Prayer vs Meditation
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Theravāda buddhism has only reciting, we don't have prayer. Reciting is like when you want to speak thai language, you have to recite thai vocabulary and thai grammar to memorize it for using it in every where and every time you want to speak in thai.
So, when you want to practice follow the buddha, you have to memorize the buddha's teaching, first.
Also, there are many types of reciting in buddhism, which depending on situation, such as:
- Reciting for meditation of the practitioner, such as in Sutta. Aṅ. (5): dasakanipātā Dutiyanalakapānasuttaṃ.
- Reciting for keep tipitaka going on of the tipitaka-memorizer, such as in 1st saṅgāyanā.
- Reciting in thai tradition, which follow to the virtual chapter of the path of purification.
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The definition of "prayer" in the Oxford dictionary:
1 A solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God or another deity.
1.1 (prayers) A religious service, especially a regular one, at which people gather in order to pray together.
1.2 An earnest hope or wish.
A popular Buddhist prayer (based on the definition of "an earnest hope or wish") from the Karaniya Metta Sutta can be found below. The benefits of this prayer can be found in this answer.
Think: Happy, at rest,
may all beings be happy at heart.
Whatever beings there may be,
weak or strong, without exception,
long, large, middling, short,
subtle, blatant, seen & unseen,
near & far, born & seeking birth:
May all beings be happy at heart.Let no one deceive another
or despise anyone anywhere,
or through anger or irritation
wish for another to suffer.As a mother would risk her life
to protect her child, her only child,
even so should one cultivate a limitless heart
with regard to all beings.With good will for the entire cosmos,
cultivate a limitless heart:
Above, below, & all around, unobstructed,
without enmity or hate.
Whether standing, walking,
sitting, or lying down,
as long as one is alert,
one should be resolved on this mindfulness.
This is called a sublime abiding
here & now.
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