A COMMUNITY THAT PRAYS. . . . Today on our Earth, man has forgotten himself, woman has forgotten herself, humanity has forgotten itself, and….. Parsis have forgotten themselves. Because all of them have forgotten Dharma, Daena, Religion. To forget Daena means to forget communication with God. The Only way to communicate with Him is Prayer. We have lost our capacity to
Read moreDear members, Please find attached Religious Lecture Programme for March 2014. This month are included lectures for the Panj-i-Meh Fasli Gatha days from 16th – 20th March. On each of these days a Jashan will be held at 5 pm followed by a lecture. All humdins are welcome to attend the Jashan and lectures. Regards Behram P Dhabhar Click on Table
Read moreZoroastrianism, homosexuality & LGBT issues – a lecture recording Posted by: Ervad Marzban J. Hathiram Roj Avan Mah Shehrevar, 1383 Yz. As announced earlier, a function was held at the Mahella Patel Agiary at Grant Road, Mumbai, on Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 to commemorate the 4th death anniversary of Vada Dasturji Meherji Dastur Kekobad Meherji Rana of Navsari. After the Jashan
Read moreWith every Avestan letter I mastered, I felt like I was securing a piece of Zoroastrian culture’ Perin Pudumjee Coyaji is the only person in the world to have written a book of Kusti prayers in Avestan calligraphy, a rare script as ancient as Zoroaster himself. A Wadia College alumnus and a former copywriter, Perin left her job at a
Read moreZarathushtra’s Gathas Dr. Pallan Ichaporia Mainz, Geramany Zarathustra’s Gathas today count among the most difficult products of world literature. This is not merely because we are so remote from them. The conciseness of the wording, the ambiguity of the inflectional endings, the abundance of technical terms that do not recur even in the Younger Avesta, the apparent attempt to depict by means of
Read moreHello friends: In 1951, Dr. Irach J. S. Taraporewala, an amazing Avesta, Pahlavi, Sanskrit, etc. scholar, published his opus – The Divine Songs of Zarathushtra – a 1166 page masterpiece. I was a student at that time in our beloved M. F. Cama Athornan Institute and Dr. Taraporewala was the second Principal of the Institute from 1930 to 1940. When his
Read moreNo permanent friend, nor a permanent enemy The only reality in this illusory world is Truth The message of the divine festival of Meherangan, as explained by Ilm-e-Khshnoom Ervad Marzban J. Hathiram Extracts from the Article : “One of the fundamental messages brought by our Master, Ustad Saheb Behramshah Nowroji Shroff from the Abed Sahebs of Demavand was the need to
Read moreBulletin of SOAS,70, 1 (2007), 143–149. School of Oriental and African Studies. Printed in the United Kingdom Obituary: Nora Elizabeth Mary Boyce Almut Hintze Professor Nora Elizabeth Mary Boyce, who died on 4 April 2006, aged 85,was a leading authority on Zoroastrianism, the pre-Islamic religion of Iran.Born on 2 August 1920 in Darjeeling, India, she was educated in Englandfirst at Wimbledon High School and Cheltenham Ladies’s College, andthen went
Read moreThis festive season, we are very happy to have with us, with the kind permission of Dr. Ramiyar Karanjia and the M J Wadia Agiyari Trust (courtesy Mr. Kersi Limathwalla), the audio of the entire Gatha prayers recited by Dr. Ramiyar Karanjia. English text is also available for ease of singing along. Click Here for a wonderful, uplifting experience. The
Read moreForgotten Parsi Scholars in Avesta/Pahlavi Studies Pallan Ichaporia, PH.D. Mainz University,Germany 1. Pahlavi Studies There are only two living Parsi Scholars in India who have contributed to Pahlavi studies. They are high priests Dastur Kotwal and Dastur JamaspAsa .Only Kotwal remains very active. Future is bleak as there is none in India is on the scene to take their place . Many great
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