Tuesday, 2 July 2019

Seven names of God

The Seven Names of God Prayer is a prayer given by Meher Baba to his students and close disciples to memorize and recite, often as a chant or song, 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 !
Notes
The names of God in these prayers by Meher Baba are explained as follows.
YHWH or Adonai - Judaism
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 —
Zoroastrianism
God: Supreme Being — Christianity
Yezdan (also Yazdan): "Worthy of Worship" — Zoroastrianism
Hu : a name of God meaning He, God — Sufism
Ya (as in Ya Yezdan ): an Arabic word meaning " O"
Ishwar (also Ishvara ): the Supreme Being which is the lord and the ruler of everything — Hinduism
God Almighty is a name of God in Judaism, from El Shaddai. [3] It is also one of the traditional 101 names of God in Zoroastrianism,
Harvesp-tawan . [4]
Parvardigar (also Parwardigar ): The Preserver or Sustainer — Sufism
In Islam there are 99 names of God. [5] Meher Baba gave a list of
101 Names of God. [6]

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