Zoroastrianism
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- Note - Conversion is a controversial topic however it is believed that Conversions ARE ALLOWED in Zoroastrianism around the world but conversions are NOT ALLOWED amongst Parsis in India.
This video is an attempt to inform people about the basic customs, traditions and beliefs of one of the world religions - Zoroastrianism
"When, O Lord, will there be men who will come to spread the faith?"
"Such are the saviours of this land, who are guided by the Pure Mind's wisdom. Because of their deeds of truth and their teachings of God and the spread of the divine message, hatred will be vanquished."
- Gatha Spenta Mainyu, Yasna 48.10, 12.
These are Zarathushtra's own words. With all respect, this doesn't sound like not allowing converts.
I have come across Zarathushtra's teachings recently and they are the best spiritual teachings I have found. If I continue on this path longer, I will consider myself a Zoroastrian, whether other people accepted me or not.
The Gathas have illumined my mind like nothing else. Thanks for keeping up the tradition ❤️🔥
Same story as myself, I've only discovered it in the last year and I try to spread the good word, it's unknown here in Ireland. Of course you can do a Kusti ritual and learn the prayers yourself, it's up to people like us to spread the word and work towards Asha regardless
Long live Zoroastrianism and its followers under the protection of AHURAMAZDA! ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻
With Love from Iran! ♥️♥️♥️
very nice video. actually Zoroastrianism in Iran will accept other Iranian converts into their fold. through my humble information I know the practice of Parsis to do not accept others into their fold is based on family and other social factors that do not come from Zoroastrianism practices.
I'm an Iranian and I went to fire temples in Tehran and Yazd and both mobeds told me they will and can accept other Iranians but they cannot do that because the government won't accept any conversion and may harm them for doing that.
+Rajbir Arora Exactly Iranians converted by force and genocide from Zoroastrianism to Islam when muslims conquered Persia but we Iranians today even if we are not Zoroastrian we follow and hold dear many aspects of Zoroastrianism in our traditions, culture and daily basis, our most important holidays and festivals especially Shab-e Yalda (longest night of the year), Mehregan (Iranian Valentine day) and Nowruz (Iranian new year festival and the first day of spring) are Zoroastrian holidays.
many Iranians today reject and despise all Islamic traditions and laws top to bottom. but current Iran's regime just do what Arabs did in Iran/Persia 1400 years ago... persecution of non-Islamic believers. all religions can practice their religions in Iran ofc but they are under control and heavy observation.
You cannot convert to other religions from Islam and the consequence is death by Islamic laws. btw I'm an atheist and no where said what religion I'm following, not in my identity card or anywhere.
For the most part, I believe that you are right. Most Indian Zoroastrians do not like converts whereas the Iranians will accept. But that isn't true for all of them as I am marrying into a Zoroastrian family that had ran to India for safety. The family still in India is strict but they would never shun me, per say.
Hey im so glad to hear about your marriage :) congratulations :D
The documentary is about the religion's belief as a whole , everyone does not follow all the traditions, customs and beliefs so there definitely will be exceptions :)
All the best to you :D
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@@Herot145 Hamazor hama asho farohar , Farshad. Your words which I am reading after 6 years fill me with cheer and hope.
Very Beautufully Presented. Congratulations ! Keep some more of it coming. Thank you and God Bless You 👌👌🙏 ❤️👍
greeting from iran thank you so much for perfect information about zoroastrian history , iran is land of ahura mazda and ever lasting flames of fire
Thankyou :D
i just love the religion great work pallavi and ur crew membera
superb 👍
Pallavi Shroff: This is an excellent documentary especially the details you stated regarding the similarities with the Rig Veda and the ancient Zoroastrian philosophy. Excellent and very professional quality presentation.Dr. Sanjay Kumar M.D.
thank you :)
thank you :)
Zoroastrianism absolutely accepts conversions
And today a lot of iranians around world are becoming zoroastrian
Can you tell me more? I am a Christian born American, but I am very much enthralled by the Zoroastrian belief, it is exactly in line with what I believe in my heart. I have felt lost in the world of faith and religion until I started learning about Zoroastrianism.
