PRAYER

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Mother, give us the self-awareness to know

honestly what we are.

What we can do and what we cannot.

Give us the wisdom to cheerfully admit our

mistakes and power to learn from them,

without repeating them.

Mother, give us the humility to learn from other's,

even if they are younger to us.

Mother, give us the courage to make decisions and

sensitivity to know the reaction of others.

Mother, give us the power to recognize

the worth of each individual.

Mother, give us the patience to live realistically and more useful life through service of our brother's and sister's and all other creatures of this universe

Mother, make us your instrument to spread

Vishwa Nirmala Dharma


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God's Gift

- I asked for strength and God gave me difficulties to make me strong
- I asked for wisdom and God gave me problems to solve
- I asked for prosperity and God gave me brawn and brain to work
- I asked for courage and God gave me dangers to overcome
- I asked for love and God gave me troubled people to help
- I asked for favours and God gave me opportunities

I received nothing I wanted I received everything I needed
My prayers has been answered


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The Knots Prayer

Dear Mother:
Please untie the knots
that are in my mind,
my heart and my life.
Remove the have nots,
the can nots and the do nots
that I have in my mind.

Erase the will nots,
may nots,
might nots that may find
a home in my heart.

Release me from the could nots,
would nots and
should nots that obstruct my life.

And most of all,
Dear Mother,
I ask that you remove from my mind,
my heart and my life all of the 'am nots' 

that I have allowed to hold me back,
especially the thought
that I am not good enough.
 
I am your son,
and that means everything to me.
Amen


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-- पूजाओं में आशीर्वाद स्वरुप इश्वर से क्या मांगे --

" विपत्तियों से रक्षा कर " -- यह मेरी प्रार्थना नही,

मैं विपत्तियों से भयभीत न होऊ !

अपने दुःख से व्यथित चित को सान्तवना देने की भिक्षा

नही मांगता, मैं दुःख पर विजय पाऊं !

यदि सहायता न जुटे तो भी मेरा बल न टूटे,

संसार से हानि ही मिले, केवल वंचना ही पाऊं,

तो भी मेरा मन उसे क्षति न माने!

" मेरा त्राण कर" यह मेरी प्रार्थना नही,

मेरी तैरने की शक्ति बनी रहे,

मेरा भार हल्का करके मुझे सान्तवना न दे,

यह भार वहन करके चलता रहूँ!

सुख भरे क्षण में नतमस्तक मैं तेरा मुख पहचान पाऊं,

किंतु दुःख भरी रातों में जब सारी दुनिया मेरी वंचना करे,

तब भी मैं तेरे प्रति शक्ति न होऊं!

रविंद्रनाथ टैगोर ( मोक्ष पत्रिका से )