Universal Worship Service: Reference Material

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• About the Universal Worship Service

• Links to examples and actual services:
  
  • General Example
    
  • Example 1
    
  • Example 2
    
  • Example 3

• Prayers of the Universal Worship Service:
  
  • Original. I suggest you use these. Feel free to modify them by changing the archaic expressions such as Thee and Thou to You. There may be a few other like changes that can be done, but do not rewrite or edit otherwise, please.
    
  • The above prayers modified with minor replacements for style
    
  • An Alternate Opening Prayer
    In the future, some other alternate prayers will be provided for your use. You may also find some appropriate alternate invocations or prayers through your exploration of the sacred texts.

• Universal Worship Contents: The full list of all contents. This includes other reference material, writings, audios, and videos.

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• The Internet Sacred Text Archive (Home)
  • General World Religions
    
  • Buddhism
    
  • Christianity
    
  • Judaism
    
  • Hinduism
    
  • Islamic (Sufi is mistakenly classified under this).
    
  • Zoroastrianism

• Beliefnet.com: More texts from world religions.

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• The Heart Sutra: Two Versions.

• The Bhagavad Gita

• The Nag Hammadi Manuscripts
  Selections of translations of some of the writings. All translations through The Gnostic Society Library, The Nag Hammadi Library.

  
  These include:
      The Gospel of Philip
      Translated by Wesley W. Isenberg.
      The Sophia (Wisdom) of Jesus Christ
      Translated by Douglas M. Parrott.
      The Gospel of Truth
      Translated by Robert M. Grant.

  Three Versions of The Gospel of Thomas:
      Translation by Stephen Patterson and Marvin Meyer.
      Translation by Stephen J. Patterson and James M. Robinson.
      Translation by Thomas O. Lambdin.

• 13 Versions of the Tao Te Ching
  These include translations by: S. Beck, R.B. Blakney, T. Byrn, A. Crowley, C. Ganson, C. Hansen, J. Legge, T. McCarroll, J. McDonald, P. Merel, S. Mitchell, C. Muller, and S. Rosenthal.

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From The work of Inayat Khan

• Sayings, Part I (Gayan, Vadan, Nirtan): This is a very large file, about 20 mb.

• The Prayers

• The Nature Meditations

• The Bowl of Saki for daily meditation. Selected Sayings of Inayat Khan with Complements by Samuel L. Lewis and Harmonies by Matt Lippa

• Aphorisms of Inayat Khan. A comprehensive selection of short sayings which can be used to lead to Truth. Use them as you are guided. They will unfold with persistance and sincerity.

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• Breathing Love Practice

• 10 Thoughts Meditations

• Purifications of the Elements

• Allah Huma. Hear the audio of the remembrance practice

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Links:

• universalworship.org

• cheraglibrary.org about the Universal Worship

• churchofall.us

• International Sufi Movement

• Sufi Order International

• Sufi Ruhaniat International

  
  

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