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DETERIORATION IN
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DETERIORATION IN ZOROASTRIAN CONCEPT OF GOD PART TWO
By FRAMROZ RUSTOMJEE (Colombo) 5
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Mr, Bajan to waste time and delay finalj s ati r
Bajan, waste of time is money for him. With every
are "thus lawlessly squandering our
or units
consistently lasing money. Knowing this-
before the Hop. Charity
If they throw him out, the J,any loses heart in her work. If ’they keep him, the
Trustees get heart-ache, ilr.^ Bajan is therefore always on the fence. Out of this di
Mr. Bajan has enacted a saga of Hatred. He utters ''I hate*' four times in five sentences.
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peace means triumph of
¦He cheats-the poor of their share,
”I hate ” Parsi employees, "I hate ” honest fighters, "I hate ” the Trustees* and "I
hate ” justice. To him, peace means defeat of justice. To us,
justice. He dare not look straight .at justice .because,he is the cause of persistent
losses year after year and justice would clamp him. His ill-gotten pay deprives the
poor of their dues
The Trustees have thrown all respectability to the winds. They have lost respect
forihe law of the land. They have surrendered their personal honour and collective
integrity, that Mr.. Bajan may escape ignominy of being a poor specimen of an adminis
trator. He has made the Trustees squander the Community ’s money and his management
has been a total fiasco. He has ruined the Panchayat ’s commercial units. He is on
the'*way to ruin the, Comnunity ’s solidarity with the help of all those who stoop
. without being able to conquer evil,
’’THE OHLY .THING NECESSARY EOR THE TRIUMPH OP EVIL IS' FOR GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING J"
(Edmund Burke)
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PARSLAM: JUNE 1972
MliamiQSAllQN-lH..THE CQNCEPT-..QE._GQD IN ZQRQASTRI.HnSIvI,
ERAMROZE RUSTOKUEE(COLOMBO)
PART IT
S,mjm,S£ AFHQBIM ,QN lHE..;CQNglPr,.Q£,,(X^^
This is in continuation of the -article that appeared in the prece
ding issue of Parsiana. These are stated seriatim to facilitate
references. They are as under followed their true meaning i^ the
scriptures.
(1).
of Svil Propensities
This is an (
reveal the belief
Spirit is known as "
That Zoroastrianism believes in a dualistic concept of God
ent enable concept. The Holy Gathas uncompromisingly
belief in only one--GQdj.Ahura Mizda, Uhose Bountif^ul
guta Sfainyu" . Ahura Wzda is wholly right
eous and without a tinge of Evil. His Own Manifestation ”A^a VaJ
zishta the Hi^teous Law perva
therefore never be Evil or a God of Evil propensities.
^ordeh-Avesta.we have "H.dasva.-jihurtkacanQ* used -^or
It si^ifies- One who shuns all evil propensitic_ _
Thus there never was nor ever is a dualism in A
(2).
•a
_ ---- - - — -- ___ .. _________ _ A^.lah.,.
zTShta the Ri^teous Law pervades in the. Ibiiverse. Ahura Mazda can L.
therefore never be Evil or a God of Evil propensities. In the
Khordeh7Avesta.we have "Yidaevo Ahurtkaesho* used '^or a Ifezdayasnan.
It si^ifies- ”Qne who shuns all evil propensities and reveres Ahura.
Thus there never was nor ever is a dualism in A^^ura-Mazda.
(2). That Zoroastrianism accepts a belief in many Gods,because the
Later Avesta-*Khordeh-Avesta" appears to signify ”Yazatas ”''' '
The YazataSjSuch as Khorsbed,Meher,Aban Ardvi S^rjAtar, Verethra-
^ina etc. are our sacred Divine Principles,which enable us to evolve
in spirituality. They pervade in Nature and we offer them our "Yaz",
our praise and reference. They are all praise-avorthy principles.
