May 1972

co Price 50 Raise " R, ^AY 1972 VOL. Vi II No. 7 r*-. ff-', fierr mipdinm ioi' old u indoni f .' QQfc^°' DETERIORATION IN t I ? ZOROASTRIAN CONCEPT f ' O F G O D >» A I t VOL. VllhNo. 7. MAY 1972. 'I CONTENTS Editorial DETERIORATION IN ZOROASTRIAN CONCEPT OF GOD By FRAMROZ RUSTOMJEE (Colombo) NEWS & VIEWS HOSHBAAM By P. B. W. * Page 3 5 11 12 Managing Editor P, B. WARDEN, M. S. (Bom.). D. P. M. (Bom.) ADVISORY BOARD ------------- —iF" Mr. P. R. E. Cassod, Advocate-Rangoon, Aden, Nairobi, .Bombay. Major Adarbad Irani, R.A.M.C., D.O.M.S. [Lond], D.(^[Oxon] Mrs. GooV K Shavaksha Prof. Nadir Ardeshir Mody, M.A , LL.B. Dr. Sohrab H. Batliwala, Ph.D. Mr. Bejon N. Desai, M.A., B.Ed. Mr. Faribourz N aidman, [Architect] Mr. Homi Burjor Dhalla, M.A. [Harvard] Mr. Mahyar Byramji Patel Yearly subscription for 12 issues: Rs. 6/- for Ii^land; Sh. 12/6 for U K; and§ 21-ioT USA Single Copy: 50 Paise Office Address: Opposite Anjuman Atash-Baharam, 621-Jagannath Shankarshet Marg, Bombay-2. BR ..... ............................................................... ....................................................... .............................. Published and edited by Editor-Proprietor P. B. Warden from 621-Jagannath Shankarshet Marg, Bombay-2 B R, and printed at Kaleid Art Printers, 5-B, Shalimar Industrial EsUte Matunga, Bombay-19 and mimeographed at 621-Jagannath Shankarshet Marg, Bombay-2. BR.I 4^ t '¦ f I ; PKfr> A I Mhior'^oR^ to Farsiana a letter dated 22nd. June 1972 refcrding'ShhiiJatindra-M Chatterj ee. as-under • ,, , — *1 have' read- the - suggestion's , made - in yowr Tournai suggesting that • the; 1-earned' scholar^e invited to come; to Bombay'and be properly . . ;hcgiourM. ;¦/i 'oo i - rl nay inform your readers .tijat ’ -r dinyitation';to.^ri GhatterJ^e and ¦'¦programme'for his • lecture and also tdahonoi^ ’ • - •¦• r.'’’ ‘ i- \A - 'V •• I . 1 * ' "L* "'f : ¦ He; had replied ;dhat'; due •t.P\advaiibcdr'age and feeble health- he coi^d not • acceed-'to' my rie^ueBt-.-.1 Bu^esfe..a?; public meeting^ be heli^. m d ¦' a; suitable resolution be passes and a suitable gift-w gbantad. to ¦--¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦- 'd-... ' di ¦' ;-¦¦¦ ¦-¦ ' -'^ <¦ --o . A A-' ?.' ¦ r d'h'd ¦'¦/' '¦'•¦ - .¦ ¦ "* • . ¦ /... ¦ ¦'¦ '1 Ail- are-of one mind that the coimunity should not'^^lay offering ~“recogniti,bn to its ardent^ scholar whether he can o^r -cannotreame to Bombay .^e yer al reader^ .^1 Parfsiana^have misread Mr. ^.Mahyar Patel • ylien he eTrn-’-’^sstP'd- p-rTspi over Mr7^ failing 11 ealth ¦: a aS; ;‘^he_ enMapd. '1 he < • man . Bet s omeone take! .Bal ¦ t •t- ^^cb. t i :e st ion's , made ¦ in your gebtihg' that some years ago Y .had--;^nb ' ' '' my..g’j.sBt..as as • ncr.sonal I 'had.a : ff ering ¦Recognition to its ardent^ scholar whether he can or -cannotrccme to roMcr- Parsiana^have misread Mr.^Mahyar Patel -- expressert ansiMY pyer Qiatterj.c^^ wealth J cl os ihg chanter on ofi^Ur duty, :be/fulfill^ and sh^ ' nity whether f? Parsianai's happy to inform; its readers;thAt.APbr: bbb9i^^ ^^t'®^ urii Hpdii!5^ads essay v^ch ax^eared- in; purAbecent^ J^sue on; bixteen- ;&lQkas ,recited by Bast Rhiryosan^ Ehar^;.';.befe^^^ benevol ent ‘King Jadi • has ¦been -app3^sciated Jan.d ohp V...Katkar , of Deccan CollegejFoona,has sent'Pie a 'redue'st .