Hindu prayer of karma

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Pamho. AGtSP

 

Give me, oh Lord,

patience to tolerate what is my destiny

courage to vanquish adversity and to put order

and the intelligence to decide between both options

 

I have heard many times this verse from members of the hindu community, but

never read it in Srila Prabhupada´s books. It is bonafide? Somebody knows?

Ys

BPD

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At 10:11 -0800 7/3/99, Villaggio Hare Krsna, Italy wrote:

 

>Give me, oh Lord,

>patience to tolerate what is my destiny

>courage to vanquish adversity and to put order

>and the intelligence to decide between both options

>

>I have heard many times this verse from members of the hindu community, but

>never read it in Srila Prabhupada´s books. It is bonafide? Somebody knows?

 

Sounds like a version of the first part of the"serenity prayer" that is

used by AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) and others. It goes:

 

GOD, grant me the serenity

to accept the things

I cannot change,

 

Courage to change the

things I can, and the

wisdom to know the difference.

 

It was written by Reinhold Neibuhr in 1926

 

The last 4 verses of the prayer are:

 

Living ONE DAY AT A TIME;

Enjoying one moment at a time;

Accepting hardship as the

pathway to peace.

 

Taking, as He did, this

sinful world as it is,

not as I would have it.

 

Trusting that He will make

all things right if I

surrender to His Will;

 

That I may be reasonably happy

in this life, and supremely

happy with Him forever in

the next. Amen

 

Ys,

Madhusudani dasi

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>GOD, grant me the serenity

>to accept the things

>I cannot change,

>

>Courage to change the

>things I can, and the

>wisdom to know the difference.

>

>It was written by Reinhold Neibuhr in 1926

 

When I first read this saying, many years ago, it was attributed to a

Christian saint, St. Augustine perhaps. Or maybe it was Marcus Aurelius.

Sorry, my memory is good but short. But I distinctly remember it was a

very old prayer. It might have been used for the AA prayer.

 

Ys Dhkdd

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> >GOD, grant me the serenity

> >to accept the things

> >I cannot change,

> >

> >Courage to change the

> >things I can, and the

> >wisdom to know the difference.

> >

> >It was written by Reinhold Neibuhr in 1926

>

> When I first read this saying, many years ago, it was attributed to a

> Christian saint, St. Augustine perhaps. Or maybe it was Marcus Aurelius.

> Sorry, my memory is good but short. But I distinctly remember it was a

> very old prayer. It might have been used for the AA prayer.

 

I read that somewhere as on old indian (american indian) saying.

 

tomi.