They purify our human system, through a deeper layer of understanding
of their value and importance. Our Nyaeshes and Yashts require to be
understated carefully,before laying tne diarge of personification of
Yazatas as Divinities. The cerononies set out for adoration of these
Yazatas are meant for the bett^ment of our own soul. In. reverencing
the Yazatas, we do not deviate from our belief in Ahura Mazda. The
Yazatas are Divine Principles of God,
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¦ That the-ZOfoastrian- religaxoah
a comprehfen&ive or. evari a ^iinm
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('h)- The' Md. F^vadihg;aspact . of .SofT '-'1.^; 7', /'¦¦¦
Gqd of Zoroastri^israiias bem
and Sarva-Vyapak# signifying that He exists , m. All ,
a transcendental condition; ^y x_
Bhuntiful Soirit .Snenta-Maihyu and SieT^ehars. ihus Godnp^^^ts^in
• ail His creations'
(r.V- Gnd is the Minean .411114^
Ideal ^infinite Condition?Goa'preserTes''an unswervi^ surv
eUance over His creations.and tends to promote the ultimate
Sod throu^ His Pareharslftis Ihvine Spark). ^S°3nV^ ’^n2n?^ul
feekht nS, the Zarsb^ are the OTantions^of God^s Boimtitul
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^enta-Mcbxxxjf VI v>v..x.v ~ • ’-’vt
(Bd is OnOf Absolut e and IndltiBlDlS.
Jis creat3?m^' a.^
a transceni
a transcend entai cond^iSni
bountiful %)irit,Spenta'-Maifiyu and th'
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_^elf-Existent,Spiritual Linng Force,in His Supre
to our
onto. Moinyti. Therefore we can say that ^ura - Mazda,
inyu aid Parehars or ” '
^avashis are one in Essence#
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’J(db HOP IS ALL KNOWINQ^IHE GHEATE^T KNOm
As the threatest i&iower,Go<^ is cre'^ited 'anth^^Qimiscience.As the Thi-
vQrses ’are in and under His surveillance, He can judge what is best
and fittest for each of His creations,at all moments of the movements
O the Universes,His Divine Will , Pervades,at ^l.timeSi^d the creati .ii^
4ns bow to. His inscrutable-Will. He is bo^hM3.-Powerf^ and Magni-
•Lustrous. He exists in all the Lights of th© Firmament,
L blazes forth amidst every foim of dismal^darkness in know-
¦ all hearts and minds. His Invinci-
lu xova,x*o _____ ___ ‘ >
b'odneTs everywhere- ^o Radices of His Divine Mind had brougjit
of the
¦’ops bo
ffcentl
His
latoe ’. He is the ill>aninator of aii nearts ana nnnas. nia xuvniux-
Me^ight prevails eVer all dark forces of evil.,That force radiates
Obot^ness ejeerWhere. The Radiance of His Ihvine Mind had brought
About the active Centres of Li^t in all the l^iverses.
(0). AKHA miSHTA. .-THE,.0Iia iOmOTAELOJa
tew,with efforts “to “estabiiS harmony.around him,
secures all his l^itimate-iyeamings. |e .recognises God, as the -
Sroo-t Giver of.'Blessings and Bounties, "and, as the fulfill er of his
intly-Bustrous. ne -
Truth blazes forth ------- -
. He is the Illuminator of
IS
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Law is God in His Essence. Throi^ ’the impact on .hian of this
Wi UXX iiiru
cures all
t w, I -
hopes.
(f)- firns
Djvine Love is
trait is
his i ^itimate.'yearnings,
ofBlessings and Bounties;
Divine Love is the manifestation .of Qod. God s highest Merciful
trait is observable in all the varied Kingdoms^of^Nature,from
Mneral to man. It serves as the str^est bond of a-ttachment'_^
between any two objects in creation.This is because ^1 otjests
in creation have their FareharSiWhich, h^p to, wQrk- creation
benificiilly and harmoniously. - feut Oil BireharS-^e^One m ^ss-
ence and are Divine . Hence the cfeations^thrive host through
Spenta-Armaiti^;
trait
between any two objects in crea'-_
in creation have their BhreharSjAichv h^ r-u-;
iBnP-ri n ’n.llv and harmoniously. • feut all Bhr0arS -areYC^
epee and are mvii
^vine Love,which
GOP IS IMMORTAL AND INFINIT.SL
Amesha( Immortal ). He dwells -in-«the ..Su^^eme _
iS Lights. Hence. Gpd’s Existence 1^ feltand
tnehe is Light and LBadiation. The_epithet ,
is- eternally Bounty^Froyiding
enefous towards all faults^d
E is in His E^^-ence Ever-Ezisting.
eginnin^ess beginning, ^d^wlU see the
S Caus^the Mighty E^ent of the Frasho-
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He is designated an ¦
of Endless
lOiffulgEn
sensed b'
^pnenra ” is aiLriDuoe ’ uu wye,ex?
^d Ever-Mercifuly,as He iS; over-
^ort “comings . Of His crea-
He has exi sted from the b
accomplisnment of t
• gard,Toreshadowed i
(h). r,9D Ig omiSGIM.
