{"id":10279,"date":"2022-03-03T20:42:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T01:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/?p=10279"},"modified":"2024-01-05T20:47:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T01:47:16","slug":"a-prayer-for-peace-russia-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/blog\/2022\/03\/03\/a-prayer-for-peace-russia-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer for Peace (Russia &#038; Ukraine)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Written by Rev. Daishin Senpai, M.A, this Buddhist Prayer for Peace was recited by the congregants at the Practice &amp; Talk Meeting on Sunday, February 27, 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We pray for peace in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May all beings everywhere, seen and unseen, close and far away<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be free from harm and danger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May those who are entangled in the Russo-Ukrainian war<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Civilian or military,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be free from harm and danger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We pray for all those already injured in this war,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May they quickly heal their bodies and emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We pray for all those who have lost their lives during this conflict,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May they find fulfillment in the next life or in the Pure Land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We pray that wisdom and compassion will prevail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We pray that the leaders of these two countries can find a swift agreement for peace,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the equal benefit of both of their peoples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We pray that the nations of the world can work in harmony for the lasting benefit of the human race, other species, and the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We pray for peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Namu Amida Butsu&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Rev. Daishin Senpai, M.A, this Buddhist Prayer for Peace was recited by the congregants at the Practice &amp; Talk Meeting on Sunday, February 27, 2022. &#8220;We pray for peace in the world. May all beings everywhere, seen and unseen, close and far away Be free from harm and danger. May those who are&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5398,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","ctfw-has-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10279"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10311,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10279\/revisions\/10311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}