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In article >,
C. Kitts > wrote:
>I'm gathering a database of blessings/holy sayings/mantras from as many
>spiritual traditions/religions as possible. Any sort of blessing is
>appropriate. If interested, would you please provide the following:
>
>1. the untranslated blessing, spelled out as accurately as possible, with
>explanation of pronunciation (accents and diacritics as possible)
>
>2. the meaning of the blessing in English
>
>3. the religion/spiritual tradition from which the blessing comes
>
>4. the country from which the blessing comes
>
>5. the language in which the untranslated blessing is written
>
>
>Anything goes, from major spiritual traditions to tribal blessings of any sort
>An example would be:
>
>
>1. Darood bar shmaw (my apologies to any Farsi speakers reading this;
>correction would be most appreciated). Accents on "rood" and "maw"
>
>2. God be with you
>
>3. religious tradition unknown to me. Islam? Zoroastrianism? Other?
>
>4. Iran
>
>5. Farsi
>
>Thank you very much for your input. Please send responses via e-mail to