offering prayers in Hiroshima

This evening, I was honored to deliver the Hindu prayer during the Prayers for Peace Ceremony, in memory of the people killed by the atomic bomb 61 years ago, at the Peace Park in Hiroshima.

The prayers I recited were as follows:

harih om
purnam adah purnam idam
purnat purnam udacyate
purnasya purnam adaya
purnam evavasisyate

harih om
svasty astu vishvasya, khalah prasidatam
dhyayantu bhutani, shivam mitho dhiya
manash ca bhadram, bhajatad adhokshaje
aveshyatam no matir, apy ahaituki

trnad api sunicena
taror iva sahisnuna
amanina manadena
kirtaniyah sada harih

om
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare

om shanti, shanti, shanti.

“The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenomenal world, are perfectly equipped as complete wholes. Whatever is produced of the complete whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the complete whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance.” (Isa Upanisada, Invocation)

"May the entire universe be blessed with peace and hope. May everyone driven by envy and enmity become pacified and reconciled. May all living beings develop abiding concern for the welfare of others. May our own hearts and minds be filled with purity and serenity. May all these blessings flow naturally from this supreme benediction: May our attention become spontaneously absorbed in the rapture of pure love unto the transcendent Lord."
(Srimad Bhagavata Purana, Canto 5, Chapter 18, Verse 9)

“Let us aspire to be more humble than the blades of grass, more tolerant than the shade giving trees. Devoid of arrogance, let us offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind, may the Holy Names of God reside on our lips eternally.”
(Sri Siksastakam, Verse 3)

In the name of the Supreme Lord, let there be peace, peace, peace.