Chapter 5

Always to Remember Thee

Here is a collection of a few prayers and mantras given by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. These are primarily meant for those who have turned to Sri Aurobindo and the Mother as devotees and disciples.

Lord, grant me this Grace,

that I may never forget Thee.

O My sweet Lord,

teach me to be the instrument of Thy Love.

Lord, give me perfect sincerity,

that sincerity which will lead me straight to Thee.

Lord, grant that I may be

entirely and eternally faithful to Thee.

Supreme Lord, Perfect Consciousness,

You alone know truly what we are,

what we can do, what progress we must make

to be capable and worthy of serving You as we would.

Make us conscious of our possibilities,

but also of our difficulties so that we may

overcome them in order to serve You faithfully.

Lord, give me the real happiness,

that which depends only upon Thee.

My sweet Lord, my little Mother,

Give me the true love, the love that forgets itself.

Lord, deliver us from falsehood,

make us emerge in Thy truth

pure and worthy of Thy victory.

Supreme Lord, teach us to be silent

so that in silence we may receive Thy force

and understand Thy will.

Lord, give us the indomitable courage

that comes from a perfect trust in Thee.

Lord, God of Beauty and Harmony,

Grant that we may become instruments

worthy of manifesting Thy supreme beauty in the world.

This is our prayer and our aspiration.

My Lord, grant me this quiet trust in Thee

which overcomes all the difficulties.

O Lord, let me be free from fear and worry

so that I can always serve you

to the best of my ability.

Grant that we may identify ourselves

with Your Eternal Consciousness

so that we may know truly what Immortality is.

Give us faith in a glorious future

and the capacity to realise it.

Lord, give us the strength

to live integrally the ideal we proclaim.

O Lord, awaken in me

an ardent desire to know Thee.

I aspire that my life

may be consecrated to Thy service.

O Lord, I pray to Thee,

guide my footsteps, enlighten my mind,

that at every moment and in all things

I may do exactly what Thou wantest me to do.

My Lord, make the consciousness clear and precise,

the speech thoroughly true,

the surrender complete, the calm absolute

and transform the whole being

into an ocean of light and love.

O Marvellous Grace,

let our aspiration be always more intense,

our faith always more vibrant,

our trust always more absolute.

Thou art the All-Victorious!

Thy heart is the supreme haven

where every care is soothed.

Oh, let this heart be wide open,

so that all who are in torment

may find there a sovereign refuge.

Make me entirely transparent

so that my consciousness may unite with Thine.

I aspire to place at Thy feet

all the riches of this world.

Lord, Supreme Truth,

We aspire to know Thee and to serve Thee.

Help us to become children worthy of Thee.

And for this, make us conscious of Thy constant gifts

so that gratitude may fill our hearts and govern our lives.

Lord, Thy Love is so great,

so noble and so pure

that it is beyond our comprehension.

It is immeasurable and infinite:

on bended knees we must receive it,

and yet Thou hast made it so sweet

that even the weakest among us,

even a child, can approach Thee.