-rto sw p:n]g:Lnal _ ^ssay together with its Sanskiit, text,-and SansKrit Commentarys__thereon by ilka Aodhiyaru as they will be printed in the Sanskrit Mag; publisbed from Poona. Arrangementsj are afoot ,to send the volimie to Poona. Meanwhile Shri. G-.V.Bavadekar,one intimately connected with MaratM Book Foundation and a publisher a^ssocicated with all jtrward movements in Afeharashtra-literary,social and politic^ “has inquirer, of ana to extend the subject of Shlokas and,give greater retails ei promises given -tnd fulfilled by the Parsis as per mutual understanding and arrangement between King Jadi Pana an.x tne su . ccession of the immigrants. I request the readers to supply such relevant information and references to enable Parwiana to ng them, to li^t. and a : "rediie^t-A test,-and Sane: :azine ubiect 01 onioKas ana give gicciuoi mfille^ by the Parsis as per mutual iven <’*id T and ai I cui^ciuuiiu —---- - -,-, )he immigrants. I request the readers to supply all . « o, . T _£• ________ __ X ^-v, ,^T>T o Po T»wT cinp T.n PARSIdNA MY. 1972. 3. ¥I. 1 f ¦y ( <¦ .V Yiws, 1. ; .; ¦ ¦ • ¦ ¦f ..u Gandhian philosophy to the rescue of present day human society is yirtu^ly the .essence, of the speech uf ^Mrs. Irdira Gandhi,thePri Environment uanonian pnixosopny lo we rescue oi present day nunian society was virtually the essencp. of; the speech of Mrs. Irdira Gandhi,thePrime Minister of India,vhd attended the,,on Environinent held Li (Sweden) Under the auspices of the Ifoited Nations Or^- n&iji^once remarked to Edward Torapaon, a British friend 11" I'/' X-- jun^es and increasing in -¦ is an intangible but'very tiling influence of en-^ vironaient On human personality and 'trpiy, ehough environmeht moulds, , ; '^idirupts^ersoniafty' with every signific^t jchang' ' Olf the ehyironment. Industrialisation cf india whs one such f; core of sociali^ endangering il stablity and; at this crucial hour transformation cbuldvbe^nuick on inAStPckhpimi ( misatiPn. Gant ofjhis that"wild “life is decreasing in the j the.toWlS*. ----- .vironmUht Pn__ r^pUlds or 'ddS; how operating on the hpiains stablity and; at this Acrucial : hour transf ormation coulrtA'be^uuick and ruthless or slow as a revolution by consent. India haS ptererred theA latter course that she may preserve the values while achieving the goal a .•4- en-^ je in or 'actdr ¦ its ¦ and A correspondent .asked the APrime Minister -which,^was inpprtaht bread or o^'-Jyitj ohe replied®Qne ^cannot do without mat'^ial neLeda but* in fulfi. :,A aim thoAzcnfc of spiritual value i]Aist‘ as the I or a.ix uiic-utiuAwiio . light for ^l_reUgiQns. The causes for de •'PARSIANA MM. 5 I'M ' •• Conquest of Pfirsi a^y A. few hundred j^ars after the de^h of Zarsthushtra and the breah —up of the foiinanian dynasty of Iran,the country fell into the hands of the A.ssyrians, the Babylonians, the J!igyptians_,;and to Medes.Hie pristine purs concur of the Gahtas got adulterated. . fhe earlier concepts of many CS)ds of Nature,trickled in with/we deities introduced by the conquering countries. 'Chis period of r decadence lasted for many centuries. Z^athushtra s red Won was once again revived in Persia from its embers, is^er we- Anhaonenians, but became firmly established in the times‘•of the. ' Sassaniaiis, when the prayers of the Khordehmesta began to be ' compilied and collated, with the help of the Athravans who md itvd xxxcuxv tha Older Avesta to memory, to Atoa- helped materially to place pur.prayers on record^after:to [ish destruction of all our religious books in the librarie ? comitted many/prayers of the vans ;L-L^ ? ' * *' ^ fiOTidish destructi of Persepolis- ' ‘ nf Phil in ( '* ’ Muslim hoi ues ui 2i4. evuxa., 4,iiM.vx vwxiu.x sia Mas conquered in the last days of ids. Persians SiahanshahCrile ’rl death was""cruel and of Persians, —J . - routed and demotalised abandon,over _____ ______ _______ ®® which were burnt on oiders of Mexandert, the son xp of fe-cedon. Thai came tie conquest of PersiM by hordes of Arabia,inder conditions' that.wereBer- ! conquered in the .last davs of the neribd of .the -Jiassan* cf; Philip sia Ma^ oned his glorious ancestral (dmous defeat. lea lazuagiru-txwiux x, uel and underwent 'ueg/>rae il lhe' once redoubtable,invincible army once renowned Iranian J^Tre of ~ „lilb ’'l^ ’’fomdS[ the rai^ty > ’ 1 For generations/ erors, but the Persians were ¦ this pli^t. Wealth and power erors, PARHAM MY. 1972. 