The Three Prayers

Sacred prayers dictated by Avatar Meher Baba

Meher Baba's Words
“Whenever anyone recites these prayers, they will be helped spiritually because of My personal participation. It has nothing to do with how quickly you read the prayer or how much feeling you read it with or anything of that sort.”
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The Master's Prayer

Parvardigar Prayer / Universal Prayer

August 13, 1953Dehra Dun, India

English Original

O Parvardigar, the Preserver and Protector of all, You are without Beginning, and without End; Non-dual, beyond comparison; and none can measure You. You are without colour, without expression, without form, and without attributes. You are unlimited and unfathomable, beyond imagination and conception; eternal and imperishable. You are indivisible; and none can see You, but with eyes divine. You always were, You always are, and You always will be; You are everywhere, You are in everything; and You are also beyond everywhere and beyond everything. You are in the firmament and in the depths; You are manifest and unmanifest; on all planes and beyond all planes. You are in the three worlds, and also beyond the three worlds. You are imperceptible and independent. You are the Creator, the Lord of lords, the Knower of all minds and hearts; You are Omnipotent and Omnipresent. You are Knowledge Infinite, Power Infinite, and Bliss Infinite. You are the Ocean of Knowledge, all-knowing, infinitely knowing; the Knower of the past, the present, and the future, and You are Knowledge Itself. You are all-merciful and eternally benevolent; You are the Soul of souls, the One with infinite attributes. You are the Trinity of Truth, Knowledge, and Bliss; You are the Source of Truth, the Ocean of Love. You are the Ancient One, the Highest of the High; You are Prabhu and Parameshwar; You are the Beyond-God, and the Beyond-Beyond God also; You are Parabrahma, Allah, Elahi, Yezdan, Ahuramazda, and God the Beloved. You are named Ezad: the only One worthy of worship.

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Prayer of Repentance

The Repentance Prayer

November 1, 1951Khuldabad, IndiaOriginally dictated in Gujarati

English Original

We repent, O God most merciful, for all our sins; for every thought that was false or unjust or unclean; for every word spoken that ought not to have been spoken; for every deed done that ought not to have been done. We repent for every deed and word and thought inspired by selfishness, and for every deed and word and thought inspired by hatred. We repent most specially for every lustful thought and every lustful action; for every lie; for all hypocrisy; for every promise given but not fulfilled; and for all slander and backbiting. Most specially also, we repent for every action that has brought ruin to others; for every word and deed that has given others pain; and for every wish that pain should befall others. In Your unbounded mercy, we ask You to forgive us, O God, for all these sins committed by us, and to forgive us for our constant failures to think and speak and act according to Your Will.

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Beloved God Prayer

A Prayer for Baba's Lovers and Mandali

August 25, 1959Meherazad, India

English Original

Beloved God, help us all to love You more and more, and more and more, and still yet more, till we become worthy of union with You; And help us all to hold fast to Baba's daaman till the very end.

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