: The gospel of Matthew, Chapter 6

Our Father, who art in heaven,

Hallowed by thy name,

Thy kingdom comes,

Thy will be done,

On earth as it is in heaven

Given is 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.

For thine is the kingdom,

And the power and the glory,

For ever and ever

Amen

Islam – The Fatiha

Origin:  The opening words of the Qur’an

In the name of Allah, Most gracious, Most merciful

Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustaner of the Worlds

Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

Master of the Day of Judgment

Thee do we worship, and  Thine aide as seek

Show us the straight way

The way of those on whom Thou has bestowed thy Grace, those whose Portion Is not wrath, and who do not go astray

Hinduism – The  Gayatri Mantra

Origin: The Vedas

Oh Creator of  the  Universe , may  we receive thy supreme sin – destroying light, May Thou guide our intellect in the right direction.

Judaism – The  Shema

Origin: The book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 6

Hear, Israel, the  Lord  is our  God  , the  Lord  is One.

Blessed be the Name of His glorious Kingdom for ever and ever 

And you shall love the  Lord  your  God  with  your heart and  with  all  your  soul  and  with  all  your  might. And these words that I command you Today shall be in your  heart.

And you shall  teach them diligently to your children, and  shall speak of them  when you sit at home, and  when  you  walk  along the  way and  when  you lie  down and  when you rise up. And  you shall  bind  them  as a sign on your  hand , ad  they shall be  for  frontlets between  yours eyes. And you shall write  them  on the  doorposts of your house and  on  your gates