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VEDIC TRADITION
ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः
तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं
भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि
धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्

Om Bhur Bhuvah Svah
Tat Savitur Varenyam
Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi
Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodayat

We meditate on the divine light of the supreme creator, may that illuminate our minds and guide us toward truth.

Rigveda 3.62.10 | Gayatri Mantra

ISLAMIC TRADITION
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim

In the name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.

Quran 1:1 | Al-Fatiha

CHRISTIAN TRADITION
Ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ὁδὸς καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια καὶ ἡ ζωή

Egō eimi hē hodos kai hē alētheia kai hē zōē

I am the way, the truth, and the life.

Gospel of John 14:6

BUDDHIST TRADITION
Sabbe saṅkhārā aniccā
Sabbe saṅkhārā dukkhā
Sabbe dhammā anattā

All formations are impermanent, all formations are suffering, all phenomena are without self.

Dhammapada 277-279 | Three Marks of Existence

SIKH TRADITION
ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ
ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ

Ik Onkar Sat Nam Karta Purakh Nirbhau Nirvair
Akal Murat Ajuni Saibhan Gur Prasad

One Universal Creator. Truth is His name. Creative being personified. Without fear. Without hatred. Timeless form. Beyond birth. Self-existent. By the Guru's grace.

Guru Granth Sahib | Mool Mantar

JEWISH TRADITION
שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְהוָה אֶחָד

Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad

Hear, O Israel: the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.

Deuteronomy 6:4 | Shema

TAOIST TRADITION
道可道,非常道
名可名,非常名

Dào kě dào, fēi cháng dào
Míng kě míng, fēi cháng míng

The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name.

Tao Te Ching 1 | Lao Tzu

BAHA'I TRADITION
The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.

The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.

Bahá'u'lláh | Gleanings

ZOROASTRIAN TRADITION
Humatam, Hukhtam, Hvarshtam
Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds

Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds — the three pillars of righteous living.

Avesta | Zoroastrian Tenet

JAIN TRADITION
परस्परोपग्रहो जीवानाम्

Parasparopagraho Jivanam

All life is bound together by mutual support and interdependence — souls exist to help one another.

Tattvartha Sutra 5.21 | Umasvati — The motto of Jainism

SUFI TRADITION
أَنَا ٱلْحَقُّ

Ana al-Haqq

I am the Truth — the mystic realization of unity with the Divine.

Mansur al-Hallaj | Sufi Mystic

CONFUCIAN TRADITION
己所不欲,勿施於人

Jǐ suǒ bù yù, wù shī yú rén

What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others.

Analects 15:23 | Confucius