Men and women are but waifs and strays in life, unless Thou in Thy mercy, dost take them by their hands and lead them on the path of safety. Thou art the strength in man’s weakness hope in his despair and joy in his sorrow. Thou dost take pity on him and heal his broken […]
Let me will what Thou willest me to will. Work Thy will in me. I will accept Thy will as law and submit to it. My lip-loyalty to Thee does not mean anything. It counts for nothing. Doing Thy will, living according to Thy will, is everything. I will do all that Thou wiliest me […]
Angra Mainyu, the Evil Spirit’s one desire is that man should not recognize him and appraise him at his true value. He lurked about me to beguile me into the wrong path. I saw not his deception. My Fravashi, Guardian Spirit, warned me against the danger. But as in vain does the ploughman goad his […]
My life is a great trust Thou hast committed to me. Help me to discharge it aright. Help me to shoulder the heavy burden of life’s responsibilities. Thy helping arm is my only stay, when life’s difficulties loom large around me. When I sail over life’s stormy sea, I am safe only when Thou art […]
Blessed I become when Thou dost take me as Thy friend. Great is my delight when, Thou my friend, dost hold me in close embrace and take me near Thy bosom in friendship. Life in this world is livable only in Thy company. I put my trust in Thee, even as a child trusts its […]
Thou alone, Ahura Mazda, dost know me as I really am. Help me, then to know myself and understand myself, that I may learn to recognize Thee and realize Thee. The passionate longing of my soul is to greet Thee. Thou hast become the supremest object of my desire. Love for Thee has taken possession […]
I am seized with unquenchable longing to behold Thee face to face, my blessed Lord. I long to see Thy blessed self. I yearn to meet Thy good self. I long to hold close communion with Thee. This longing for Thee and yearning after Thee has been the innate human nature with me. I cannot […]
. I know not the day when death will conquer me. Yet I cannot live with peace, if the knowledge of the day of my death were given me. I will die one day in body, I know, but help me my God, never to die in spirit. Teach me to live and teach me […]
. Ahura Mazda has kindled the divine flame of illuminating light in man’s mind. Reason is the prerogative of man. It raises him above the beasts. Animals live by instinct. With reason as the eye of his soul and as his guide to steer the bark of his life, man creates culture and civilization and […]
Man harbors within his breast the Good Spirit and the Evil Spirit alike. The ghastly, shadowy forms of his vicious thoughts, sensuous passions, carnal desires, termed Daevas and Draujas, Demons and Fiends, the brood of darkness, fill the atmosphere around him. He carries them on his shoulders. Angra Mainyu, the Evil Spirit, the sovereign of […]
Truth is the paramount virtue. It embraces and embodies other virtues within its fold. It is the all-inclusive virtue. Beautiful and sublime is truth. It is divine. Knowledge is truth and goodness is truth and religion is truth and God, the giver of all, is truth. To love truth and to love God, are one […]