Indian Peace Prayer

I am a Hindu. I love being a Hindu. I am proud to be a Hindu. Why? Why? Why? Because a Hindu soul is a world-peace-dreamer, a Hindu heart is a world-peace-lover and a Hindu life is a world-peace-server.    

My spiritual ancestors, the Vedic seers of the hoary past, taught my soul the song of universal peace. My soul has taught the singer in me that particular song. Now I wish to sing that song lovingly and devotedly for you, my world-peace-dreamer, lover and server brother and sister-friends.   The song is in Sanskrit, the mother of all Indian languages. I wish to give the translation first:  

Indian Peace Prayer

"May there be peace in Heaven.  
May there be peace in the sky.  
May there be peace on earth.  
May there be peace in the water.  
May there be peace in the plants.  
May there be peace in the trees.  
May there be peace in the gods.  
May there be peace in Brahma.  
May there be peace in all."

Writing on Peace and Hinduism

by Sri Chinmoy

If you ask a Hindu seeker what he thinks of world peace, his spontaneous and immediate reply will be: "I do not think of world peace. Why? Because the more I think of world peace, the more I puzzle myself and confuse the poor, helpless world! Peace can never bloom and blossom and cover the length and breadth of the world on the strength of dividing and thinking minds. Peace can and shall bloom and blossom and cover the four corners of the globe only by virtue of self-giving oneness-hearts. These self-giving oneness-hearts are made of God-pleasing prayers and God-fulfilling meditations."    

Peace is the alpha and omega of our earth-reality and our Heaven-dream. We are given by the Absolute Lord Himself the signal opportunity to journey, and the infallible assurance that we shall complete our journey, to the Land of ever-transcending Love and Bliss only when we become world-peace-boat-passengers. Everything else will ultimately disappoint us save and except our peace.

Excerpt from: Peace Pilgrim