Dod ’s Omniscience is unfathomable
_[ce
by man wherever _
enta" is attributed to God,as
ftil,as We is-over-gi
of His creations. H
ort “comi
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----- ^lishment of the >^rea —-
in the Holy Gathas.
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His ‘wlsWom is Infinite. His Mind
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is Immeasurably, incite
“recisenss
Immensity.The potency ,inmiibility and
I 01 nis vri eau Law,*ich ^aln fs
1 n °nnH+ fhat Wis<^om abounds all over the many universe
all pubt tn._^ n^^ ’g Mind,must therefore be so vast
wisdom,we pro'^uuu -Y'. / hardly ever measure ..
Qxtensive that hi^ finite “ ^hat God has laid
,prove
Universes.
measure the
of His Great.Haw,^ich ^a.
s Mind,must therefore
precis
W’^it^.om, the “product of 6?^
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gn,™S" t ’ErgSdm Ihro-Eh MjtA»»€l>t.Ke!ht =?••=>> -
for man ’s
iverance,
Action.
(j,). fiffl) T3 THE LIGHT 0^ THS 3O.fflix
and
to be trodden
and Presence in man,
of His Prescience and Presence in rajui,
- - inths of all r’ark and/ismjl surr
- - ¦ ¦ ‘—.ificant feature
The freedom of
as the Scul-" ’.et-
labyrinths of
4-
choice ,-r
•d-'- -.
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"ssHaBsCffl'K
z3 4 o Ar’nrmnn+.TnO".
.ificant feature
The freedom of
Qfttiis naw; uobu on -j- g gj.^ act as the Stul-j.et-
• SgTi'SS J».5n/S.S.
. th. h..h -f
choice.;" - ;¦,
(10D»S E:£G£iJiENT arVBE Wt^LlGEN'G^
Hje God. of Wisdom',«s Attributes
cabled the Amesha"Spehtas(hbly Immort.als) ithat form the..sum ¦
total of what we mWetahd as to ' apply ;
the epithet fHa!* to .thp God ofhthe calls^for W
e^lanation. "^e asOribe to Gbd,;the sum total of the Attributes
tSa,t form God ’s concept, ^d the honour,reverence and regard
¦«4>s-i nb fl Hn+.-ifnl sen owes to his own father,whom he considers
of Hinduism, are denoted as
A
Ederstohd rOxiX'y^.•|hrou^
¦ Lwor'ti^s/ithat
n
the epithet "
tS5.t form God ’s oohcc^_, ,
which a dutiful son owes to his own father,whom he consi
, !
___ _______ ____ ____ his
bfthefactorr'^The female ’Goddesses of Hinduism are, denoted as
'Mother", le reverence God aS a Bene vol ent-dlRath^rL.The Hebrews ,
¦ ¦¦ ¦_____"j^Patherz.Jesus,the Christ c^led--*
:“xwUz.x* applied, to God,with a
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¦ reverenccd/rtheir Gbd as .
Gqd as "Rathgrblh Heaveh"v j-ne/oexm ut; ats
capital "H’^j si^ifies Gbd ’s-Superipr ppsftipn in^the Wyersq
as "The Supreme^ord of Life" and Lord of Wwdom . VAiat man
nseds today ' is a^ tiny, flash of Intuition to changethe current
of his heart and mind. •
(J), m IS A -SQUIb.
Ifen very gradually begins to understand that he is but a S o^. He
h^s a physical body of clay as his j^.ller, j
l^ow thetSQurce.from ^ich all cfeatibns^^bfttM^^epomen^, jjorli.s
have come into^being. That becomes, his quest_in the'earlfpw dawnuf
of human hi story, through his deyptedness to Purity and Highteous*"
ness. He,discovered that a Mind ef; incomprehensjible immensity w?as
the source and fountain of all cre^tionsi Scienpe has now, confirned
this.
(™) ¦ zjfflAmnsHTRA mmffiONsa 'nffi'CONCEPT OF MY/aE
, /THE GCJD OF.
•EVER,. THE .SAIffi-MD DIDIVISiBLE.
-All the Divine ^ttributesV 'whom.'ixidividuail^ 't0S wilH-f always be discoybred
being ^Ever the -same and Indivisibl^-' ’. .Wisdom, and the Grebt LaW^ j Ditine .Power and
Divine Love will ever be found to be the j.wherever 'theyTe^a^t,
in its truest ’ garb in all paris o& the Universe. ..Wisdom does not ever get diminished
once it is 'imparted. Its:po't^cy remains ever.ft he' samei. ;So :it is" wiftr-the Divine'.
