A Native American Prayer for Peace O Great Spirit of our Ancestors... Give us the wisdom to teach our children to love, to respect, and to be kind to each other so that they may grow with peace in mind. Let us learn to share all the good things that you provide for us on this Earth. A Christian Prayer for Peace But I say to you that hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons and daughters of God. A Muslim Prayer for Peace In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful. Praise be to the Lord of the Universe who has created us and made us into tribes and nations that we may know each other, not that we may despise each other. A Jewish Prayer for Peace Come let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, that we may walk the paths of the Most High. And we shall beat our swords into plowshares, and our spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation. Neither shall they learn war anymore. And none shall be afraid. A Buddhist Prayer for Peace May all beings everywhere plagued with sufferings of body and mind quickly be freed from their illness. May those frightened cease to be afraid, and may those bound be free. May the powerless find power, and may people think of befriending one another. A Hindu Prayer for Peace O God, lead us from the unreal to the Real. O God, lead us from darkness to light. O God, lead us from death to immortality. Shanti, Shanti, Shanti unto all. A Jainist Prayer for Peace Do not injure any living being. This is the eternal, perennial, and unalterable way of spiritual life. Forgive do I creatures all, and let all creatures forgive me. Unto all have I amity, and unto none enmity. A Baha'i Prayer for Peace Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity... be a lamp unto those who walk in darkness and a home to the stranger. Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring. Be a breath of life to the body of humankind, a dew to the soil of the human heart, and a fruit upon the tree of humility. A Sikh Prayer for Peace We attain God when we love, and only that victory endures in consequences of which no one is defeated. A Zoroastrian Prayer for Peace We pray to God to eradicate all the misery in the world: that understanding triumph over ignorance, that generosity triumph over indifference, that trust triumph over contempt, and that truth triumph over falsehood. A Shinto Prayer for Peace Although the people living across the ocean surrounding us, I believe all are our brothers and sisters, Why are there constant troubles in this world? Why do winds and waves rise in the oceans surrounding us? I only earnestly wish that the wind will soon puff away all the clouds which are hanging over the tops of mountains. Add your own prayers for peace in this prayer circle. |