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Parvardigar Prayer


The Parvardigar Prayer is the common name of a prayer composed by Meher Baba. It was originally called the Master's Prayer or the Universal Prayer. Meher Baba composed the prayer in Dehradun, India, in August 1953 and made it public on September 13, 1953. Near the end of January 1968 Meher Baba dictated a circular to his followers to recite the Parvardigar Prayer and the Prayer of Repentance each day until March 25, 1968. On February 21 of that year he issued a second circular requesting that the prayers be continued until May 21, 1968. The order ended on that date.

The prayer is one of three frequently recited prayers by followers at gatherings, along with the Prayer of Repentance and the Beloved God Prayer. The three prayers are recited morning and evening at Meher Baba's samadni in Ahmednagar, India at 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. each day, followed by devotional songs which compose Baba's aarti.

The prayer is a prayer of praise, listing the attributes of God. It specifically uses names of God from various traditions including Sufism (Parvardigar), Hinduism (Prabhu, Parameshwar, Parabrahma), Islam (Allah), Judaism (Elahi), Zoroastrianism (Yezdan, Ahuramazda, Ezad), and Christianity (God the Beloved). The attributes praised are those of omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, omnibenevolence, and infinite love.

While there is some uncertainty about the prayer's original form, Meher Baba's main biography Meher Prabu, Lord Meher gives the prayer as follows.


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