Seven Names of God Prayer
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The Seven Names of God Prayer is a prayer given by Meher Baba to his close disciples to memorize and recite at certain times during his life.
- Hari, Paramatma, Allah, Ahuramazda, God, Yezdan, Hu
Meher Baba composed the prayer on June 16, 1927 for the students in his free school known as the Meher Ashram to memorize and recite daily. The boy's schedule included rising at 5:00 a.m. and after washing they were to chant The Seven Names of God prayer. The prayer was also sung before each meal in the dining hall.[1] Baba later had his adult disciples memorize the prayer.
Baba composed another version during his final seclusion in 1967 that he had a disciple named Kaikobad repeat aloud in his presence.[2]
- Ya Yezdan, Ahuramazda,
- Allah, Ishwar, Paramatma,
- God Almighty, Parvardigar!
[edit] Notes
- Hari: another name of Vishnu - Hinduism
- Paramatma: Supreme Soul or Over-soul - Vedanta
- Allah: The one God - Islam
- Ahuramazda: Name of God's attribute of Life and Wisdom - Zoroastrian
- God: Supreme Being - Christianity
- Yezdan (also Yazdan): "worthy of worship" - Zoroastrian
- Hu: a name of God meaning He, God - Sufism
- Ya: an Arabic word meaning "O!" or "Oh!"
- Ishwar (also Ishvara): the Supreme Being which is the lord and the ruler of everything - Hinduism
- Parvardigar (also Parwardigar): The Preserver or Sustainer - Sufism
[edit] References
- ^ Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher, The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba, Bhau Kalchuri, Manifestation, Inc. 1986. p. 948, 960
- ^ Ibid. p. 6524
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