Re: Language in Prayer
Sound is energy, any sound. Think of the high frequency sound weapons militaries are developing. That sound packs a wallop of energy. Anyway, I think God is beyond language.
The philosophy of the Indian Classical Music took its origin from the concept of Nada Brahma..
..which means that the whole universe was created from the energy of sound - it's only the sound that exists in the beginning. Nada Brahma
However, I think for mantras and anything liturgical or Vedic, the best Sanskrit you can muster is the best. See, I can't quite get my head around "I bow to You Narayana" v. Om namo Nārāyanāya while doing japa.
I say other prayers in English. I have a few books with prayers in Sanskrit w/English translations, but they just don't have the ring for communicating with God that my English does. Besides, I can't speak Sanskrit to be able to chat with God off the top of my head.
śivasya hridayam viṣṇur viṣṇoscha hridayam śivaḥ
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