Let me have the will to believe and let me tolerate others’ right to believe what they believe. Let me have sympathy with the beliefs of others and let me be charitable to them. Let me not scoff at what others hold holy. Let me not trifle with their feelings. Let me patiently hear the […]
Category: Religion
And God Created Woman!
God created the earth and beautified it with flora and fauna. Then, He made man to enjoy this paradise. Man was happy and satisfied. His wants were few. Maybe sometimes, he’d have liked to hang out with a couple of other guys for an evening of poker and beer… but otherwise he was a happy, contented […]
Arnavaz Mistry – The Community’s ‘Angel of Mercy’
The sprightly 73-year-old Arnavaz Jal Mistry is one of the most popular names in the community. Known for her inexhaustible and constant community service and humanitarian initiatives, one is left in awe, marveling at her energy, passion and drive to offer selfless service to humdins, for over the past three decades of her life. Arnavaz […]
Meher Yazad Of Celestial Light!
Meher is the Divinity of Divine Radiance and Light. If God’s manifestation is lustre, then Meher Yazad is that manifestation. From our standpoint, it is the light emanating from the Sun. Khorshed Yazad presides over the Sun and Meher is the Yazata of this Celestial Light. Together, they fight darkness, ignorance and all evil. Khorshed […]
I Will Not Let The Evil Spirit Have Dominion Over Me!
Evil stalks the world and human life is an incessant war against evil to the death. Betide what may, men and women have to fight unflinchingly their battles against evil and to bury the evil that crawls upon the ground. Angra Mainyu, the Evil Spirit, has vowed vengeance upon mankind. His eyes dart hatred. He […]
Meher Mahino – Meher Roj Mubarak!
. In the Zoroastrian Calendar the year comprises twelve Mah (months) with each month aggregating exactly thirty Roj (days) and thus a year of three hundred and sixty days to which are added the stand-alone five days of the Gatha which are not linked to any particular month. The fifteenth day every month is dedicated […]
Let Us Valiantly Fight And Vanquish Evil
Evil stalks the world and human life is an incessant war against evil to the death. Betide what may, men and women have to fight unflinchingly their battles against evil and to bury the evil that crawls upon the ground. Angra Mainyu, the Evil Spirit, has vowed vengeance upon mankind. His eyes dart hatred. He […]
Orthodoxy Courts Puerilities Of Dogmatic Theology, Casuistry And Irrational Formalism
All communities are hydra-headed. They have their orthodox and their reformers, fanatics and sober-minded persons, visionaries and men of commonsense, mystics and rationalists, hypocrites and sincere persons. The orthodox see not the absurdity of remaining in bondage to the customs of the infant humanity, when it was in swaddling clothes. They are wedded to the […]
Infants And Our Faith
“I have come to bring out the beauty you never knew you had and lift you like a prayer to the sky” – Rumi In recent times, parenting has become a major challenge for young couples. The adage, that it takes a village to raise a child, is long forgotten because we all live a […]
Let Me Hunger And Thirst For Goodness, Ahura Mazda!
Let me, all along my life, see with my eyes what is good. Let me hear with my ears what is good. Let me love with my heart what is good. Let me do with my spirit what is good. Let me work and further all that is good. Let me never be ungrateful. Let […]
I Will Elevate The Spirit Over The Flesh, Ahura Mazda!
Human being, the blend of flesh and spirit, the climax of creation, is Thy greatest wonder upon earth, Ahura Mazda. The glutton feasts his body, when he starves his soul. Wasted is his life, when he eats and drinks and plays and sleeps and indulges in pleasures that but fade. Great is the danger of […]