Well known author, James Twyman often says that the foundation of his work is found in the peace prayers from the twelve major religions of the world. On October 28, 1986, the leaders of these religions came to Assisi, Italy, the home of St. Francis, to offer the prayers of peace from their traditions. In 1994 James took those prayers and in less than two hours arranged them to music. He has performed the prayers around the world to tens of thousands of people.
"It was as if the music was already there," James said, "floating in space waiting for someone to catch them. I began reading the Hindu Prayer of Peace and heard the music, at first thinking it was coming from the next room. I picked up my guitar and began playing along. None of the prayers took more than ten minutes to arrange, and I realized I had been given an amazing gift that I would share with the world."
~James Twyman
James has performed the “Peace Concert” around the world in countries like Iraq, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Croatia, South Africa, Mexico and Serbia. Though his ministry has led to a wide variety of other adventures and peace projects, he still feels that the peace prayers offer a unique opportunity.
"They show us one of the ways we're the same, helping us look past all the ways we seem different and alone." ~James Twyman
Oh God, lead us from the unreal to
the Real.
Oh God, lead us from darkness to light.
Oh God, lead us from death to immortality.
Shanti, Shanti, Shanti unto all.
O Lord God Almighty may there be
peace in Celestial regions.
May there be peace on earth.
May the waters be appeasing.
May herbs be wholesome, and may trees and plants bring peace to all.
May all beneficent beings bring peace to us.
May thy Vedic Law propagate peace all through the world.
May all things be a source of
peace to us.
And may thy peace itself bestow peace on all.
And may that peace come to me also.
May all beings everywhere plagued
with sufferings of body and mind quickly be freed from their illnesses.
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.
May those who find themselves in trackless,
fearful wildernesses - the children, the aged, the unprotected - be
guarded by beneficent celestials,
and may they quickly attain Buddhahood.
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.
Peace and Universal Love is the
essence of the Gospel preached by all the Enlightened Ones.
The Lord has preached that equanimity is the Dharma.
Forgive do I, creatures all,
and let all creatures forgive me.
Unto all have I amity, and unto none enmity.
Know that violence is the root cause of all miseries in the world.
Violence in fact, is the knot of bondage.
"Do not injure any living being."
This is the eternal, perennial, and unalterable
way of spiritual life.
A weapon, howsoever powerful it
may be,
can always be superseded by a superior one;
but no weapon can, however,
be superior to non-violence and love.
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 ploughshares, and our spears into
pruning hooks.
Nations shall not lift up sword against nation - neither shall they
learn war any more.
And none shall be afraid, for the mouth of the Lord of Hosts has spoken.
Although the people living across
the ocean surrounding us, I believe, are all our brothers and sisters,
why are there constant troubles in this world?
Why do winds and waves rise in the ocean surrounding us?
I only earnestly wish that the wind will soon puff away all the clouds
which are hanging over the tops
of the mountains.
A
Almighty God, the
Great Thumb
we cannot evade to tie any knot:
The Roaring Thunder that
splits mighty trees;
the all-seeing Lord up on high who sees
even the
footprints of an antelope on a rock mass here on earth.
You are the one who
does not hesitate to respond to our call.
You are the cornerstone of peace.
O Great spirit of our Ancestors, I
raise my
pipe to you;
To your messengers in the four winds, and
to Mother Earth
who provides for your children.
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 good things that you provide for us on this Earth.
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.
If the enemy incline towards peace, do thou also incline towards
peace, and trust God, for the Lord is the one that heareth and knoweth
all
things.
And the servants of God, most Gracious are those who walk on the
earth in Humility, and when we address them, we say "PEACE."
Be generous in prosperity and
thankful in
adversity.
Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech.
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 upon the soil of the human heart,
and a
fruit upon the tree of humility.
God adjudges us according to our
deeds, not
the clothes that we wear;
That truth is above everything, but higher still
is truthful living.
Know that we attain God when we love, and only that
victory endures in consequences of which no one is defeated.
Blessed are the Peacemakers
for they shall
be known as the Children of God.
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.
To those who strike you on the cheek offer the other
also, and from those who take away your cloak, do not withhold your
coat as
well.
Give to everyone who begs from you, and of those who take away your
goods, do not ask them again.
And as you wish that others would to do you,
do
so to them.
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