For a while now, the need for an English version of the Tamam Khordeh Avesta (ETKA), has been felt by the Parsi community in India and overseas. Over the past 150 years, while there have been several Tamām Khordeh Avestas in Gujarati, there was none in compiled in the Roman script, to date. Fulfilling this need, […]
Around 1500 to 2000 BCE, somewhere in the north-eastern region of Iran, was born a Divine Child. He was a unique child – he smiled the moment he was born! All the good creations of Dadar Ahura Mazda rejoiced exclaiming, “Fortunate are we that the Teacher is born, Spitman Zarathushtra!” At the same time, the […]
‘Ahunavaiti’: This is probably the oldest poetic literature in the world today, with the words of the poet himself intact. From Ahunavaiti Gatha we learn that Asho Zarathushtra was chosen as the Lord and Leader to bring relief to the tumultuous world which had fallen prey to chaos. It was a time of strife, violence […]
The word ‘Gatha’ is found in Sanskrit as well as in Pali literature, to mean ‘song’ from the Sanskrit root-word ‘gai’ meaning ‘to sing’. Music is the expression of the spiritual side of man. It is the link between intellect and sense, between thought and feeling, between the mind and the heart. The vibrations of […]
Apart from prayers, there are several ways of connecting with God, and spirituality is the highest form. Mystics call it the short-cut to God. Spirituality is anything that nurtures your inner-self (soul, atma, spirit, ruh, etc.) Religion is only one of the paths of spirituality. Singing (or hearing) bhajans or church-choirs is another path and […]