You don't have to do "sedreh pooshi" if you follow your pre-islamic culture then its your tradition passed down by ancestor and your are zoroastrian by defacto
@@montyp-fx1zq Follow Zoroastrianism in your own way, these fire temples with their priests are too foolish to teach anybody about Zarathustra's teachings, they have polluted Zoroastrianism into a tribal religion, instead of separating tribe from belief.
@@montyp-fx1zq DOn't worry you don,t have to assist to any ceremony. The moment you know yourself as a Zoroastrian, you are.
Wow.. superb blog .. very nicely done .. thanks
I converted to Zoroastrianism.
Can you please share with me how you did this?
How did you do it?
@@montyp-fx1zq I said "Im a Zoroastrian." Then I was a Zoroastrian.
@@montyp-fx1zqI converted and can put you in touch with a Mobed that does Navjote invitations.
See in my videos the one titled yes, you can convert to Zoroastrianism.
@@shr00mhead True, as a Zoroastrian I can confirm, faith has importance, so don' worry you don't have to assist to a ceremony, just knoow yourself as such.
I am a Zoroastrian and I accept converts. There is no formal law in the faith that rejects conversions. It was important that conversions were limited for a time but that time is done. The core of the faith is the Gathas and much of what came later can be thought of as backsliding into mixed forms of Hindism and Mithraism. At the core Zoroastrianism is in fact evangelistic and seeks converts.
We are not interested in converting to zooroastrinism
peace be with Cyrus the great father of Persian empire and asho zarathustraian. we will make the persepolis, pasargad, great again in Iran( PERSIA) thanks for the video, Dorod
Only can happen if this Islamic regime must go
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Persia must return back to it's roots.this curse regime must fall quickly.
Thanks....excellent narration with beautiful voice
A very well narrated history, the story of adding sugar into a bowl of milk to sweeten it.
This episode has been told repeatedly, about the bowl of milk, to show how readily the community will sweeten the milk, an example of the Zoroastrian immigrants about the 9th or tenth century AD that they will also be useful and beneficial to the country of India.
In other words, the Zoroastrian immigrants to India will abide by the rules stipulated by the Hindu king of that century. We must always be grateful to the Indians, to be so kind to us.
That is all well and good, but what about the dwindling number of Zoroastrians throughout the world. There has never been any debate about that.
The fact that this noble and democratic religion has never been given a chance to spread and proliferate among other non-Zoroastrians who are willing to accept it.
The idea of being born into the faith, has been wrongly introduced by our learned Mobeds and dasturjis, only then you can be called a Zarathushti, is totally unacceptable.
If an individual chooses to live by the trinity of Good thoughts, Good words and Good deeds, nobody on this earth can stop him or her.
The very effective way of reducing the numbers is by shutting the door in their face and refusing to admit the individual into the Fire temple, this is what has been practised for centuries and the result of which we are now facing is drastic reduction of a community
which should have taken pride in expanding and propagating this noble religion of Asho Zarathushtra.
Take for example, the faith the Sikhs, the Bahais which had been started 150 and 300 years ago, are now in millions, because of their liberal policy of expanding the number of followers.
The Kurds, the Iranians and Tajikis who were the ancient Zoroastrians were converted by the Muslim Arabs centuries ago, are now in millions and flourishing.
They are quite willing to embrace our faith, so why do we not accept them with grace?
Are we suffering from such an inferiority complex, that others cannot embrace our faith, or do we feel now that we have agreed to accept them, we will lose face?
Think hard, you dwindling lot of Zoroastrians and mend your ways, instead of being rediculously obstinate and perishing by your own mistakes.
You are endangering the noble faith of Asho Zarathustra.
Great work Pallavi..well done!
Thank you :)
I have no idea regarding zoratian ... thanks a lot for your information and presentation.... your presentation is excellent... because of OUR SRI SATYA SAI BABA... I am interested in knowing this Religion...any how... thanks for your presentation... your voice is touching CORDIAL. RELATION... Let the Holy FIRE / Light Energies you to bring a lot of messages to the people of the WORLD... WITH LOVE AND GOD'S BLESSINGS...
Thank you so much :D
Congratulations. Great work. Very informative.
Thank you :)
I have came through qissa of sanjan , and it filled my heart with mercy , knowing the history of Iran..I m thankful to that king to who helped this beautiful community to survive in our beautiful of India.
