Zoroastrianism: List of entries in Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths.
Aderbad bin Mahrespand
Agiary
Ahriman
Ahum Bis
Ahuna Vairya
Ahura
Ahura Mazda
Amardad
Ameretat
Amesha Spentas
Anagra Raochao
Angels
Angra Mainyu
Arda Viraf, Dastur
Ardashir Babagan
Ardi Behesht
Armaiti
Arya
Aryaman
Asha
Ashavan
Ashi Vanghui
Atar/ Adar/ Atash
Atash Adaran
Atash Behram
Atash Dadgah
Avesta
Avesta language
Azar Kaivan, Dastur
Baga
Bahman
Behram
Boi ceremony
Bundahishn
Chinvat Bridge
Cow, sanctity of
Dabistan-i Mazahib
Dadestan-i Denig
Daevas
Dakhma/ Dokhma
Dar-e Meher
Dasatir
Dastur
Dinkard
Dinyar, Dastur
Dog, in religion
Druj
Dughdova
Faridun
Farishta
Firdausi
Fire
Frashokereti
Fravashi
Gahambars
Gahs
Garo Demana
Gathas
Gaush Urva
Gayodad
Gayomard
Getig
Hamkar
Haurvatat
Homa/ Haoma
Hormazd
Humata
Hvare Kshaeta
Ilm-e-Khshnoom
Jadi Rana
Jakhs
Jamshed
Jashan
Kadimi/ Kadmi
Kava-Ushan
Khordad
Khordeh Avesta
Khorshed
Khratu
Khshathra
Kissah-i-Sanjan
Kukadaru, Dastur
Kusti
Magi
Manthras
Mazdayasnan/ Mazdayasni
Meharji Rana, Dastur
Meher Baba
Menog
Mithra
Muktad
Mulla Feroze
Mumbai
Naoroji, Dadabhai
Nasks
Navjote
Navroze
Navsari
Neryosang, Dastur
Nirang
Nyaesh
Ohrmazd
Pahlavi
Parsis
Rivayats
Sacred thread
Sanjan
Saoshyants
Shah Namah
Shahenshahi
Shroff, Behramshah Navroz
Spendarmad
Spenta Mainyu
Sraosha
Sudreh
Thraetona
Trita Aptya
Udvada
Vendidad
Verethraghna
Vishtaspa, Kava
Vohu Mana
Yasht
Yasna
Yazata
Yima
Zadspram
Zarathushtra
Zoroaster
Zoroastrain texts
Zoroastrian Calendar
Zoroastrian festivals and ceremonies
Zoroastrian temples
Zoroastrianism
Zoroastrians
Zurvan
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Life 46 - Lives of Alcyone
Life 46 - Lives of Alcyone
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Lives of Alcyone, by Charles W Leadbeater, deals with what he believed were the former lives of J Krishnamurti [Alcyone]. This interesting life is on Zarathushtra. Is it all Leadbeater's imagination? One cannot really say.
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Lives of Alcyone, by Charles W Leadbeater, deals with what he believed were the former lives of J Krishnamurti [Alcyone]. This interesting life is on Zarathushtra. Is it all Leadbeater's imagination? One cannot really say.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
2012: Some different views-3
Perhaps it is 2012!
The Bundahishn, a Zoroastrian text describing creation, and the cycles of life is written in Pahlavi and dates to about the tenth century CE, but incorporates earlier material.
This text also has a cyclical theory of time. Ohrmazd (Ahura Mazda or the supreme god) and Ahriman (Angra Mainyu or the evil one) are engaged in a conflict for nine thousand years, divided into three periods of three thousand each. Actually, Ohrmazd is supreme in omniscience and goodness, and unrivalled in splendour, but allowed the conflict to take place, to arouse and affirm goodness in the hearts of those he had created. The period of nine thousand years of conflict was decided by Ohrmazd.
1. First three thousand years: Ohrmazd recited the sacred prayer, Ahuna Vairya, after which Ahriman retreated.
Creation: Ohrmazd created the divine beings, the Amesha Spentas, followed by the world, starting with the sky, then water, the earth, plants, animals and people. He produced the celestial sphere, the constellation stars, which were divided into twenty-eight divisions, and other stars. All would join in the battle against evil. He asked the consciousness and wisdom of people, as well as their guardian spirits (Farohars or Fravashis): ‘ Which seems to you most advantageous, when I shall present you to the world? That you shall contend in a bodily form with the fiend (druj) and the fiend shall perish, and in the end you will be created again perfect and immortal,…or that it will always be necessary to provide you protection from the destroyer?’ (2.10) Then the Farohars and Omniscient wisdom decided that evil could only be defeated for ever, if human beings fought against it in the world.