Law which pervades ¦ eVen in aj blad.e Qf grass* The seme-'Law i'S seen to operate with
exactitude: in-.any .nther,. creations, in a greater or lesser measur e, throu^ the work
of the Farohar or Divine i^rk discoverable in all ereatibn;:,
reveren ce nnd to
directed towards^it.: P^Eief^in^an^ —
suhtle
serve what trUlh
• and obeissanc^i have
S?‘?S‘’gJ>”5uS
ffenotes a Moral 'Law ^oh. IheM-
directs every phenomenal object cts to ooraniunicate
fore, man, in moments of danger cond distress,^ic c-us uu ,
/Tjgth aL;Eower Supreme,which'regulates all event.
iWTTC;^ HA7E LH^.TN
»d consciously believe in bhe.Wisdom ot po„er ,as'that
a sceptic seeks to •’-bny^bhe existence of a^ivers^ o ,
oiitliKed in the Holy;Sathas,.»homwe.refer^to^as>^^^
tbnee. They live in a
lived,their harmony will appear das,
brium,but ’ it, does not respond to the
Mich is in a state; of; eternal Termentj. in
tfeat they are not on the - cuyxi o^ "'/"“TEv. + <1 py^v. In momenrs ’ oi
' ft ’om the Grace of ihe Divinity,they .U'^^yehsal Power
ahguish,they are bound iP ’ r-everV to -
tliey had once 'denied.But God oT Th.^ r^^e-ress
on the Path from which he has hwen^
life are not solved over a round table h^^ii .
people come round to the acceptance of so . tension
lold: of the God of the Gathas much of the useless
relieved.
di^torShT dd^Got yet; may
ory made ¦ God uinderstandable to many vdio wiul.
blank otherwise. •;•
anrt
e (
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s a
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maQ, in
LL;Power ¦
me^t Intelidgent ,
liheUjhoweyer*
Thiver s^ Power jgsU'-
as. wnom we. rwici w
f^aationOtiicn they- deny ““dSiSithlSssFS hys^e S
bfenCA. lliev live in a ^^ate ufyeni|hted^es^^yft^^ J y
of them are
_ S"
'short-
„_ j eouili ’
em^(tEof Seir mirfs,
is reflects the truism
" far removed
¦r?
reflects the truism
the Path of-A^^but remain^far^r^ovsa^
to'bring every m^
i, Or eat. truths of
can ^.ake some
common c one epts we
' ¦ • —I can be
TRIANJ
throi
een t(
.p
^'hist-
ially
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iW3 .ANJ)-AriW. . - A'
FROM-IRMRKA^
GRSATNES5 W ClRUS-THE GREAT
oirer Iran , oyer a yast
-i
Cyrus ruipd’oy Iran .oyer a yast empire^-from- 550 to.A529 B.C.He richly
deserved'the; title of "Great*^giveri w him by' posterity.His Imperial
i Ma^iesty the Shahanshah" of Iran Aryamehr has, celebrated 2500 years of
IranianJ fe a vpry fitting manner.These' celebrations made
-epoch in-^-si^*^rsPdfdb*c'es
in Athe is ecorid, again, surprised his ad-
.-His manly beauty,his soldierlike qu^-
’ or
ties, he was more capable than all his subjects. As an Administra
tor-^ Cyrus was, not conspicuous, but his sagacity was great,and he
i.n , ,, . Hiade his
a
great,and he
- _ ___ _ ______ _ ___ wereby
yoke incomparably lifter tfean* that of previous conquerors. As
______ . .His .hxmiahity was equa3,ie'^ •
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one to equal him^-HCnWas^/gi Christ in reality,a man predes. ’-’ined
rule-'oyer othePsjV""^^ , •'. i, '
After Gyms took ^Msylon in S^aB.C, he ir el eased the Jews from
their ca|>ttvfty and''Sent th^ ti^ JOru^em. He, ordered that •
._, For •
TUs. The
____ —^ament i
herd of the Lord* and as "the anointed of. the. Lord»
no
to
:in '^38. ;B. C, he sreXeased the Jewe from
It
tneir Captfvi'ty
the great t^I'
ians to he r«J. '—- _________ _ _ __ , _ ____
thisVact of ’cleiriency the Jews were for evSr 'grateful to
.. prophet Ibaiah r------ ’- - - ^’’ ’
as the *3iephercL of
The State Of Israel
anniversary in Iran-
_^e Achaem^ian monarchs of Iran were proud to, caXl) ph^elves . .