And its soo nice to see that this parsi people have still kept their promise since 1300 years, sooo beautiful yaar...I love u people
:)
Pallavi Shroff are parsi and irani only speak gujarati language ?? Also in pakistan and karachi ??
very well made. great narrative..good background score
Thank you :D
Very well done. Just one correction. Cyrus is the Greek rendition of Kurush. The name derived from Kuru & Ush, clearly showing the common civilization of the avestics and medics.
Being from a Brahmin family, I can correlate the Fire worship(Homam in Sanskrit), Sacred thread (Yagnopaveetam in Sanskrit), Lord Mithra (one of the names of Sun god in the Rig Veda), Asura ( the Cousins of the Devas in Puranas, the secondary sacred scriptures after the 4 Vedas) and various other gods, the Devas of Vedas considered as demonic.
I have been researching the missing dots in between the Vedas and Gathas. Both seem to be connected.
This video was amazing👏
Thank you :)
I like ur voice it's nice
Thankyou
True
Most enlightening, thanks. Beautiful sound and tone to your voice. Peace.
Thank you :D
thank you :)
peace be with CYRUS the great father of Persian empire and asho zarathustraian. we will make the persepolis, pasargad, great again in Iran( PERSIA) thanks for the video, Dorod
Iran is becaming ZOROASTRIANISM again for sure with the grace of AHURA MAZDA 🙏
Hey Pallvi! thanks a lot for sharing these information. Can you suggest some books can help me to understand this religion better?
Superb effort Palavi. Thank you so much for this.
thank you :)
I have enjoyed your video. I know that some say it is not possible to convert to Zoroastrian, while others say it IS possible. Simply put, it MUST be possible, because before Zoroaster arrived, there were NO Zoroastrians. It is in direct conflict with many of the teachings and history to say that conversion is not possible. King Cyrus himself was not born into Zoroastrianism. Therefore, conversion MUST exist. I am in the beginning stages of my journey of learning about this beautiful faith. I hope to achieve full conversion into Zoroastrianism. There are several I have spoken with that say that converting to Zoroastrianism is absolutely possible, except for as the Parsis view it. Apparently the Parsi sect are the only Zoroastrians that believe conversion is not possible. If anyone has any other information, please share with me.
Awesome video! Thanks a ton!!
Thank you :)
thank you :)
I only learnt about zoroastrianism when I became a fan of Freddy Mercury. I have so much respect for this religion and its teachings. Love learning about it too, so interesting.
thank you with love for this information. dorod.xxx
thank you for posting such an informative video.
Wounderful documentary. Its was very informative.
Thankyou :)
thank you :)
The Parsis and Iranis are the greatest gift to India. Living just besides a Parsi colony in Bombay, I know just how amazing these people are. Thanks for all that you've done for this great nation. Great work in compiling this video. Also Parsi food happens to be my favorite cuisine. Long live Parsis and Iranis and Zoroastrians all over the world. Ushta te..
Thankyou :D
Parsi foodddd.. Nothing compares!
I think Parsis and Iranians are the greatest gifts wherever they go :)))) , I keep hearing all the good things about them.
thank you :)
Very nice video! I'd like to mention that Zoroastrianism does accept converts, only the Parsi Zoroastrians do not, but the ones in Iran, US, China and other countries accept them.
Hi Pallavi
Good documentary. I don’t agree with your introduction though as Zarathustra’s message was for humanity and there the message is open to all.
you have a beautiful voice I could listen to you all day...
thank you :)
There are Zoroastrians that allow conversion. Only the ones in India strictly disallow conversion. There are some who convert to Zoroastrianism in other parts of the world. Recently, many Kurds have converted. They see it as going back to their old religion that their ancestors practised. Also, there have been conversions in Iran for much the same reason.
can people from other countries convert because the promise was given only to king and people of india.
In India converting is not allowed amongst Parsis, however people do convert to Zoroastrianism in places abroad :)
It is unbelievable but true that this tiny community was once a superpower nation on the planet. They fought and defeated mighty Roman empire and puts the emperor on its knee.
Grave mistake committed by emperor cusrow 2 for underestimating the Muslim army which ends up with a devastating defeat.
