amanpeter Posted September 8, 2001 Report Share Posted September 8, 2001 Prayer - Prayer is a manifestation of purified sound. Sound is the source of our bondage within matter, and the entire material nature is created from the eternal sound known as shabda. Thus purified sound is the key to becoming free from the entrapment of the material existence. Such purified sound, or prayer, when directed to the Supreme Source, liberates one from bondage. Yours in service, Jahnava Nitai Das, Bhaktivedanta Ashram Prabhus, this seems to me a highly impersonal, even technical, description of prayer which although it may be correct, does not begin to express my own heartfelt exchanges with God as Eternal Divine Love and my dearmost friend. I think it would be great if we could share our personal understanding of prayer on this thread, hopefully including the prayers themselves. valaya ------------------ amanpeter@hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauracandra Posted September 8, 2001 Report Share Posted September 8, 2001 In one of the past newsletters there is a really technical description of the use of sound in Vedic theology. It was really interesting. I would suggest reading that issue because it lays out the whole Vedantic understanding of sound. As for prayers, I mentioned a little while back how much I am enjoying "The Imitation of Christ". It has some really good stuff. Gauracandra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talasiga Posted September 9, 2001 Report Share Posted September 9, 2001 Prayer 1 Praise Moonlit Hunter ! When I am your prey Please share my heart With the Lady of the Forest..... . . . trapped talasiga@hotmail.com [This message has been edited by talasiga (edited 09-25-2001).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRdd Posted September 9, 2001 Report Share Posted September 9, 2001 I agree, seems like the technical definition of prayer opposes true praying, which is not a mechanical process but a heartful one. Here's something nice: “For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which I utter from depths of sorrow as well as from heights of joy. It has a supernatural grandeur which expands the soul and unites it with God....” St Therese of Lisieux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talasiga Posted September 9, 2001 Report Share Posted September 9, 2001 Prayer 2 Praise Seamless Seamster ! Please clothe my ragged soul with joy Cover well my secret sorrow ! talasiga@hotmail.com [This message has been edited by talasiga (edited 09-25-2001).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leyh Posted September 10, 2001 Report Share Posted September 10, 2001 Two people went to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, 'O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity --- greedy, dishonest, adulterous --- or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.' "But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, 'O God, be merciful to me, a sinner.' "I tell you the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted." (Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 18:10-14) [This message has been edited by leyh (edited 09-09-2001).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonehearted Posted September 14, 2001 Report Share Posted September 14, 2001 Originally posted by talasiga: Praise Seamless Seamster ! Please clothe my ragged soul with joy Cover well my secret sorrow ! Nice one. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRdd Posted September 14, 2001 Report Share Posted September 14, 2001 Isn't it great to have Stone)so-called) hearted here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talasiga Posted September 20, 2001 Report Share Posted September 20, 2001 Prayer 3 Hail Hearty Stone ! Wreck my mermaid shower screen Crack my raving mirror ! . . . ------------------ talasiga@hotmail.com [This message has been edited by talasiga (edited 09-25-2001).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talasiga Posted September 25, 2001 Report Share Posted September 25, 2001 Prayer 4 Come on Singing Sorcerer ! Catch me if you can With your ancient incantation - So long have I craved To be a prisoner in your mansion ! ------------------ talasiga@hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arvindaksh das Posted September 25, 2001 Report Share Posted September 25, 2001 Shri Shri Guru Gaurangau Jayatah !!! Prayer ... I am Your eternal servant Krishna, and having forgotten You, I have been trapped in this changing material world. By Your mercy make me the dust at Your Lotus Feet, I am Your servant and will always serve You. Again Mahaprabhu became uneasy and very humble, And begged Krishna for the loving service of Hari Nama Sankirtana. arvindm@mantraonline.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talasiga Posted September 25, 2001 Report Share Posted September 25, 2001 Prayer 5 Oh please Oh please Oh Choral Sand ! Let me join your holy band Let me play the looming riff Between the brimming sea and the rock struck strand ------------------ talasiga@hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talasiga Posted September 27, 2001 Report Share Posted September 27, 2001 Prayer 6 (prayer of the confused) Hail Self of the Selfish ! Infuse my confusion With the strength of refusal Keep at bay friends in wolve's clothing ! ------------------ talasiga@hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talasiga Posted October 2, 2001 Report Share Posted October 2, 2001 Prayer 7 Home of the homeless Oh My Heart ! When will you host the Greatest Abode ? (see also: http://www.indiadivine.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000019,html ) ------------------ talasiga@hotmail.com [This message has been edited by talasiga (edited 10-02-2001).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talasiga Posted October 5, 2001 Report Share Posted October 5, 2001 from thread http://www.indiadivine.