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| June 29, 2010 | Sanskrit mantras to open Vacaville City Council in California | |
Nevada (US): City Council of Vacaville (California, USA), one of the fastest growing areas of the nation, will reverberate with Sanskrit mantras from ancient Hindu scriptures on July 27. Acclaimed Hindu leader Rajan Zed will deliver invocation
from Sanskrit scriptures before Vacaville City Council on this day. After Sanskrit
delivery, he then will read the English translation of the prayer. Sanskrit is
considered a sacred language in Hinduism and root language of Indo-European languages.
Zed, who is the president of Universal Society of Hinduism, will recite from Rig-Veda,
the oldest scripture of the world still in common use, besides lines from Upanishads
and Bhagavad-Gita (Song of the Lord), both ancient Hindu scriptures. He plans
to start and end the prayer with "Om", the mystical syllable containing the universe,
which in Hinduism is used to introduce and conclude religious work. Reciting from
Brahadaranyakopanishad, Rajan Zed plans to say "Asato ma sad gamaya, Tamaso ma
jyotir gamaya, Mrtyor mamrtam gamaya", which roughly translates as "Lead me from
the unreal to the Real, Lead me from darkness to Light, and Lead me from death
to Immortality." Reciting from Bhagavad-Gita, he proposes to urge Councilors to
keep the welfare of others always in mind. Rajan Zed is one of the panelists for
"On Faith", a prestigious interactive conversation on religion produced jointly
by Newsweek and washingtonpost.com. He has been awarded "World Interfaith Leader
Award" by National Association of Interchurch and Interfaith Families. Incorporated
in 1892, Vacaville houses California's legendary road stop "Nut Tree". Len Augustine
is the Mayor. Hinduism, oldest and third largest religion of the world, has about
one billion adherents and moksh (liberation) is its ultimate goal. |
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