The wealthy Zoroastrian community fled Iran with tons of wealth. They got refuge in India not because of their fate but because of tons of wealth which they brought.
They were as similar as today's Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan
Thank you for an informative video. May I know, is this only regarding the history and customs of Zoroastrians in India? I had the impression that they had a lot more Iranian (Persian?) influence.
This is history is about Zoroastrianism as a whole but largely focusing on the Parsis :)
salute to all my parsi brothers and sister , friends and elders
thank you .. you give a good knowledge
Thomes jack Thankyou ☺️
thank you :)
Nice one ,thx .
I have questions about the burial custom of Zoroastrians, if someone would be so kind as to answer.
After the vultures, and presumably other scavengers, eat the bodies of the deceased, what are done with the bones? Can a family retrieve them and put them in an ossuary and store them in a tomb? If dozens of bodies are being eaten at once, is there some form of separation of the bodies so the loved ones can know which bones belong to their departed? Thank you.
Hi, so after the vultures eat the flesh, there is no way for the family members to retrieve the bones. The surface of the the tower of silence where the bodies are laid down is not straight. It slants from all sides towards the centre where theres a well like structure where all the bones get accumulated. I hd read once that an acid is present there which melts the bones and makes the whole process odourless.I hope this answers your question. Take care :)
great video thanks .can somebody tell me the name off the circular city in the beginning off the video and later the monument in Gujarat cerebrating the arivial in India there are 8 cancel like looking objects over the Zoroastrian aehh hybridbird what's the meaning off them and what's the hybridbird called properly.thanks a lot
there should be a neon-Zoroastrianism church that is allowed to follow the religion blessed by the traditionalists so we can all reach asha
Very interesting...I have dreamed a few years ago with an image such as this symbol of zoroastrian religion. As I have raised surrounded by the catholic/protestant faith I had no opportunity to know about this ancient religion. Thank you for the post. May I ask you? Are you from Iran or India?
Thankyou so much, I am from India :)
Shes a Persian from India (Parsi)
thank you , Im glad this video helped :) . I am a Parsi from India :)
Zoroastrianism originated in Balkh, Bactria, Afghanistan. And Zoroastrians do allow conversion. But are the Parsis in India different from the Zoroastrians in Iran? Like do they believe in the same customs?
Please tell me where I apply.
Ash Farhang What?
It all depends on the family. I am marrying into a Zoroastrian family in November. My fiancé's family were ran off from Persia to India- long lineage there. His family refers to themselves as Parsi/ Zoroastrian. I'd like to say though that in my experiences thus far, the "Indian Parsis" are a little less strict than the "Zoroastrians in Iran"… And I believe they do believe in the same customs, for the most part. Zoroastrianism is the minority in Iran and it has been for some time. The Persian Zoroastrians(aka Farsi as of current) if you will, were killed for their beliefs when the Islamic folk caught them. Over time, a lot of rituals changed for Parsi/Farsi/ Zoroastrians as most things change over time. They all have similarities and follow the same "customs". And to be honest, I've had a hard time learning exactly what all of the differences are. My fiancé's parents grew up in India but have lived in Iran a few times before finally moving to Canada to get away from the war. They are the sweetest people I have ever met and their belief is to always do good for others. There is always something more you could do to be and do better. I also believe that his family does have similarities to the Hindus when it comes to ceremonies. And his mother LOVES the Indian culture and a lot of her traditions seem to stem from it. It's very interesting. I literally learn something new every day I spend with them. :] but again to answer your question- I think they still all have very similar customs.
I married an Alevi Turkish girl & ever since I've been quite intruiged into the similarities and links between the Alevis (people of the flame) and the Parsees & Zoroastrians.. Alevis are more connected to Islam but only on a lineage level (prophet Ali) when it comes to customs and traditions, the link between Anatolia & India shine quite brightly in my eyes..It's my belief that the Alevis (as a minority in an Muslim dominated naton had to take on boad some of Islam's teachings and harmonize with their neighbours.. It all hit me when I visited Mumbai 2 years ago and asked what's that? it's a Parsee temple with a flame.. Mmm I thought.. the Alevi!!
