Righteousness is the pivot around which the ethics of Zarthushtra revolves. Righteous and religious is the man or woman who is saintly and possesses noblest character. Righteousness is Thy will Ahura Mazdz. It is the rule of our duty. The law of righteousness is the norm to which man has to conform his life in […]
. Sudreh and Kusti – Covenant Between Man and God . As Zarathushtra moved from village to village, city to city, he explained at length the importance of the Navjote ceremony and the open declaration of faith called for from each individual. He said,“Either you are for the True God or you are not, the […]
Righteousness is the norm that measures the worth of man. Greatness glories not and knowledge shines not, where righteousness dwells not. When prince and peasant are comrades upon earth in the practice of righteousness, as comrades again after death they enter the shining Garonmana and are ranked as equal in the divine court of the […]
. Zarathushtra’s Early Despair . At first, no one paid heed to him, not even his friends and kinsmen. Denounced as a heretic, he wandered from place to place before he could make a single convert to his faith. Deserted by kinsmen, forsaken by friends, harassed by foes, and persecuted by evil spirits, he turned […]
The Path of Asha is the Path of Righteousness. One alone is the path, it is the Path of Righteousness. All other paths are non-paths, says he who is Zarathustra. Thou dost well in the straightest paths, Ahura Mazda, that lead to the paradise of the righteous. Right is the Path of Righteousness. Wrong is […]
. PT: If our Scriptures do not mention the concept of rebirth, then how is the concept of Karma described in our Scriptures vis-à-vis other religions? Dr. Ramiyar: The doctrine of Karma (action and reaction) is a part of Zoroastrian religion, and is enshrined in the idea of the Law of Asha. We have the […]
Life upon earth reveals a smooth and graceful and an all round ordered movement. Nature has its seasonal rhythm. Spring and summer, autumn and winter. With their seasonal succession of changes take their unvarying course. The tides rise and fall punctually. The dawn and morn and noon and evening and night go their uninterrupted daily […]
Thou art eternal light, Ahura Mazda. Thy very nature is light. Be Thou my light. O lord of light. I grope in the dark: scatter the darkness. Shed Thy guiding light on my darkened path and led me onward on my way to Thy abode of eternal light. Let Thy radiance fall upon me that […]
First Was The Word – ‘Ahuna’ (Part – II) He, therefore by divine inclination caused the birth of Spitama Zarathushtra in this great wilderness, to bring His people to a true realisation of the Unity of God and His Greatness. Long before Zarathushtra was born to this land, his arrival was proclaimed in the sky […]
. PT: Does the concept of rebirth exist in our Zarathushti religion? Why do some Zoroastrians feel that a departed soul has returned to the family when there is a new birth in the family? Dr. Ramiyar: The idea of re-birth or re-incarnation is the belief that after a person’s death, the soul of that […]
: Fire in its various manifestation, whether as the fire of the hearth on earth or the fiery substance in the bowls of the earth or as the genial glow of the sun in the azure vault of heaven or the silver sheen of the crescent moon in the sky or the flickering brilliancy of […]