To the dawn

Listen to the salutation to the dawn.

Look to this day for it is life,
the very life of life.

In it's brief course lie all the verities and
realities of our existance.

The bliss of growth,
the splendor of beauty.

For yesterday is but a dream
and tomorrow is only a vision.

But today well spent
makes every yesterday a dream of happiness
and every tomorrow a vision of hope.

Look well therefore to this day.

Such is the salutation to the dawn.

Hindu

Prayer for protection

O all powerfull Goddess,
You are the protector of the whole physical creation.
May You Protect my body.

You are the source of all life.
You are the source of all strenght.
May You make me strong.

Hindu

To the deceased

Let your eye go to the sun,
your life to the wind.

By the meritorious acts that you have done,
go to heaven, and then to earth again.

Or, resort to the waters,
if you feel at home there.
Remain in the herbs
with the bodies you propose to take.

Rig Veda X  :16 : 3

Prayer for diverse blessings

In mercy you have seen fit today to show me,
poor as i am, how we can in no way
pass judgement on other people's intentions.

Indeed, by sending people along an endless variety of paths,
you give me an example for myself
and for this I thank you.

St Catherina of Sienna ( 1347 - 1380)

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