. When life is young, it is bright, easy and gay. The very atmosphere is full of enthusiasm and energy, and youth is crowded with events that shape man’s whole life thereafter. Youth is buoyant and hopeful, cheerful and venturesome, confident and courageous, ambitious and enterprising. Youth is fraught with unlimited potentiality to accomplish great […]
Category: Religion
The Feast of Tirangan (Mah Tir, Roj Tir) Celebrates Reign of Peace and Rain of Prosperity!
. Tir, or Testar (Avestan Tishtrya), is the divinity presiding over the Star Sirius (Greek Seirios which means glowing or scorching) or the Dog Star which is the brightest star visible from all parts of the earth in the night sky. Sirius is colloquially called the ‘Dog Star’, on account of its prominence in the constellation […]
Forlorn Is Life Without Faith In Thee, Ahura Mazda
. Replenish and restore my faith when it grows dim and light, Ahura Mazda, for life loses its luster when it loses its faith. Life is resplendent and rich when the fire on the altar of faith is aflame in my heart. Make me not wavering and weak in my faith in myself. Let my […]
Faith Works Wonders!
. Faith is the belief in the unknown, as belief is the faith in the known. Faith soars the highest heaven and dives to the deepest depth. Faith knows no bound and breaks through all barriers. Faith reads the secrets of the earth and deciphers the mysteries of heaven. Faith knows all and sees all. […]
The Consecration Of Our Holy Atash Padhshahs
. PT: Tell us about the sixteen fires which come together to consecrate an Atash Behram? RK: The 16 fires for the Atash Behram are sourced from different places, mainly where fire is used as a means of vocations by different people, and where it undergoes hardships in various ways. There are no particular names […]
Khordad – Cultivating Purity And Perfection
Khordad is the third month of the Zoroastrian calendar and it ushers blessings of purity and perfection. Khordad or Avestan Haurvataat is not only an Amesha Spenta presiding over the purifying waters, it also embodies the quality of perfection. Khordaad and Ameredaad (Avestan Haurvataat and Ameretaat) are twin concepts representing the final goal of human […]
Today Is My Own, Perchance Tomorrow May Never Come
Yesterday is past beyond recall. Today only is mine. Let me make the best use of it as it is my sure possession. Tomorrow has shadowy existence. It may or may not dawn for me. I may be dead and gone before it is born. Let me put procrastination far from me, when it comes […]
Dussehra – The Victory Of Good Over Evil
The Navratri (nine nights) festivity culminates in commemorating Dussehra on the tenth day. Dussehra also known as Dashahara, Dashain (in Nepal), Durgotsav (in East India), Navratri (in Western India), or Vijayadashmi (literally meaning victory on the tenth day) is one of the great Hindu festivals observed in the month of Ashwin and is celebrated in […]
Time Is Life
Thine is Zurvan Akarana, the boundless Time, Ahura Mazda. From it hast Thou carved out Zurvan Daregho-khvadhata, the Time of Long Duration of our world. Eons count not in the eternity of time and a millennium is but a moment. The period of man’s life in eternity is like a flash of Thy lightning that […]
Priesthood Initiation Ceremonies: Navar And Martab
The Navar Ceremony: One newly initiated into the work of offering prayers, rites and sacred things to Ahura Mazda is called Navar. The candidate for initiation must first pass through two bareshnum purifications. He is then initiated into the order by two priests. To qualify for the performance of the ceremony, these priests have to […]
Our Culture Is Exotic
Thou, Ahura Mazda, art the divine artist who hast designed and built and sculptured and painted Thy sublime nature that speaks to us and sings to us and inspires us and elevates us. Real greatness of people consists not in its hoarded wealth or its territorial possessions, as in the accumulated treasure of the cultivated […]