2. Next three thousand years: Ahriman began his battle against goodness, beauty, and life. Gayomard, the first of the human species, and Gayodad the primeval bull died from his assault, but from their essence the world was recreated and the mountains, seas, plants, animals and people came into being again. Evil still affected them, but at the end of this period the prophet Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) came to save the world. As people listened to him and followed his words, slowly good began to triumph over evil.
3. Final three thousand years: the struggle between good and evil continues, within each person, but inspired by the words of Zarathushtra, gradually good prevails. Then the renewal of existence, in total perfection (Frashokereti) takes place. Meanwhile the Saoshyant (messiah) and his helpers are also in the world to help in the struggle.
Perfection achieved
All who have died again come into existence in bodily form. The evil suffer for a period of time, but are finally purified. There is no eternal hell, they recognise their own misdeeds. The world becomes eternal, there is nothing more to be done.
Calculating the date of this perfection depends on the date of Zarathushtra. The earlier date assigned to him was 600 BCE. Now scholars feel it could be around 1200 BCE, or earlier. Three thousand years from this would almost correspond with Sri Yukteswar’s date for the beginning of the Dvapara Yuga. Alternatively, the great renewal of existence could actually be 2012, as Zarathushtra lived at the end of the last period, how long before the end, or when it actually ended, is not known.
The Bundahishn, a Zoroastrian text describing creation, and the cycles of life is written in Pahlavi and dates to about the tenth century CE, but incorporates earlier material.
This text also has a cyclical theory of time. Ohrmazd (Ahura Mazda or the supreme god) and Ahriman (Angra Mainyu or the evil one) are engaged in a conflict for nine thousand years, divided into three periods of three thousand each. Actually, Ohrmazd is supreme in omniscience and goodness, and unrivalled in splendour, but allowed the conflict to take place, to arouse and affirm goodness in the hearts of those he had created. The period of nine thousand years of conflict was decided by Ohrmazd.
1. First three thousand years: Ohrmazd recited the sacred prayer, Ahuna Vairya, after which Ahriman retreated.
Creation: Ohrmazd created the divine beings, the Amesha Spentas, followed by the world, starting with the sky, then water, the earth, plants, animals and people. He produced the celestial sphere, the constellation stars, which were divided into twenty-eight divisions, and other stars. All would join in the battle against evil. He asked the consciousness and wisdom of people, as well as their guardian spirits (Farohars or Fravashis): ‘ Which seems to you most advantageous, when I shall present you to the world? That you shall contend in a bodily form with the fiend (druj) and the fiend shall perish, and in the end you will be created again perfect and immortal,…or that it will always be necessary to provide you protection from the destroyer?’ (2.10) Then the Farohars and Omniscient wisdom decided that evil could only be defeated for ever, if human beings fought against it in the world.
2. Next three thousand years: Ahriman began his battle against goodness, beauty, and life. Gayomard, the first of the human species, and Gayodad the primeval bull died from his assault, but from their essence the world was recreated and the mountains, seas, plants, animals and people came into being again. Evil still affected them, but at the end of this period the prophet Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) came to save the world. As people listened to him and followed his words, slowly good began to triumph over evil.
3. Final three thousand years: the struggle between good and evil continues, within each person, but inspired by the words of Zarathushtra, gradually good prevails. Then the renewal of existence, in total perfection (Frashokereti) takes place. Meanwhile the Saoshyant (messiah) and his helpers are also in the world to help in the struggle.
Perfection achieved
All who have died again come into existence in bodily form. The evil suffer for a period of time, but are finally purified. There is no eternal hell, they recognise their own misdeeds. The world becomes eternal, there is nothing more to be done.
Calculating the date of this perfection depends on the date of Zarathushtra. The earlier date assigned to him was 600 BCE. Now scholars feel it could be around 1200 BCE, or earlier. Three thousand years from this would almost correspond with Sri Yukteswar’s date for the beginning of the Dvapara Yuga. Alternatively, the great renewal of existence could actually be 2012, as Zarathushtra lived at the end of the last period, how long before the end, or when it actually ended, is not known.
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