School Prayer & Invocation
Prayer
OM ASATO MAA SAD GAMAYA
TAMASO MAA JHOTIR GAMAYA
MRITHYOR MAA AMRITAM GAMAYA
OM SHANTI SHANTI SHANTI
HARI OM TAT SAT
O LORD, LEAD US FROM UNTRUTH TO TRUTH
LEAD US FROM THE DARKNESS OF IGNORANCE TO THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE
LEAD US FROM DEATH TO EVERLASTING LIFE OF DIVINE PEACE AND BLISS
MAY THERE BE PEACE WITHIN OURSELVES
MAY THERE BE PEACE AT HOME AND AROUND
MAY THERE BE PEACE EVERYWHERE, IN THE HEARTS OF ALL BEINGS
Invocation
Let every man and woman and child, without respect of caste or birth, weakness or strength, hear and learn that behind the strong and the weak, behind the high and the low, behind everyone, there is that Infinite Soul, assuring the infinite possibility and the infinite capacity of all to become great and good. Let us proclaim to every soul: Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached. Arise, awake! Awake from this hypnotism of weakness. None is really weak; the soul is infinite, omnipotent, and omniscient. Stand up, assert yourself, proclaim the God within you, do not deny Him! De-hypnotise yourselves. The way to do that is found in your own sacred books.
Teach yourselves, teach everyone his real nature, call upon the sleeping soul and see how it awakens. Power will come, glory will come, goodness will come, purity will come and everything that is excellent will come when this sleeping soul is roused to self-conscious activity.