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| May 31, 2010 | Boulder City Council, birthtown of Playboy playmate Deanna Brooks, to open with Sanskrit mantras | |
Nevada (US): City Council of Boulder City (Nevada, USA), known as 'Home of Hoover Dam', will reverberate with Sanskrit mantras from ancient Hindu scriptures on June 22. Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hindu statesman, will
deliver invocation from Sanskrit scriptures before Boulder 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. |
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