In the vastness of space, in the rumblings of the tides, in the movement of the stars have we existed. We have lived a thousand times over, felt found and lost, amassed friends and family that have helped or failed us from time to time, but has, in the end, led us to where we […]
Tag: Peace
The Seven Sacred Amesha Spentas
The first seven days, according to our calendar, are named after the Seven Ameshaspands. Each of these also has some helpers or assistants who assist them in performing their righteous duty. The significance of the Ameshaspands is as given under: Dadar Hormuzd – the Wisdom and the Spirit of God (Spenta Mainyu): Every man requires the […]
Letters to the Editor
Congratulations to BPP Trustees for their wise, bold and progressive move to bring peace, harmony and happiness in our peace-loving Community! We all share a fundamental wish to live a happy life with peace and harmony. Poverty, illiteracy and over population hinder progress and development. Luckily, we are a small community, affluent in status and highly […]
10th RFP World Council Appoints Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor and Homi Gandhi
The 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace (RFP), held from 20th – 23rd August, 2019, in Lindau, Bavaria, Germany, took place in partnership with the Foundation Peace Dialogue of the World Religions and Civil Society. Over 800 senior religious leaders, youth and women of faith from over 125 countries participated in the Assembly, which celebrated the theme, […]
Inner Peace Through Meditation
Everyone can achieve peace of mind through meditation. There is an occult law which states, ‘When the seeker is ready, the master appears’. If a person wants to learn meditation, he must first make himself ready, and then, no matter who that person is or what he does, he will eventually find a teacher. This […]
Letters to the Editor
The Community’s Charter of Co-Existence For Peace And Harmony A long time ago, in the year 1914, some of our stalwarts from the community joined hands for a worthy cause – to bring peace and harmony in the community, by proposing to draft a ‘Charter of Co-existence’. That was a great idea, but somehow it […]
Jimmy Engineer Bestowed Habib Jalib Peace Award
On 2nd May, 2019, Pakistan-based eminent painter, Jimmy Engineer was felicitated with the 13th Habib Jalib Peace Award, at the Arts Council in Karachi. Engineer thanked the Award Committee for bestowing the honour on him. He shared that the late Jalib was the people’s much loved poet, who struggled all his life for the rights […]
Jimmy Engineer To Receive Habib Jalib Peace Award
Pakistan-based Jimmy Engineer, the globally renowned artist, peace activist and social crusader, has been selected for the Habib Jalib Peace Award for 2019, in recognition of his meritorious services in the field of Art and Social Work. The Habib Jalib Peace Award Committee will felicitate Jimmy Engineer with the Peace Award on 30th April, 2019 […]
Mazda’s Soldier Am I To Fight Wickedness And To Work For The Kingdom Of Righteousness
Thou, Ahura Mazda, hast given me this strong and healthy body. It is appended to my soul. It is the citadel of my soul. Material is my body, when spiritual is the soul. My body will one day turn to dust and my soul will wing its way heavenward to render an account of its […]
The Torments Of A Guilty Conscience
. Daena is thine, Ahura Mazda. It is Thy divine voice that whispers and speaks to me through my conscience. It is the guardian and watchman of my morals and Thy moral law is engraved on its tablet. It is Thy vicegerent in me that approves and attests, commends and condemns, warns and guides, censures […]
Give Me A Peaceful Old Age
. Sinlessness is struggle. It is triumph in the war waged against temptation to sin. The sinful act is a sin indeed, but the very will to sin, the inclination to sin, the intention to sin, is also sin. The will to sin may not be realized, the inclination to sin may not succeed, and […]