6. VT. ir , ji 2^' the arn^ had sunk '’.nto the lowest depths of decrepitude and rt»cnmftrt«»T1 nrt TTn^atT iWiaiffis /S Aia.'r*! -.* '4*. XL.^ _ _____ .:___ tide Of in*" become add-,. .' . — - invih- - —~ wie them oblivious of?" . •their religious precepts. They lived an irreligious life of rBck-. degradati^. They were deeply steeped ebriety. The sti^jefying narcotics to \____ ictin utteribhougitleswss,imagining.th^selves^ to be the invih-- cible scjmis of an insuperable race Bad made them oblivious of?" . •their religious precepts. They lived an irreligious life of rBck-. loss-abandon.resialting in wral decay. The once intrepid army was. unable to withstand evM ilb .Stray un assaults of |he ^abs, vho had entered- Per^sia throU^ stratagem and treachery. ' ¦ The> Persians were outnWbefed^ The Arabs pillaged and plundered? the’ vast P^slan tfeMWs,-’l^aehlessly cruidiing and killi^ all 1^0 refused to ¦“ ‘ - - - - • The Persians cl' and their Sacrei _ ,,____ _______________ ______ ,_____ rape^r&pine and destructi'oni ^hich rent their Fatherland Aacimt The.Fi^r^ lived" ginalcMci home to liie in and to practise the t^ets of their faith. The ancient had got distortAdiuaitil time and later events have helped ^ursis to' dive deeper Ihtb /the truths of the Gathas and the Kh;ordoh*Ave8ta. Arabs,, pho had < ...in the ra^ to Tshich they 7 the’ vast Persian treasures, ruthlessly cruidiing and ______ j^o refused to absaid0111 end • F J. I ^havir®; fe# leaders "and spiritual teachers,-the "pr>6ts rforrn tno o^rasonies of their.f^ih,while all vibal dri pta had undergone changes. The Iranian-Aryans,who were «ji7-came oyer'Wi^^i ’a.where , they foind a more cc^^nial tho-t^ets of their faith. ?^ .anc i^; f leaders "and spiritual teachers .the • ‘ the-o^ttwjnies of their.f^th,iSiile all vibai dri ,ad undergone changes. The Iranian-Arvans,who were > ^tiQn^l,ft,.nf y/dth.r,.,]^^Yerahl e in .the, Qathasr ? - ?or bp"'repan obscure. French*.Geman Jfid oth- help to understand ifiterp ret thejaeaain^. of t^e. a^ie# Aveptan teztakwith the ai4 of Phil ­ ology^ But the trahslatic^* they were able to arrive at do not dis ­ close the rationale of the Bel igp. on; Ihe Par si.Savants of we^i9'Ui and 20-th Centuries whd h^v’e' helped the translations-n^d who have." Relied ;on the works of the ¦^ilol'CMsts have not faithfully repro- .rationale of their' religion.Their translations? si- K_ , I, ... ...— X,— themselves seek tinup to ne oonf©tfided »and in -is a sorry pXi^t for the ^^rrect^int^l^etation of the Gathio ideas,the rationale tp"'rei^n ohsoure. French^Gemjan J^d oth- *¦ ?eli ’?/* fled by thm»do littl ’e justice to the .msahin^ Spy : to-xsipart. Thus the anpieiit oenc^ts continue to be tM layaw iS at his wit*8’end. This -------- Persist .. . , ¦^forts are atill l>eihgv«asdet to. tr^siate the Gathas and the Iteily Brayars into ¦ JBhMish^lor .^ders and studenta,hut the prevailing PmUM MY. 1972. . .St .i..: ¦t r ,-f * 7.« -? “»kS * A?>JS Ha 3 ' ^^r/’ profound lethargy among the ^ders^to^study these works and to expl^n the rat^nale to their d^endants calls for a genuine impetus. < . .' '''.'' 