Par sis of ^i^yan descent. .Hence PaPsis ’qf lndia';a^,hth&^ .
oi* the . wotld took-part -in ...Cel ebi'atiqi^sfflf AGyfiiin^gf^
aa>a ,dw tihf?f4^e.rwje A a A,.. c ,; a ¦ 3 ''
- A ' -'"
Ihe -Ii-ajQifti .'JVy®^FWei}%3prDp0ses ' to BancUr
Abbas to ' ' * ¦'¦“ ¦^" * ¦®~''-—--- — .*¦— •Th ’— —-_ j J—3—t —•¦TiT-,
facilitate/the'transport of goods tb __-____ _____ ___
pojt^aychling thereby the long route via Karachi to Af^anistan
India fully supports the Iranian G-ovemment in this scheme.
enple of Solomon ihich was demolished by the Babyl
r.^built and restored at the e:^ense of the state.
refers to Gyrus fin his book in the Old
joined the celebrations of the Gyitis 250bth
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Par sis of ^i^y^ deseent> Hence P^sis ’^f &
0^* iQQk^jaiit .in c^l ebl&tfpngHj " '
aa>^ ,,dTO j ifccri; iihf?Jibld ,.aa 4raMi A~
i i-T! i
¦ -y.
I.
I
^4^;^r in Afghanistan
•t of p;ood
ija(^i<';am;'Qth^.
>zW
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i.
} [
J
':' \.
The ';p(^aO»Oa Tcbi^eted wiW.
» Afyiahibtdii frOm the Iranian
TTA .
T TU^
of 2Q6',O!Aa;.clawi^
« AtjkiJ --O' : - « * XI** 4 rZXXi
Shqh/T^fi”
•tod
ve^dijCt-^-the-
Iran,;.:":..,;^:;
L domV ’*feere a:
it isAfoh-rth'
Lj^PI
-k’
J
,ppGL u
r
i-j
ah;jGPXf
wa.aWipr9^hce%f IrS^nn^the iTth'hhd 18W'
ShahW.f-Ir8n^ad-Td^^a3?;edr?last vear that Iri
given a^n^
i.J
•Ii^^^s^Tid^^-«3n^rlast year tha;
‘' wi^"^' population
¦^as ia;^Sn S'
"Vcenturies. nil.M. The
ran would not use force
;Yan agreed to abide by the
inst
eA§iM£c®thef ¦ in^pd^^^p^^ W
inAtOe^ideAlb /Prm Ied^ation f or thbir “ownjgpod
'JJ
e^hJpA
9
Q'!^£i 4"1I' r>j^ •
c 'dhd inh ^i^a^iant^lJ^*
The Arah.^lf bijl.o^ei
tiiemsel^^^^svnhA wSA '
; 717"Ap^
year^dY-- ' — - -7^ -. ni---.- ’< r
V. we Meddf brtaAlSia^red'^y^ 9^^®
'withdnt; them4 *ln;linother" placp the i^b^pwing
d 'ud* '¦¦ •^ . ' *”*" t* . . ... . ..... ..... J •
The Arah^^JoXXofeA
__ . ---1 4- ...I*! '<-¦'
e; »•
r
Alh:Ws<iy:
e^yiees
«ord^ '• attri ’putbd ¦‘to- pii^-
.a. es^;i ’ersi^s^Wy' ^big^
.^dj heve^mof^ tb^'-bh bn ho tin , didthey.stand in m,^edr of ,tiy- ;
‘);-'*I-,ad^JrQ
iSnfoieh nOi""'
to^ib^'cfetipB. ‘
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PABS^§N|:,inNE 41^^. Wto a Persian nobleman who addressed an Arab Governor^of Khorassan
savins "We,Persians,have been deriving from this world an jnqome
diirine 400 years,by means of moderation,intelligence and wiejrij
cqndiwt; we had neither eloquent Scriptures nor any God-sent ?:
ified
’re
n
Posthumous Works,G.K.Narimijn.p. 176.
Indian Consultancy firms were successful in their bid in Iranian
f
vise
an.
Ih^State Trading Corporation of India will be supplying
nns to Iran. Hindustan Steel Ltd. , Vvill co-operate and
ran steel products. Kananis are supplying Power Towers to
to Iran. Hindustan Steel Ltd.
steel products. Karaanis
are
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