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Follow on Google News | Hindu statesman Rajan Zed to open 3 legislative bodies of Utah with their 1st Hindu prayersBy: USOH Besides the Utah State Senate and Utah House of Representatives; Rajan Zed is scheduled to read opening-prayers in the Sevier County Commission (July 08), Clinton City Council (July 09), and Bear River City Council (July 10). He has read the invocations in person, over the Zoom (and other video-communication apps) and telephone (including cellular phone). Zed delivers the invocation from ancient Sanskrit scriptures. After Sanskrit delivery, he then reads the English interpretation of the prayers. Sanskrit is considered a sacred language in Hinduism and the root language of Indo-European languages. Rajan Zed recites from Rig-Veda, the oldest scripture of the world still in common use; besides lines from Upanishads and Bhagavad-Gita (Song of the Lord), both ancient Hindu scriptures. He starts and ends the prayer with "Om", the mystical syllable containing the universe, which in Hinduism is used to introduce and conclude religious work. After Om, Zed recites Gayatri-Mantra, considered the most sacred mantra of Hinduism. For most of the legislative bodies, it has been their first Hindu prayer. Reciting from Brahadaranyakopanishad, Zed says "Asato ma sad gamaya, Tamaso ma jyotir gamaya, Mrtyor mamrtam gamaya"; which he then interprets as "Lead us from the unreal to the real, Lead us from darkness to light, and Lead us from death to immortality." Rajan Zed, a global Hindu and interfaith leader, has been bestowed with the World Interfaith Leader Award. Zed is on the Advisory Board of The Interfaith Peace Project, etc. He has been panelist for "On Faith", a prestigious interactive conversation on religion produced by The Washington Post; and produces a weekly multi-faith panel "Faith Forum" in a Gannett publication for over 13 years. Zed points out: I believe that invocations like mine strengthen society, display respect for religious liberty and pluralism, and offer opportunities for creating harmonious communities. End
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