0»r C^rpmoniea Bstaed oh Later Ave stan.. Tsitafc MqA miscor.ception prevails over 7—— ot^s. elect to get rid J of thomilifiany'^^^er^^a^j^^^^ex^^ses incufrhd on ceremonies is an uttei?, wa8^^,~|^> ’ Sst cermonila. Every act of lif^ -is: a-Cerw^iy, ;go«d bad or . different. Our Ihr van (soul) is, the doer 9^ " an is in incessant need to process ^pw^s Perfectijm development of our .intelligence. +L^J?lat ’WUtor constant state of reverential adoration towards the yeat irea^or, faith the means by Si ch ^1 others can. attain promulgation of his faith within his bQdy,^ich he^8-learnt to^ regard as hi s • Tod^I e. Wi s heart . m»t. laid down form of worship.thr.ou^ • v ••;« eloser touch with the symbo^lo^.of 'hi? religipn.^,^ro^trianism is., replete with symbol s,throu^Tmi ch •man c^r nelp -formance of his religiQUs .ceremonies :to ^rxrp^p^tiie ^rbHthal for the greater ceremonies-of .his lifejWiich serve as tne fpr the ^htmee of himself^and his. f^tly ar'^ ar, « n a life. /Che temples of our, faith hap b‘ ______ -of utmost sanctity>to an^bJ^. (Tior'y"*of^the Xrahiw dignity,i^iw .helps to. S A^a^s\ ,;vfeo haw y race, this demands thw of. imdergone the purlfl^&ty t® The rflisi^n oithe_. P^8iB long ow: Cer-^onieSr^onie scoff at them* entire life is-one ^, ¦, <9..... , The .Urv- I the ?,lh a A t-.- Ahura-^zda. it requires to prove •.by'tts^ojn ^ttit^e.^tws^s^®^ faith the means ' ......................... - -¦•-x on -m to Vljrtne ^d Pro-, eadi “' *^"“"“^"'^' . att m*i .on- ^^e laid down form of worship,tSyrpu^ cerepaonias 5Xistmce 01 nir— in V .18 deSa ,® in ‘W is,. dl-y^d dependants ’on earth. ‘rUrera pndit: * - ve efnjrw " ean an< )e,main" ijy ^.ajate in a as we elect to conserve the ees^t|^. ^®ets or x^ito each person to perform apstmihW c^. nose,in kaepingwith hiS lw%tireXy laid down for any Parsi g^'h^cWlty of cere- due to blatant ignor^ce ^ifBi^v^ +.bo ^0^+. of ParSis.who see we pp«r uixx-vjui& * SB®aris« a^Aolly l earning'to under stand our; . a mob to'thwart the good XTpr’ftmnhies * cugrtomst religion, conventions and ceremonies si4d-iikiDTr'-ma-y'i motr Pp should be one who is ;an be reached. For each such accomodazting for and against atiy u:? vxi-wd uh x- , o t-i to remain calm,cool ,collected and most congeni^, hy trying to understand the views of every speakeryWh^* should be ahlotea a a set of si.Tpple rules to be to remain calm,coo I set'll- collected and most e< time limit, A number of leading 1 ^al ^ziiminaries can help drw up_ a set of si.mple rules to be followed by the cha.irman_and the spea kers attending the meetings. This matt er. has been referred ing to th egrowing tensions in the commuliity on many oi the matte stated. referred tOjOW" PARSIAM W. 1972, 9 9wisi Sceptics -have rlived -ihialX '¦ "''f-'- 's' ¦ ¦¦ ' iviany of them ^are-rmost intelligent,and CGnsciouslycfeelieve in the _ ' \dom of : their waySv WienihOwever, a scepticriseeks ’to d^y the ; ezistence of a Ihiver^sal /Power as^t^ outliined-ih the Holy Gathas, , whom w to ae'Uod in hist: ifaife-stati,0h,i;Lthm they/deny con- toiousiy er unwnsciously their/.existence.; Ihey live in a state of benight^dness.r Their joys are thont “lived,their harmony will, appear disturbed, they possess-the equilihrium,but it does'not respond to the many demands of their- mind,^idl*//is/ in a statk of eteihal ferm­ ent. . This, refl ectsthe/truism that/they ar er not oh the'^th of lAshal, but roiiain far iemoved from the Grace of the Divinity they seek to d®y. In moments of' anguish,they are bound to^revert to the Mi^ty Universal Power,they had once denied.;/^t-God;t^^ helps to bring every man on tc -the fhth from iidiieh he has happened ’ to digress. . - ; ' 9 “s to digress. But. God ; self- tbe Brathas d,yet made God^ understa^i(^ to rmajiy 'who;wbuld have been totally -blahK otherwise. ; ' :7, ' I';. I 4. w Pi^SLm MY, 1972. r . iO.