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 […]
Fire is the purest, grandest, and noblest emblem of Thy divinity, Ahura Mazda. It is the sublimest symbol of the faith of Zarathustra. Fire is the image made by divine hands, incomparably more sublime than any image graven by human hands. It is unsurpassed and unequalled by any in the language of symbology. Fire is […]
Sanjan is a place of religious and historic importance to Parsis. Contrary to popular belief, this was not the place where the Parsis first landed after leaving Iran. However, this is indeed the place where the very first Atash Behram (Iranshah) was consecrated. It is believed that several families, men and women, took off […]
Parsis as a community love to celebrate. Not just their own feasts and festivals, even Diwali and Christmas are celebrated with equal gusto. However, often in our enthusiasm, we unknowingly violate certain fundamental precepts of our religion. For example, the misuse of firecrackers during the festival of Diwali. Not only are firecrackers a source of […]
With the weight of seven and seventy years on his hoary head, Zarathustra was seated in the oratory one summer morn, committing and conversing with his father in heaven, when the fell hand of Brattaresh fell upon his sacred person and he received his martyrdom by the sword of the Turanian. The silence of desolation […]