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| April 12, 2010 | Alaska Senate, House open with Hindu prayer | |
Nevada (US):Both Alaska State Senate and House of Representatives in Juneau started day's work with Hindu prayers on April nine. Rajan Zed, Hindu leader, read the opening prayers from ancient Sanskrit scriptures
before Senators and Representatives on this day after sprinkling Gangajal (sacred
water from river Ganga of India). After Sanskrit delivery, he then read the English
translation of the prayers. Sanskrit is considered a sacred language in Hinduism
and root language of Indo-European languages. Zed, who is president of Universal
Society of Hinduism, recited from Rig-Veda, the oldest scripture of the world
still in common use, dated from around 1,500 BCE, besides lines from Upanishads
and Bhagavad-Gita (Song of the Lord), both ancient Hindu scriptures. He started
and ended 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 said "Asato ma sad gamaya, Tamaso ma jyotir
gamaya, Mrtyor mamrtam gamaya", which he then translated as "Lead me from the
unreal to the Real, Lead me from darkness to Light, Lead me from death to Immortality."
Reciting from Bhagavad-Gita, he urged State Senators and Representatives to keep
the welfare of others always in mind. 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. |
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