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Venkatachalapathi Samuldrala prayer controversy
This controversy centers on the first Hindu opening prayer offered in the U.S. Congress by Venkatachalapathi Samuldrala, a priest of Shiva Hindu Temple in Parma, Ohio.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.religioustolerance.org/hinduism1.htm )〕〔(Hinduism Today )〕 This prompted criticism from the Family Research Council (FRC), a conservative Christian group, who protested against it in conservative media, in turn generating responses from their opponents and leading to serious discussions over the role of legislative chaplains in a pluralist society.〔
Hindu priests have on occasion given opening prayers in Congress since then. A 2007 Senate opening prayer led by Rajan Zed of Reno, Nevada, was criticized in advance by the American Family Association, and protesters interrupted the prayer from the Senate gallery.〔(prayer in Senate disrupted http://www.nbcnews.com/id/19729245/ns/politics/t/hindu-prayer-senate-disrupted )〕 In 2013 Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii became the first Hindu member of Congress.
==Prayer==
Under the rules of the United States House of Representatives, a member can invite a guest chaplain once per term in Congress. Representative Sherrod Brown of Ohio invited Samuldrala to offer the opening prayer on September 14, 2000, to coincide with an address to a joint session of Congress by the Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Samuldrala opened the House's day with the following prayer:
O God, You are Omnipresent, Omnipotent, and Omniscient. You are in everything and nothing is beyond You. You are our Mother and Father and we are all Your children. Whatever You do is for our good. You are the ocean of mercy and You forgive our errors. You are our teacher and You guide us into righteousness.
Today, in this great Hall, are assembled the elected Representatives of the people of the Nation. They are ready to perform their duties. God, please guide them in their thoughts and actions so they can achieve the greatest good of all.
We end this invocation with a prayer from the ancient scriptures of India:
:May all be happy
:May all be free from disease
:May all realize what is good
:May none be subject to misery
:Peace, peace, peace be unto all
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