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The Prayer of Repentance is a prayer created by Meher Baba. Meher Baba dictated the prayer in Kuldabad in November, 1951.
The prayer has become a part of a canon of prayers regularly repeated by Meher Baba's followers, along with the O Parvardigar and the Beloved God Prayer. The three prayers are repeated morning and evening at Meher Baba's Samadhi in Ahmednagar, India.
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- We repent, O God most merciful, for all our sins;
- for every thought that was false or unjust or unclean;
- for every word spoken that ought not to have been spoken;
- and for every deed done that ought not to have been done;
- We repent for every deed and word and thought inspired by selfishness,
- and for every deed and word and thought inspired by hatred.
- We repent most specially for every lustful thought and every lustful action;
- for every lie; for all hypocrisy;
- for every promise given but not fulfilled,
- and for all slander and backbiting.
- Most specially also, we repent for every action
- that has brought ruin to others,
- for every word and deed that has given others pain;
- and for every wish that pain should befall others.
- In Your unbounded mercy, we ask you to forgive us, O God,
- for all these sins committed by us,
- and to forgive us for our constant failures
- to think and speak and act according to Your will.
[edit] References
- The God-Man: The Life, Journeys & Work of Meher Baba with an Interpretation of His Silence & Spiritual Teaching, Purdom, Charles Benjamin, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1962. p. 238
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