Notes
The names of God in these prayers by Meher Baba are explained as follows.
- Hari: another name of Vishnu - Hinduism
- Paramatma: Supreme Soul or Over-soul - Vedanta
- Allah: The one God - Islam
- Ahuramazda: Name of God's attribute of Life and Wisdom - Zoroastrianism
- God: Supreme Being - Christianity and Judaism
- Yezdan (also Yazdan): "Worthy of Worship" - Zoroastrianism
- Hu: a name of God meaning He, God - Sufism
- Ya (as in Ya Yezdan): an Arabic word meaning "O!" or "Oh!"
- Ishwar (also Ishvara): the Supreme Being which is the lord and the ruler of everything - Hinduism
- God Almighty is a name of God in Judaism, from El Shaddai. It is also one of the traditional 101 names of God in Zoroastrianism, Harvesp-tawan.
- Parvardigar (also Parwardigar): The Preserver or Sustainer - Sufism
- In Islam there are 99 names of God. Meher Baba gave a list of 101 Names of God.
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