AMEN (Hebrew) AMIN (Arabic) AMEYN (Aramaic)
Ending for prayer: (roughly)
“So be it” or, “We affirm that it is so.”
BUDDHIST (Sanskrit)
BUDDHA YA, DHARMA YA, SANGHA YA
(the “triple gem”)
the truth, the teachings, the sacred community
OM MANI PADME HUM / OM MANI PEME HUNG
(Sanskrit and Tibetan Sanskrit, respectively)
(roughly) “Hail to the Jewel in the Lotus.”
GATE GATE, PARA GATE, PARA SANGATE, BODHI SVAHA
Mantra of the Great Wisdom Heart Sutra: (roughly)
“Gone gone (Go, go), Gone (Go) beyond, All beings gone (go) together, (to) Enlightenment, May it be (it is) so!”
OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA
Mantra of Bodhisattva Tara:
“All that exists, Great Mother, Remover of all fear, Bestower of good fortune, So be it.”
KWAN ZEON BOSAI
(or Kwan Zeum Bosal)
Korean name of Quan Yin, as “the One who hears the needs of all“; Bosai (or Bosal) is Korean for Bodhisattva.
OM NAMO AMITABHAYA; BUDDHAYA, DHARMAYA, SANGHAYA – “OM
Salutations to the Buddha of Infinite Light; to the Buddha, to the Dharma, to the Sangha (community of practitioners).”
SVAHA / SOHA
Ending for prayer: (Sanskrit/Tibetan Sanskrit, respectively) (roughly) “So be it” or, “We affirm that it is so.”
HINDU (SANAATANA DHARMA) (Sanskrit)
OM GAN GANAPATAYE NAMO NAMAH
“OM…Salutations again and again to Ganesha, Lord of the Ganas, Lord of All Manifest Beings.”
OM SRI RAM JAY RAM JAY JAY RAM
“OM…God Who at once is Truth and Power, impersonal and personal, immanent and transcendent; victory to Thee! Victory, victory to Thee!”
OM NAMAH SHIVAYA
“Salutations to (God in the name of) Shiva.”
DURGE JAY JAY MA
“Victory, victory to the Mother of the Universe, Shakti, Who is All-Victorious!”
HARE KRISHNA / HARE RAMA
“Hail Krishna, God of Love and Bliss; Hail Rama, God of Truth and Power!”
GOPALA, GOPALA, DEVAKI NANDANA, GOPALA
“Young, happy and playful Krishna, the Divine Cowherd; the Joy of Mother Devaki.”
RADHE RADHE RADHE GOVINDA BOLO, RADHE BOL
“Say (chant, repeat) the Name of Radha’s Beloved Krishna, the Divine Cowherd; (Say) Radha’s Name!”
SVAHA
Ending for prayer/mantra: (roughly)
“So be it” or, “We affirm that it is so.”
HARI(HI) OM
Ending for prayer/chanting: (roughly)
“So be it” or, “We affirm that it is so.”
OM SHANTI, SHANTI, SHANTIHI
(Closing)
“OM…Peace, peace, peace to all beings.
SIKH (Punjabi)
EK ONGKAR SAT NAM SIRI WAHE GURU / WAHE GURUJI KA KHALSA, WAHE GURUJI KI FATEH
“There is One God, Truth is Its Name, Great Its Indescribable Wisdom; Victory to the Wonderful Teacher of the Pure!”
SAT NARAYAN WAHE GURU, HARE NARAYAN SAT NAM
“Truth, Vishnu, True Sustainer, Infinite Wisdom; in the name of Krishna and Vishnu, creative sustenance; True Identity”
ZOROASTRIAN (Persian/ Farsi)
AHURA MAZDA
“Supreme God” or, “Lord of Wisdom.”
ARMAITI, ANAHITA, ATAR, VAYU
The Four Elements: earth, water, fire, air.
ASHEM VOHU
Identifying that Light of Truth found in the human Heart (Asha) with the Ultimate Principle, the Source of that Light (Vohu).
USHTAA TE!
“May happiness be unto you!”
SOME CLOSING PRAYERS:
May all beings be well, may all beings be happy, peace, peace, peace.
May all beings be happy, may all beings be free. Svaha.
LOKAAHA SAMASTAAHA SUKHINO BHAVANTU
(Sanskrit)
“May all beings everywhere be happy.”
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