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Hindu prayer to open US House session on June 19
Published On: Tue, Jun 17th, 2014
News East West
WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives in Washington DC will open with a Hindu prayer on June 19.
Nevada-based Hindu leader Rajan Zed has been invited to deliver the prayer from the Rig Veda, world’s oldest scripture, as well as the Upanishads and Bhagavad-Gita.
In a statement, Zed said he will start and end the prayer with “Om”, the mystical syllable in Hinduism which is used to introduce and conclude religious work.
He will recite from Brahadaranyakopanishad, saying: “Lead us from the unreal to the Real; from darkness to light; from death to immortality”. Reading from Bhagavad-Gita, he proposes to urge US Congressmen and Congresswomen to “strive constantly to serve the welfare of the world”.
House Chaplain Reverend Patrick J. Conroy has invited Zed “to open the United States House of Representatives with prayer as our guest chaplain”.
Zed had also read the first Hindu invocation in the US Senate in 2007. He has also opened many US State Senates and Assemblies, County Commissions, Boards and City Councils with Hindu prayers.
He has been bestowed with the World Interfaith Leader Award for his work for inter-faith harmony.
Hindu prayer to open US House session on June 19 - Newseastwest: Indian diaspora, Bollywood
Published On: Tue, Jun 17th, 2014
News East West
WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives in Washington DC will open with a Hindu prayer on June 19.
Nevada-based Hindu leader Rajan Zed has been invited to deliver the prayer from the Rig Veda, world’s oldest scripture, as well as the Upanishads and Bhagavad-Gita.
In a statement, Zed said he will start and end the prayer with “Om”, the mystical syllable in Hinduism which is used to introduce and conclude religious work.
He will recite from Brahadaranyakopanishad, saying: “Lead us from the unreal to the Real; from darkness to light; from death to immortality”. Reading from Bhagavad-Gita, he proposes to urge US Congressmen and Congresswomen to “strive constantly to serve the welfare of the world”.
House Chaplain Reverend Patrick J. Conroy has invited Zed “to open the United States House of Representatives with prayer as our guest chaplain”.
Zed had also read the first Hindu invocation in the US Senate in 2007. He has also opened many US State Senates and Assemblies, County Commissions, Boards and City Councils with Hindu prayers.
He has been bestowed with the World Interfaith Leader Award for his work for inter-faith harmony.
Hindu prayer to open US House session on June 19 - Newseastwest: Indian diaspora, Bollywood