I am so happy you met an Indian Parsee who is not so strict. He is unique. All the ones I know are far stricter than the hundreds Iranians I know. I still hope someone qualified would begin a new Chapter for the converted Zoroastrians
I love zoroastians 😊😊😊
but I also want to know one thing that do Paris eat nonveg or beef??
yes we do eat non veg however eating beef is a personal choice.
I hope a Parsi or Zoroastrism practicioner may answer...So I was researching that the 3 Kings that visited Jesus Christ during his birth were from Persian origin, and that they were said to be Zoroastrians, great astronomers, astrologists and very wise men overall. My question is: do Zoroastrians believe or accept JC? Thank you
Even in India happened this...
Remember Pakistan... Afganistan... Kashmir.. Bangladesh... with Hindus
I have written so many times, for the Zoroastrians of India and the rest of the world, to admit
the ones who are sincerely contemplating to enter our faith.
We are wasting precious time, by dragging our feet and postponing conversion of others into our faith.
Take for example the Kurdish nation, who has taken the initiative to start their own Avesta in Kurdish language and have produced very assertive videos beating any other community, to augment the spread of Asho Zarathushtra's religion. I think they will be thefirst ones to spread the living religion of Asho Zarathushtra, and adopt it and make it a national religion when they aquire their homeland of Kurdistan, which will not take very long.
The second in line, are the Tajikis, who are also exZoroastrians, now very keen on converting to the teachings of Asho Zarathushtra.
The present enlightened Iranians are also competing with the Kurds.
Last but not the least, the traditional Parsi Zoroastrians of India are waking up from their slumber and are willy nilly thinking of opening their doors to non-Zoroastrians.
The reason why Iam commenting on the Kurds, the Tajiks and the present Iranian youth
trying to enter our faith is, simply because, they were our long lost cousins mistakenly
converted to Islam in the 7th and 9th century AD by the conquering Arabs.
The only exception about the Parsi Zoroastrians of India, is that they prospered under the British Raj for 200 years, whereas the Kurds, Tajiks and the indegenous Iranians, were left behind, being persecuted by their Islamic bretheren, namely, the Turks, the Russians in the central Asian countries, the Iraqis, and lastly the Iranians who although being Aryans persecuted the Kurds who were their close cousins the ancient Medes.
But there we are, we cannot reverse the historical events that happened 1400 years ago.
There fore I maintain that conversion to the Zarathushti faith is not an impossible task.
We are more or less inter-related with the ancient Kurds, Tajikis and the present Iranians.
There is a definite conclusion I have arrived at, is that the present day Parsis of India, will not give up boasting of their good deeds what their ancestors did in India, which is commendable, but it is high time we drop those boastings and pay attention to the present problem of the dwindling of the Parsi Zoroastrian commnity all over the world.
Bless you all, who take this comment seriously and take positive action.
A wonderfully open-minded and enlightened statement.. I lived in Turkey & noticed that the Kurds celebrated Navruz (Naw-Raz).. not until rcently did I put 2 and 2 together..
where can these kurdish videos be found under?
all the best for a rivivel of zorastrianism!!
Iranian Zoroastrians allow conversion to their religion. I think Indian Parsis have had to reject conversion to Zoroastrianism for political reasons.
Love from Iran!
Pallavi (Pahlavi) kings are another pride of most Iranians.
Of cource your name is taken from the Pahlavi language which was the official language of Zoroastrians. I wish we can free Iran from mollahs and islam and welcom Parsis back to Iran again. Fortunately India wasn’t fully conquered by moslims and your ancestors could find a place to live free.
Pallavi is indian female name nt related to the pahlavi
Great video, really informed me, more then just reading wikipendia.
Thankyou :)
+Pallavi Shroff (Y)
Thank you :)
very nice video ... learned many things, I have just one question : How did Freddy Mercury become Zoroastrian if this religion doesn't accept converts ? I really wana know.
Iranian Zoroastrians allow conversion to their religion. I think Indian Parsis have had to reject conversion to Zoroastrianism for political reasons.
Freddy Mercury's real name is Farrouk Bulsara and he was born a Parsi.
