A Glossary Of Sacred Phrases
used in the Dances Of Universal Peace

These translations and transliterations are offered to help in learning the dances. Your own realization of the phrase may transcend any and all verbal descriptions. The most important aspect is the feeling they invoke.

Islamic/Arabic

Alhamdulillah

1. All praise to God in the Highest. 2. Glory to God.

Allah Ho Akbar

1. There is no power or might save in Allah. 2. Peace is power. 3. God alone is powerful. 4. God is the greatest.

Allah Huma Salle Allah, Miftahi Darussalami

Allah is the opener of all paths to peace.

Antal Hadi, Antal Haqq

Thou art the Guide, Thou art the Truth.

As-Salaam Aleikum Waleikum As Salaam

Peace be with you; and with you be peace. Islamic greeting.

Bismillah Er-Rahman Er-Rahim

We begin in the name of Allah, who is Mercy and Compassion. The beginning of every surah in the Koran except one.

Estaferallah

1. Allah make pure. 2. We take refuge in the purifying presence of Allah.

Hu

He. The non-manifest. The sound that Sufis use to refer to the Absolute. Hu-man = man created in God' s image.

Ishq Allah Mahbud Lillah

1. God is Love, Lover, and Beloved. 2. God is all aspects of Love.

La Illaha Illa 'Llah Hu

1. There is no God but God. 2. None exists save He. 3. There is no reality except Allah. Considered the most sacred phrase in lslam.

Mohammed Ar-Rassoil Lillah

Mohammed is the Prophet or Messenger of God.

Subhan Allah

All praise to God in His purity.

Ya Shafee, Ya Khafee

O Healer, O Remedy

Zikr/Dzikr

1. Remembrance. 2. The remembrance of perfection; the perfection of remembrance. 3. The practice of repeating aloud some form of the phrase: La Illaha ' llah Hu.

 

Christian

Ave Maria Gratia Plena (Latin)

Hail, Mary, full of Grace.

Kyrie Eleison. Christe Eleison

Lord, have mercy; Christ. have mercy.

Mir Miru Mir (Russian)

Peace, peace on earth.

Ubi Caritas Et Amor, Deus Ibi Est (Latin)

Where compassion and love are, there God is also.

 

Hebrew

Heenay Mahtov. Umah Naveem. Shevet Adeem Cam Yahad

Psalm 133: "How wonderful it is for brothers and sisters to live together in peace."

Shabbat Shalom

Sabbath greetings.

Shalom Aleichem

Peace be with you.

Shema Yisrael. Adonoi Elohaynu. Adonoi Ehad

Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One. The most sacred Hebrew phrase.

 

Buddhist

Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasam Gate, Bodhisvaha

1. Gone, gone, the Buddha has gone into enlightenment. 2. Gone, gone, gone beyond, gone totally beyond all limitations, hail liberation.

Kwan Zeon Bosai (Kwan Yin)

She who hears the cries of the world and accords them Mercy and Compassion. .

Om Mane Padme Hum

Hail to the Jewel in the Lotus.

 

Hindu

Ganga Ki Jai Jal Jumna Ki Jai Jal Kailash Pati Shiva Shankar Ki Jai Jai

Hail to the holy Ganges and Jumna Rivers and hail to the sacred Mount Kailash, the earthly abode of Lord Shiva.

Gopala Devaki Nandana

Krishna in his incarnation as a Goat-herd. a happy, playful lovemaker.

Hare Krishna

Praise to the God of Love and Divine Ecstasy.

Om Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram

God who at once is Truth and Power, Impersonal and Personal, Victory to Thee, Victory, Victory to Thee.

Om Namo Shivaya

Praise to God in the name of Shiva who is the Lord of the Dance.

 

Sikh

Ek Ong Kar Sat Nam, Siri Wah (e) Guru

 There is but one God, Truth is God's Name, Indescribable is God's Wisdom.

 

Zoroastrian

Ahura Mazda

1. Indestructible Supreme God. 2. Lord of Wisdom.

Armaiti Anahita Atar Vayu

Four angels representing the four elements: earth, water, fire, air.

Ashem Vohu

The Light of Truth found in the human heart (Asha) with the Ultimate Principle, the source of that Light (Vohu). One of the most sacred Zoroastrian phrases.