•-V; ¦’t -w J T __ 1- - prayer di^awing laziness the awareness bf th Hoshbaam is a :________ ¦/.. 1ight an^ i into the !, _ 9 dawh bringingXtn 1 soasIiMSM:in >11^11 e n^ng -in tho n^ day with its to :C-hd describes dawn as , __^,, ¦^Friendsi do you khor how- precrous is -S S°eS=?, His Wie =13jol^ ;fell’athw tlie hour ’ bur firsts/earlyjPQpaing n^ the sucb^ive'hours'^ Can 4 a^Xice 'XiX • to - ^asf the hour quieUy e- ini feis^idrractibn' first of all ,,^d then epj py the ' “ ' Hand serene life .< W f®endsl M^ If st- the frdL in oyihgTpeaceful , sane ?ites ¦'¦¦.¦. ... If i •.. .jij L. . -rvoT'^enylfl ' iTi'V T/racLJtr 01 a . V hpuTB asX^HnSXpeitid weSROl PersonaJ-ity^a^^^of iJ^ybdlif^^-daudli'" - fdriQ^oidiog day da,., thb hatuhe bf;; b6®;ercomes doodlii oj c?!r,b3rx5n^hg' mfbiy other wrong ixxo*-xx.^«*^xx^ .. my reach Hinii as.we wish in this pray^sd^y couplij^aii natijohs with Asha(Ri^teoji^eas)r€fe;|bisnuprtghth^W ail ' thoughts tT \ X' ¦¦¦¦ V ’ & ;pWi S(^f , W A ./-kin o in rr o ni^' i^e^ basS of ’^tSs iet^ OKe his own inclination learns the m^od inclinations- for at dapifstfftight iincla*" out" :licig,tasiirig, Mq® bsdifondl'^g one , daSihg oh nimi or fhohx is^ fhe<< 16 Uz;I 10 9 .Ind through Eternity • That h-'may know Tny ; '---- liat I 'may'soffi^imbs^-sae >>avii “at e.- X f In Mr. Paowalla ’s words®Thou^tast: giv;en bo everyone of us,however weak we may be, the righb to .make;-a searph^fon whenever thXdesire for it....7..O.’ the searcher after loy.nt and the seeker f God awake J And List ehi It is through the mind (the; thoughts) . you h&ve to begin and endSo keep. your mine _ ever al ert, "ietuand clean that you may ‘s(^e; and beholnomq^se in the hearts ^alX beings and things.. In is only whep the mind^is- 01 --- -- alone that you h&ye to ¦ -of *^alX beings and thi^s. I^; ,iS; only whep the ?nrFLaw~A.nd senseW are quiescent that ..yoy -My sg^ , aw ana — Light,^11 :and. all in ^e.^ Timel space;:^d circumstan^^ help or hinder but th.< can never stop you, unle.ss youAare -so_^ incline'l---- matter what obstacles .cqme in your way you will aJ.ways fwd a ^y^ , . out.' And you will'Pontipohslyf receive. Wd enj oy slow sweet breezes _ of high and noble aspirations^ and loving help from the vipible and . the invisible sources far beycind your utiAbst expectations* . no ; .1?’ . - mind ever alert, < !' 4 L V.X in nature: around,from mid- the besttreceptive period for.help from infin- praver ' for .’ arousing awar en ess (Ho sh me^s_ _ from earlyi morning pray , ' any parf-ipf . pb;^hph; Gap as an ai d to develogr "b^hen Gah is the period^ of: tot^ ¦ si|ience hX^t to da-ronjand iteX Hoshbaam is the ; awareness) and apa^ ; is-’,$-eGonimended during any ing-awareness ^d*is then hodrs md a fair-trial'will yield Its rstwn; as e^v prayer is our autosu^®_st£on for self-improvement Aether^,TC^|erstand its rayer .forr^ppsing. awareness _ . ¦’ —Qp pQ^xtingii^.i noshbaam papt^pf Wheh^G^ as ah aid to developr feowh as Obshen‘'ni-H^shbaam2. -Lt .I S S'.^no most people d.o get ouo of bed'in-'^ose as of bed • in -those hours and a — 4- — -- - - . , our aptp suggestion for s elf "improvement ¦roiether^^.j^^ writd®^-TbJ©iagb:. or not. > tr-, r.£.: ox.'- o Ordinarily the best psycholbgibal moment, for reciting and medi tai'ii^ythe Hoshbaam should begin -36.Sunrise and not las<3&'^- ... .. ' ininutes beyond sunrise : 0 A..' <0- 1 J' ' f' ¦¦ I'T t .1. >' 4 .. >- * PARSIJfflA MA.Y'’1972. I 12 1