[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7902]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, Kauai Aadheenam Hindu Monastery, 
Kapaa, Hawaii, offered the following prayer:
  May today's session of the House of Representatives, to which 
Americans rightly turn for leadership, be abundantly blessed by the 
Lord Supreme.
  Through personal introspection, a collaborative heart, and by God's 
all-pervasive grace, may the Members present here, despite differing 
views and staunchly held convictions, find the wisdom to craft mutually 
acceptable solutions to our Nation's challenges.
  The tragic Boston Marathon bombings, still vivid in all our minds, 
implore us to advocate the humanity of a nonviolent approach in all of 
life's dimensions. Hindu scripture declares, without equivocation, that 
the highest of high ideals is to never knowingly harm anyone.
  May we here in this Chamber, and all the people of our great Nation, 
endeavor to face even our greatest difficulties with an unwavering 
commitment to seek out and to find nonviolent solutions.
  Peace, peace, peace to us, and peace to all beings.

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