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· There is God (pray001) - Various traditions and TZF
· Your Father (pray002) - "Holy Mother" by Swami Nikhilananda, & TZF
· What a marvel (pray003) - "LOTUS Prayer Book" (Integral Yoga Publications, Yogaville, VA)
· A little afraid (pray004) - TZF
· To be what we are (pray005) - TZF
· My Sweet Lord (pray006) - TZF
· Jesus by Rembrandt (pray007) - from Rembrandt - Life of Christ
· There is Buddha (pray008) - "The World's Wisdom" by Philip Novak (HarperCollins, 1994, p. 103)
· Why now? (pray009) - TZF
· Welcome the unexpected (pray010) - TZF
· Remember Me (pray011) - 2:144 , 150ff "The Koran" trans N. J. Dawood (Penquin, p. 24 & 25)
· Think of your life (pray012) - TZF
· Feather (pray013) - TZF
· Nothing to fear (pray014) - "A Course in Miracles" I:29 (Foundation for Inner Peace, 1975)
· Fix your mind (pray015) - "The Bhagavad Gita" trans. by Swami Nikhilananda (ix.34)
· When a child (pray016) - 1 Corinthians 13.11 "The New Testament & Psalms, An Inclusive Version"
· How extraordinary (pray017) - TZF
· The Supreme Guru (pray018) - "I Am That - Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj" (Chetana, 1973)
· How long, Mother (pray019) - TZF
· Exchange this instant (pray020) - "A Course in Miracles" I:18 (Foundation for Inner Peace, 1975)
· Am I that (pray021) - TZF
· When you pray (pray022) - TZF
· Bodhisattva (pray023) - Smithsonian magazine, 9/97 (see also)
· The best part (pray024) - "The Cloud of Unknowing" trans. Ira Progoff (DELL)
· All I have (pray025) - Lamentations 3:24 (Revised English Bible, Oxford, 1989)
· Imagine a flower (pray026) - Sri Chinmoy (from a poster at a health food store in Bangor, Maine)
· Stand up & be free (pray027) - "Vivekananda - The Yogas & Other Works" (p. 308)
· Genuine light (pray028) - John 1:9ff ("The Complete Gospels" Annotated Scholars Version)
· Understand first (pray029) - "I Am That - Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj" (Chetana, 1973)
· Do not stop there (pray030) - "Journey to The Lord of Power" by Ibn ’Arabi (p. 32) (paraphrased TZF)
· All our fears (pray031) - TZF
· The Great Jihad (pray032) - "The Sufis" by Idries Shah (Doubleday Anchor, 1971) and TZF
· The mind is everything (pray033) - "Holy Mother" by Swami Nikhilananda (p. 224)
· I pray to God (pray034) - "Yoga & Spiritual Life" by Sri Chinmoy (AUM Publications)
· God is at hand (pray035) - "Markings" by Dag Hammarskjold (Alfred A. Knopf)
· If God (pray036) - TZF
· God can (pray037) - "By His Grace - A Devotee's Story" by Dada Mukerjee (Hanuman Foundation)
· What is mysticism (pray038) - "Suggestions for Thought" by Florence Nightingale, ed. Calabria
· Amazing Grace (pray039) - John Newton. See http://www.olio.demon.co.uk/cnmhome.html
· The real self (pray040) - "Tripura Rahasya" (Jupiter Press, Madras, 1980, IX:13ff)
· How sweet (pray041) - James Taylor
· Be still (pray042) - Psalms 46:10 "Holy Bible, Revised Standard Version" (Thos. Nelson, 1972)
· The very stuff (pray043) - TZF
· A butterfly, a man (pray044) - Chuang Tzu in "The World's Wisdom" (HarperCollins, 1994, p. 166)
· Bless you (pray045) - Numbers 6:24ff "Holy Bible, Revised Standard Version" (Thos. Nelson, 1972)
· So be it (pray046) - TZF
· The Lord is (pray047) -Psalms 23 and TZF
· Fix thy mind (pray048) - "The Bhagavad Gita" commentary by Yogananda
· Wherever (pray049) - TZF
· You can see (pray050) - "Vivekananda - The Yogas & Other Works" (p. 514)
· An Image of God (pray051) - From "The World's Wisdom" (HarperCollins, 1994, p. 349)
· More than anything (pray052) - TZF
· God is One God (pray053) - "The Koran" trans. by N. J. Dawood (Penquin, 1990, 22:34ff)
· If I worship Thee (pray054) - Rabbia in "Vivekananda - The Yogas & Other Works" ( p. 537)
· Unless God (pray055) - Psalms 127 "The New Testament & Psalms, An Inclusive Version"
· Peace in Thee (pray056) - "LOTUS Prayer Book" (Integral Yoga Publications, Yogaville, VA)
· For Him alone (pray057) - "The Qur'an" trans. by Abdullah Yusuf Ali (Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an, 13:14)
· God is Love (pray058) - From a cassette tape "Sufi Chants: Hazrat Inayat Khan" (Innergarden, 1991)
· With His love (pray059) - "Thoughts for All Times" by John S. Vaughan (1899)
· My refuge (pray060) - Psalms 91 "The New Testament & Psalms, An Inclusive Version"
· Open your eyes (pray061) - Kahlil Gibran "The Kahlil Gibran Diary for 1972" (Knopf) See Ampers&nd
· Our Father in Heaven (pray062) - "Our Father in Heaven" by William C. Richards (1886)
· This I Command (pray063) - John 15:17. See also John 13:34 & 35
· Only God (pray064) - St. Augustine in The Wisdom of Saint Augustine by David Winter  (Erdmans)
· I Know Not (pray065) - Fenelon (1651-1715), a French prelate. From LOTUS Prayer Book (p. 66)
· Hear You! (pray066) - Deuteronomy 6:4ff. See also Definitions.