Dear Younes, Freddie Mercury is not a convert, he is a Zoroastrianism by birth :)
Heres the link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Mercury
I worked with a man from iran at a job years ago and one night he was showing me a book with images from iran. i was interested and asked him several questions about his homeland. at one point the conversation turned to religion and i asked him what he believed in. he became angry and flipped to a page with an image of a very old stone structure with the winged crest above an entryway ( there was no man in the wings just the wings) , saying something very close to (i can't remember his exact words at this point) you want to know what i believe! this is what i believe in! i was puzzled at his reaction and the conversation turned towards less volatile topics. this scenario still comes to mind from time to time and i wonder what all it entailed. was he implying he is zoroastrian? if so and zoroastrians believe in good thoughts, words, and deeds, why the anger? he was very angry inside. most of the time he was a decent guy, but from time to time would have aggressive outbursts as though he was always in a state of holding back his true feelings, especially when speaking of iranian topics. do the wings also have ties to the islamic religion? perhaps he just hated me for not being similar enough to him. that is the impression i have. not once was i unkind to him.
perhaps there was a man in the middle of the wings. like i said it was years ago, but i don't recall the image of the man, just the wings...
Im very sure it was not because you were not similar to him :) It could have been been a personal reason :) but thank you for sharing :)
I hope the video has given you an insight on what we believe in.
Have a great day :)
is the symbol i referred to only associated with zoroastrianism?
My friend from Iran calls himself Persian only, and he is a Zoroastrian. He is a lovely, kind man and I was so proud of him to hear him proclaim his true identity!
One's beliefs is not a choice but rather it is one's fate, therefore conscious conversion to a religion is both impossible and foolish; I was born in a Christian family, but yet I was fated to die a Canaanite. It is truly impossible to tell someone what they are and what they are not. I was told from a young age that I had to be a Christian because it was my family's religious view of truth; but looking back at my life, I was always a Canaanite.
I am Persian i am parsi
Devila Gothica From where?
Those are precisely the ones I had in mind when I suggested some Zoroastrians should set up a reformed one away from the frozen minded Parsees.
The music in the background who is it by?
Eddie Tirado it is a mix of different tracks and sound effects ☺
As I m Indian parsi I don't like my community were declining day by day but some orthodox parsis couldn't reliase this yet too
Perhaps the reluctance to allow converts in India is due to matters of varna (caste) wheras in Iran this isn't a consideration?
Restitur orbis iranicum, that should be the policy regarding reversions. The community must encourage all those whose ancestors were Mazdayazni and are showing a deep interest in our faith to embrace it again. We must restore our old Iran.
what kind of scent parsi's are using ?
Good but Music too high
The Good Religion of Ahura Mazda, Mazdayasna or Zoroastrianism, although being an Iranian world view, religion and tradition, is for all mankind.
The words and teachings of Ashoo (righteous) Zarathushtra is for mankind and not only for Iranian Peoples and not only those born into Zoroastrian community.
Learn, understand and live by the divine messages of the messenger if those resonate with your good minds and your pure hearts.
To bad they do not take converts. The belief system certainly seems to support as a community the well being of their children, elders, and every one else in the community. I think even Buddhism may have borrowed some from Zoroastrianism. .
whatever you think... be good. :)
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I wonder why they do not allow new members who are very interested and propagate the philosophy of the supreme religion.
Righto - and how have they avoided the creepy inbred thing
the main ones who do not allow are the worshipers in india since they are very conservative. before when the persian empire was a thing people comverted. the religin is about choice. you can be a convert you dont need the acceptance of a crusty old fool hahhah
I wrote a reply and the page disappeared by something I may have mistakenly done. I am not worried about being accepted; particularly if it is by a bunch of self-centered dogmatic group. I was, however, hoping there would be someone knowledgeable about the prayers, customs and rituals would set up a reformed chapter that complies with the original text but in line with modern thoughts. I am positive thousands would join the reformed house of worship, meditation and identity. FYI: As part of the conditions to be allowed to settle in the territory, the creed were banned by the Indian Maharajahs to convert anyone and the custom continues.
there are i think about 200000 zoroatrians in the world and a lot of them leave to marry others
In world the any one who wants to convert themselves into ZOROASTRIANISM can convert as ZOROASTRIAN religion is accept conversation it's only in India that parsis couldn't convert any other non parsis to parsis but in rest of the world the conversation take places and that's why the major reason for increasing in world but they are decline day by day in India only
Superb!!!! Great video You have to be born to be a Zoroastrian from Zoroastrian parents
should be for the hole world to share if it's the first one god .....
