[net.religion] A Zoroastrian Prayer

lise@utcsstat.UUCP (Lise Manchester) (05/03/84)

This posting is primarily for people who, like me, are
followers of a religion.  The great similarities between
the scriptures of the major world religions encourage me
to believe that they all come from one Divine Source.
Here is a prayer which is described in the source book as
being written by Zoroaster:
          
        
    I invite and invoke
	The Wise Lord, the Creator,
	The radiant and glorious,
	The greatest and best,
	The most beautiful, most firm, most wise,
	Who attains His ends, most infallible,
	    Becomes His righteous order,
	Who disposes our minds aright
	Who sends His joy-creating grace afar,
	Who made us and has fashioned us,
	Who has nourished us and protected us,
	Who is the most bounteous Spirit!
    We worship that Deity and Lord,
	Who is the Wise Lord, the Creator,
	The gracious helper, the Maker of all things good.
         
         
                     ...Yasna 1,1 and Yasna 70,1, Sacred Books
                          of the East, Volume XXX1
                      (an incomplete reference if I ever saw one)
         
     
If there are no major objections, I will submit more prayers from
various religions in the future.
                                    Lise Manchester