· I Am There (pray067) - by James Dillet Freeman, the "poet laureate" of the Unity movement.
· One Instant (pray068) - Nagarjuna, from The Illustrated Book of Sacred Scriptures ( p. 107)
· A Canticle (pray069) - by St. Francis of Assisi, our translation (in part). The 13th Cent. text is here.
· No Little Friend (pray070) - Beyond Within (Agni Press, p.156, 178) by Sri Chinmoy
· An obedience (pray071) - Lao Tzu, The Way of Life (Tao Te Ching), v. 51, trans. Witter Bynner
· Hail, Mary - Ave Maria (pray072) - Luke 1:28, Luke 1:42. See also here
· The Whole of You! (pray073) - St. Augustine,  in The Wisdom of Saint Augustine by David Winter
· All my liberty (pray074) - St. Ignatius of Loyola, Siritual Exercises (#234)
· The Presence of God (pray075) - by the Irish Jesuits http://www.jesuit.ie/choice.html
· I Said A Prayer (pray076) - from "A Poet Prays" by Violet Alleyn Storey
· The same stream (pray077) - Rabindranath Tagore, Indian poet and Nobel laureate (literature, 1913).
· Let there be light (pray078) - Adapted from various traditions.
· May I Be (pray079) - in The Tibetan Book of Living & Dying. Shantideva was a Buddhist monk (8th century).
· These few days (pray080) - TZF
· God is my shepherd (pray081) - Psalm 23, from The New Testament & Psalms, An Inclusive Version
· This is my song (pray082) - words by Lloyd Stone set to music by Jean Sibelius
· Breathe in me (pray083) - a prayer of Saint Augustine
· Thou hast made me known (pray084) - a prayer of Rabindranath Tagore in Gitanjali
· Today I forgot (pray085) - a prayer of Verlie Rider
· An Instrument of Thy Peace (pray086) - Francis of Assisi, quoted by Ananda Assisi
· When you go apart (pray087) - The Cloud of Unknowing, quoted in The Luminous Vision
· Take but a little word (pray088) - The Cloud of Unknowing, quoted in The Luminous Vision
· Praise to Thee, Most Supreme God (pray089) - Inayat Khan, quoted in Vadan Gayan Nirtan
· Thank You for Your Presence (pray090) - TZF
· He is the Compassionate (pray091) - 'Abdu'l-Baha
· Bless me into usefulness (pray092) - Tibetan Book of Living & Dying, p. 200
· O Lord, for the sake of (pray093) - prayer associated with the Names of Allah from The Most Beautiful Names
· O most merciful Redeemer (pray094) - prayer by Richard of Chichester (see also Hat Stuff)
· Father, thou above (pray095) - Pawnee prayer in Discovering God by Rodney Stark
· I salute you (pray096) - A letter attributed to Fra Giovanni Giocondo, Franciscan monk & Renaissance man, written Christmas Eve 1513
· This being human (pray097) - by Jalal al-Din Rumi in The Essential Rumi
· O Lord, Thou knowest how busy (pray098) - battle prayer at Edgehill by Jacob Astley in God of A Hundred Names
· I surrender myself (pray099) - TZF
· O God, grant me light (pray100) - a seeker's prayer by Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali in The Other Islam by Stephen Schwartz
· Praise be to Allah (pray101) - Surah I, The Qur'an, translation in The Meaning of The Glorious Koran
· I have no parents (pray102) - Samurai Zen Creed, in Zen Wisdom
· Travelers Prayer (pray103) - heard on Brides of Christ television series (there may be another source of which we are not aware)
· Tao Te Ching (pray104) - From Book One of Wang Pi (sometimes Wang Bi) text of Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, in Chinese Classics–Tao Te Ching translated by D. C. Lau.

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