Life were insipid, Creator of the material world, if Thou didst give every thing for the asking. Life with no zest to achieve, no zeal to strive, no effort to get, no obstacle to overcome, and no hardship to encounter would be dull indeed. Life of all joy and happiness, with never a shadow of […]
Ashem Vohu – As Explained By Zarathushtra The following excerpt shares Zarathushtra Himself explaining the meaning and the significance of our omnipotent prayer, ‘Ashem Vohu’, as received by Him, directly from Ahura Mazda… “The prayer, Ashem Vohu is in praise of righteousness and wishing to know how this prayer stood in the mind of our […]
Our fathers have worshipped Thee, Ahura Mazda, in this house and we worship Thee now and will worship Thee as long as our strength holds out, O Father Eternal. Unto Thee we raise our hearts in praise and adoration, Ahura Mazda. Our devotion for Thee animates our hearts. We will open our hearts every morn […]
Prayer transforms my inner life, Ahura Mazda. It creates me anew. I rise from my prayer refreshed and strong, active in body and agile of mind, enlivened of heart and quickened in spirit. I rise a better man with a radiant countenance, purified thought, tranquil mind, clear heart, and buoyant spirit. I pass in to […]
On force have the mighty kingdoms of the world, ancient and modern been built. Zarathushtra has laid the foundation of a kingdom that is to be built on the bedrock of righteousness. Zarathushtra teaches men and women how best they can work for placing wickedness in the hands of righteousness. Those who fight wickedness in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
: 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 […]