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A SILENT PRAYER OF LOVE, DEVOTION AND ACTION, AND NOT A YELL OF HATRED, EGO AND SHOW OFF

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I know how we try to find good articles that can enrich our knowledge of our religion. It tells us something about mankind, our past history and links to other religions too.

In today’s times sometimes we shirk away from some reading due to controversies entwined.

We wonder what we can pass on to the next generations. This gap may get bridged with the following link to text which was written 82 years ago and is devoid of current confusions.

The link   http://www.farvardyn.com/zoroaster.php may please be clicked and a treasure trove in chronological order will unfold. Great reading for one and family too.

I am really glad I found it. When books are not available I feel this collection is very precious. Do read thro’ and you may not stop till the wee hours of morning. May God Bless us all.

- Dilnawaz Irani.

The Operating Truths

        The Divine Technology of the Mystics is this. The Creation begins with the First vibration Ahoonvar or Ahom or ‘Word’. It then takes various vibrationary forms of Energy from the divine and most subtle to the non-physical and still coarser, the physical, like vapour to water and then to snow. The whole world is a play of vibrations, generated and functioning according to the set laws of “Asha”, the Divine Light, Order, Beauty and Truth. The divine Science of these Vibrations is called “Staota Yasna”. The earth with all its four inhabitants, the humans, the animals, the vegetation and the inert matter, are the varied and various forms grades, levels and stages of vibrations.

     A human is thus an aggregation of various kinds of vibrations. At this moment, with this Parsi Pukar in your hand, everything within you, from head-top to foot-toe, is in a state of fantastic pulsations and vibrations. It is so at every moment. Every thought, every word and every deed generates further vibrations within us and even outside us. When you speak, your tongue and vocal chord and throat and heart and lung all are set to vibrations. Even your non-physical body vibrates. Your speech (or song) then generates vibrations around you and outside you.

     Manthra Prayers are based on this divine Science and technology of Speech-vibrations. The words and sentences of the Manthra Prayers are so composed as to set up within you a certain resultant wave of vibrations, which can bring you in attunement with certain corresponding Yazatic Wave-lengths operating in Nature. And through these Yazatic Channels our communication with Ahura Mazda is firmly established. YOUR PRAYER IS COMPLETE. A very very faint outline of the Yazatic channels in the three worlds of Creation was given in the last issue of this humble Parsi Pukar.

     Thus as you recite say Khorshed-Meher Niyaish, your whole personality assumes vibrationary wavelength, which then catches up or joins with the vibrations of the sun shining in the sky and through the sun, with the higher Yazatic channels of Khorshed Yazata and Meher Yazata. The Yazatas are the divine rays of Ahuramazda Himself and therefore your attunement with them (”Yazamaidey” ) amounts to your attunement with Ahura Mazda.

What about the MEANING?

     The remarkable feature of Manthra, as revealed by the Masters, is that the reciting of the Mantra is primary, knowing its meaning is secondary. Its utterance i.e. the chanting is of utmost importance, since it is intended to generate divine vibrations. It is for this reason that the mystical science of divine vibrations which set the Creation in motion viz. “Staota-Yasna” is the basis of Manthra. Manthra is the transformation of the Nature’s very subtle vibrations into words, which can be uttered by the human tongue. The chanting of Manthra sets the spiritual vibrations in motion within us. They then generate the energy to resist evil. Manthra has thus a specific function to perform.

                                  Extract from  - (Parsi Pukar – APRIL 1996 Vol. 1; No.10)

The Wise One asked the Spirit of Wisdom:

“is charity better or truthfulness?

Or thanksgiving or wisdom?

Or perfect mindedness or contentment?”

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A guide to Dakhma Services for overseas Parsis including Flying the body to India.

This article is divided into these main components.

 SECTION A - Dokhmenashini - A Prescription in Vendidad

SECTION B - Description of the FUNERAL PROCEDURE ABROAD

SECTION C - DOKHMENASHENI IN INDIA

Time is the predominant factor in evolution and, as such, when the time comes, things happen as destined in Nature. The time is now ripe when all the Zarthushtis of the world should become aware of the coming of the Saviour, RAENIDAR BEHRAM VARZAVAND. It is possible that some unfortunate sceptic may not believe in it. So be it, but at least let him/her be aware of it so that when it does happen, that individual will not be absolutely at sea.  

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Zoroastrianism at a glance

Zoroastrianism is one of the world’s oldest monotheistic religions It was founded by the prophet Zoroaster (or Zarathustra) in ancient Iran approximately 3500 years ago.

For 1000 years Zoroastrianism was one of the most powerful religions in the world. It was the official religion of Persia (Iran) from 600 BCE to 650 CE.

It is now one of the world’s smallest religions with around a quarter of a million followers worldwide. There are 4000 Zoroastrians living in Britain.

• Zoroastrians believe there is one God called Ahura Mazda (Wise Lord) and He created the world.
• Zoroastrians are not fire-worshippers, as some Westerners wrongly believe. Zoroastrians believe that the elements are pure and that fire represents God’s light or wisdom.
• Ahura Mazda revealed the truth through the prophet, Zoroaster.
• Zoroastrians traditionally pray several times a day.
• Zoroastrians worship communally in a Fire Temple or Agiary.
• The Zoroastrian book of Holy Scriptures is called The Avesta.
• The Avesta can be roughly split into two main sections:
  • The Avesta is the oldest and core part of the scriptures, which contains the Gathas. The Gathas are seventeen hymns thought to be composed by Zoroaster himself.
  • The Younger Avesta - commentaries to the older Avestan written in later years. It also contains myths, stories and details of ritual observances.
• Zoroastrians are roughly split into two groups:
  • The Iranians
  • The Parsis