i think it is a great shame that zoroastrianism is being treated as a race and not a religion...
i believe if they would treat it as a religion and welcome converts from around the world then they could become a very large religion.
personally i believe that Abraham from the bible must of been in contact with zoroastrian beliefs before the birth of judaism... i would say that if zoroastrianism is to be treated as a race then the children of Abraham should be included.
from my understanding of jewish / christian scripture, both Iran and india are in the land that was given to Shem by Noah... abraham was a son of Shem and i assume that the iranians are too as Iran falls in Shems land.
you contradicted yourself. you said people couldn't convert, which is quite close-minded. but you labeled Freddie Mercury as a zoroastrian.
+The Nihilist
Freddie was Indian descent.
Tommy R then by the rule of traditional zoroastrianism, he still wasn't a true zoroastrian. But Zarathustra never limited his religion to a few anyways. It only became that way because the traditionalist groups feared invasion and persecution.
+The Nihilist If the mother was Zoroastrian and the father who was not, the child will still be included in the faith. Freddie Mercury could be legitimate, even without fathers conversion.
I do agree that the faith is set up for failure by not allowing others in.
Tommy R the way I see it, Zarathustra somewhat encouraged conversion. He himself converted and thusly did all of the Persians that followed him.
they took Three oath/promise to indian prince when they arived in india.
1.you can't covert anybody in your faith.
2.speak local language and accept local custom.
3.conduct marriage in evenings as hindus do.
Zoroastrianism is the one true religion
Zoroastrian (Human Super man)
Fire can be put out with water.
Peopel of the Flames
Durood
Though I am a Muslim, Zoarastian philosophy and religion has impressed me. I came to know a lot about this great religion. The only thing distasteful about it is their belief of feeding the dead bodies to the hungry birds and particularly vultures seems ghastly. Even burning at the funeral pyre seems cruel. i believe that burial is the decent thing to do. You can't see what is going on underground. The body is definitely eaten by insects and worms but away from our sight.
I found Zoarastrianism very interesting. I didn't know many good things about this great religion. I am enlightened. Thank you
zorastrianism and vedic hinduism has many things in common , even the language of avesta and sanskrit are sister languages in afganistan. both religions have great reverence for the five elements of nature, and the most important of it is the fire. Zoratrians did not even consider burning their dead bodies in funeral pyre due to respect to that element , whereas hindus burned their dead in the pyre as they considered it is the only element that cannot be defiled or made impure by the impurities like the dead bodies!!
ZORASTRIANS DO NOT WORSHIP ANIMALS AND BEASTS
Are your sure?
madmarvin99 the concept of god is entirely different in hinduism compared to semitic religions, in semetic religion God is the creator whereas the universe and all others are his creations, whereas in hinduism there is only god ,whatever you see in this universe are the manifestations of god,... . therefore u and me are gods :), realising the god in yourself is the purpose of life.
Gaya Marɘtan sure, these are two religions who always proclaimed to protect the nature atleast in their "books"., and I believe zarathustra to be one of the reformist at that time of vedic hnduism
Why you put special emphasis "accepted without the fear of weapons". Tell me what religion, Judaism, Christianity or Islam which one was not "accepted without the fear of weapons". There were some discrete events in all religions including Zoroastrianism, if a religion can't attract with it's inherent quality, then that religion can't sustain by force, it's a common sense and rule of nature. Zoroastrinism diminished because it was overcome with a better alternative - more monotheism and less paganism. We were Hindus before, now 1/3 of all Hindus are Muslims and we are proud for that, nobody forced us or our forefathers to convert, even great Gandhi testified that. Cyrus was a warrior and he conquered many, that doesn't mean what he did was wrong, to fight against the corrupt and free the oppressed is good, not evil. Visit themuslimvibe.com/faith-islam/what-non-muslims-say-about-muhammad-the-prophet-of-islam or th-cam.com/video/aiGhgfLnNl4/w-d-xo.html
Zoroastrian does not influenced Islam.
no islam is a satanic cult
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