What is the meaning of prayer?

Prayer is a request to god which we do. Whenever we are in problem we remember to god with prayer that god help us or overcome from this problem. Because we believe in god, and god helps us.

Prayer is  a  religious as well as legal term.  In religious sense, this is a prayer to GHod or some deity for getting some material benefits. Many pray for money, child or good health.  Prayer in judicial sense is request to competent court to grant  the relief applied for. . 

You go to god and pray when you are in difficulties. OK. Do you pray when there is no problem ?

rambabu wrote:

You go to god and pray when you are in difficulties. OK. Do you pray when there is no problem ?

 Prayer to God or deity is ritual. so many pray on Tuesday or sunday or Friday according to religious belief. May be no problem. Then prayer may be for peace and harmony in society. 

Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:

rambabu wrote:

You go to god and pray when you are in difficulties. OK. Do you pray when there is no problem ?

 Prayer to God or deity is ritual. so many pray on Tuesday or sunday or Friday according to religious belief. May be no problem. Then prayer may be for peace and harmony in society. 

Prayer is submission of self before that nameless, formless and shapeless power to show gratitude for all that the power has given. But those prayers which request favors from the god and in return break the coconuts. burn the incense sticks is not prayer.

 

Prayer is a dialogue between the devotee and God, usually a request to make everything smoothly. It is a one-side conversation where the devotee speaks and believes that his words are being heard by the god. …..My interpretation is that when a person prays, his prayers are heard by his own Self; but not by any third person outside him. If his prayers have feelings and power, his subconscious mind acts on them and creates necessary circumstances to produce the result. ….And the credit goes to God… True; He deserves it, because God is the Infinite power within our Self! 

Well said. God i an infinite power within us. Rather I would say it's the power of self. Prayer in my view is a kind of affirmation. This is the promise made to yourself and sticking to it.

People pray to God so that they will not face any type of difficulty in future and get rid of those difficulties which they are facing. Many of us believe that praying will help us to achieve our targets and god helps us in different ways.

Prayers which seek boons are not prayers. Prayer is gesture of expressing gratitude.

Right Sir, Prayer is an expression of thanks to that shape less, formless, infinite power. I dont think you have to tell your problems and difficulties to God. He dont need to know anything. If all events are happening according to his wish then what is the idea of telling and sharing your problems to him.

I agree. If at all God is there whom people believe, it is not necessary to give a list of what you want. Do you tell your Mother or father about your wants ? They now better than you about your wants.

True, we need not to let them know our requirements! Prayer should be like meditation. Deeply inside not outside...

Prayer is nothing but submission before that supreme power expressing the gratitude for all those things bestowed.

Prayer basically is a reinforcing tool of one's beliefs in oneself and for this God is kept as a witness.

Well it's a good version of Spelling the crux of the prayer.

prayer means talking to god wishing the god good morning at morning and good evening at evening

A strange definition indeed. What about Wishing Good night to God ?

i mean that we wish god with pray so to let god know that we are taking his name and we need him day and night 

God knows that you are praying. God is not blind and dumb.

To those who have faith prayer is communion /conversation with God. For those with no faith in God it maybe affirmation to self, attracting good energy etc. To me prayer is an expression of love for my creator. I talk to him and he communes with me.