PT: How did we start the practice of wearing the Sudreh and Kusti? What is the relevant vow made during our Navjote ceremony? Er. Ramiyar: Wearing the Sudreh and Kusti is an ancient practice introduced by King Jamshed, even before the times of prophet Zarathushtra. Navjote is the ritual in which a Zoroastrian child is […]
Be it New Year or birthdays, the accompaniment to dhan-daar is usually macchi no patio or tareli macchi. You go to Udwada on a pilgrimage and it would not be deemed complete if you were not served the boi for lunch or dinner. At weddings or Navjotes, there are the saas ni macchi enthusiasts and […]
What makes us like Zarathushtra among others who were enlightened? To begin with, Zarathushtra was not against life or any of its joys and bounties. All that he was against was falsehood and hypocrisy. He was not against creating wealth; in fact he saw prosperity as positive and poverty as negative. Zarathushtra was not against […]
સમગ્ર વિશ્ર્વના જરથોસ્તીઓ પારસી કેલેન્ડરના હિસાબે છેલ્લા દસ દિવસ ઉજવી રહ્યા છે. મુકતાદ એટલે મૃતકોને યાદ કરવાના દિવસ એમ નથી હોતું. મુકતાદ ખુશીનો પ્રસંગ છે અને આ સમયે પવિત્ર આત્માઓ અને ફ્રવશિષોનું આપણે આ દુનિયામાં અને આપણા ઘરોમાં સ્વાગત કરીએ છીએ. તેમને યાદ કરી તેમનો સત્કાર કરીએ છે. તેમણે કરેલી અદ્રશ્ય મદદ માટે તેમને આપણો […]
Roj Astad to Aneran of Asfandarmad Mah and the five independent days of the Gatha are observed as the days for propitiating the Fravashis of the righteous dead. The five Gatha days are also the Gahambar days. The Gahambars are six seasonal feasts celebrated with prayers, ritual offerings and community feasts to firstly offer thanks […]
Zoroastrians all over the world celebrate the last ten days of their religious calendar year, as the Muktad. Generally, Muktad is viewed in a very limited way as the days of remembering the dead. This is not so. The Muktad is a joyous occasion for welcoming the souls and the Fravashis to this world and […]
Ahura Mazda sent Zarathushtra for the support, care and guidance of the tillers of the land. Agriculture is the staple industry of mankind. Culture and civilization begin when man, attached to the soil, enters into the settled pursuits of agriculture. He furthers human progress and happiness. Life on the fields gives health and vigour to […]
Among ancient Zoroastrian sacred texts, the Vendidad is probably the most significant – both historically and liturgically, and yet, it is condemned as an outdated ‘Zoroastrian Penal Code’ and the work of babbling Magi priests obsessed with imaginary demons and magic. Interestingly, the very word ‘magic’ is derived from the Magi, a clan of priests […]
સવારની પહોરમાં ઉઠતાની સાથે અષેમ વોહુ ભણવું જોઈએ અને જમીનને પગે પડવી જોઈએ કારણ અસ્ફંદાર્મદ અમેસાસ્પંદ આપણી પૃથ્વી-ધરતીની કાળજી લે છે. એક અષેમવોહુ ભણીએ એનો અર્થ તમે એક અષેમવોહુની સરખામણીમાં દસલાખ વખત પ્રાર્થના કરો છો કારણ અશોઈની અસરથી તમે જ્યારે સવારના ઉઠો છો ત્યારે તમારૂં મન શાંત હોય છે. સરોશ યશ્ત હદોખ્ત આપણને સૂચન કરે […]
We should pray one Ashem Vohu in the morning when we wake-up and venerate the ground as Asfandarmad Ameshaspand takes care of the earth. This one Ashem Vohu is equivalent to praying it one lakh times, because our mind is peaceful when we are awaken from sleep and it is affected by Ashoi. The Sarosh […]
Thou didst ordain, Ahura, the night for all to rest and commissioned Thy Sraosha to guard the sleeping world. Peacefully we sleep and peaceful dreams attend us for Thy ever-wakeful angel guards us. At the break of the dawn, Atar, the genius of the fire of the hearth, sounds his warning voice against the stratagem […]