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000641.html "When you are slandered..... pray to God for them." St. John of Kronstadt. ______________________________ PRAYER 8 Praise Mountain of Mercy ! Grant that I may always Forgive the world For I could never forgive You ! . . . ------------------ talasiga@hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janus Posted October 6, 2001 Report Share Posted October 6, 2001 Praise Moonlit Hunter ! When I am your prey Please share my heart With the Lady of the Forest..... That is very beautiful, I love it, but the great God Cernunos has other prey this moon, the priestess of the Great Goddess Cerridwen, Lady Morwyn asked Him to hunt out these terrorists on the last full moon and she offered them their hearts to eat, to ferrit them out wherever they may be and to devour them if He cannot bring them to justice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talasiga Posted October 19, 2001 Report Share Posted October 19, 2001 For Navaraatri - 17 oct to 25 Oct incl. (Nine Nights of the Goddess) Excerpts from Doorga Saptasati Yaa Devi Sarva Bhooteshu Buddhi Roopen Sansthitaa Namastasyai Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namah Yaa Devi Sarva Bhooteshu Shuddha Roopen Sansthitaa Namastasyai Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namah Yaa Devi Sarva Bhooteshu Chaaya Roopen Sansthitaa Namastasyai Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namah Yaa Devi Sarva Bhooteshu Shakti Roopen Sansthitaa Namastasyai Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namah Yaa Devi Sarva Bhooteshu Shaanti Roopen Sansthitaa Namastasyai Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namah Yaa Devi Sarva Bhooteshu Shraddha Roopen Sansthitaa Namastasyai Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namah Yaa Devi Sarva Bhooteshu Kaanti Roopen Sansthitaa Namastasyai Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namah Yaa Devi Sarva Bhooteshu Lakshmi Roopen Sansthitaa Namastasyai Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namah Yaa Devi Sarva Bhooteshu Daya Roopen Sansthitaa Namastasyai Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valaya Posted October 19, 2001 Report Share Posted October 19, 2001 Talasiga, please explain more about `The nine nights of the Goddess`. Thank you. valaya RR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talasiga Posted October 20, 2001 Report Share Posted October 20, 2001 Originally posted by valaya: Talasiga, please explain more about `The nine nights of the Goddess`. Thank you. valaya RR Please see http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/8175/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talasiga Posted December 6, 2001 Report Share Posted December 6, 2001 PRAYER 9 Say Sweet Lord ! Let me know when you are touched I rarely know what it is I am feeling ..... . . . ------------------ talasiga@hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talasiga Posted December 13, 2001 Report Share Posted December 13, 2001 Originally posted by JRdd on the thread, http://www.indiadivine.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000943.html :- I only wish I had more time to keep up better correspondence with them all, but the personal and public exchanges are incredible, enlightening, encouraging, so many things, that I do not expereince when say associating with blood relatives--a time when I really do feel alone (or wish I was ). This Christmas I will surely pray for naughty little Krishna: That He finds His lonely friends and embraces the greatest Nurture . Talasiga asks, Is not loneliness that very emptiness which invites the Divine ? . . . ------------------ talasiga@hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRdd Posted December 14, 2001 Report Share Posted December 14, 2001 Your naughty little prayer worked before it even left your heart. Yesterday, most unexpectedly, the naughty little Boy found me! I could not imagine, as I peeled off the wrappings! He is large (for a child His size), holding a large sweetball (for a baby His size). Now I must prepare a divine play area for Him as the Others have taken up all the space on the altar. Originally posted by talasiga: This Christmas I will surely pray for naughty little Krishna: That He finds His lonely friends and embraces the greatest Nurture . Talasiga asks, Is not loneliness that very emptiness which invites the Divine ? It must be! Many thanks to my donor friend. It is amazing how, so often, the right kind of prayer gets answered (I have really been wanting a Ladu Gopal). Praying for a husband might not be the right kind of prayer so I don't go there. I figure Krsna, He knows what I need. Besides, you never know what you may get as a result of impure desires. My main prayer (for myself) lately has been to have the strength of spirit to make the most of my situation in such a way that I can become a useful servant. My prayer for all the devotees is that we increase our attention on chanting the Holy Names. In this Age, there is no other way.... your servant, Jayaradhe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talasiga Posted January 7, 2002 Report Share Posted January 7, 2002 PRAYER 10 Hail Opal of Opposites ! You have nothing you must do Yet you choose action night and day There is so much for us to do Please take our laziness away ! ------------------ talasiga@hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valaya Posted January 7, 2002 Report Share Posted January 7, 2002 More a poem than a prayer, so transfered to another thread. valaya [This message has been edited by valaya (edited 01-09-2002).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggohil Posted January 7, 2002 Report Share Posted January 7, 2002 I have always felt one should be vigilant in what one asks for in prayers. Asking for anything which imposes one’s own will over the will of the Divine, may not be appropriate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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