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Are there any Zoroastrians here?
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Smart3
Slave of R'hllor
A crying shame.
Sand Dancer
Currently catless
Where do you live?
MD
qualiaphile
My family is in Toronto, but I travel quite a bit in the northern US for school/work. Toronto has a big community, as does LA.
dust1n
Zindīq
If I may ask a question, if the Avesta considered the main text of the religion, or are other texts held with equal esteem? Just curious. Thanks.
InquisitiveScholar
Wanting to learn it all..
I am a Zoroastrian, although only a recent convert. Does anyone have some good text material I could read to improve my understanding of our faith?
MD
qualiaphile
Hey Inquisitive,
Glad to hear of the conversion! You can start with the Gathas and there are several translations and interpretations online.
http://www.zarathushtra.com/z/gatha/az/The Gathas - FAZ.pdf
Here is an example of a Zoroastrian prayer:
Please don't hesitate to ask more.
Toxikmynd
Demir
You should meet me sometime, I'm from Port Dover, we could discuss religion
Aupmanyav
Be your own guru
Gatha is the Sanskrit/Hindi word for stories. And is not 'gāh' related to 'gānā', 'gāyana', 'song', 'prayer', 'shruti' (the heard), the 'richas' (hymns of RigVeda and SamaVeda)?
And Khashathra (symbols of strength and will of the Almighty) is 'Kshatra' (strength) of Sanskrit/Hindi. Vishya, Vish is people to you as well to us. Magas are those worshiping Maghavan (Indra) to us.
Oh, why did we separate, and if we separated, why did not we merge again? (I know you will not agree to that)
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MD
qualiaphile
Gatha is the Sanskrit/Hindi word for stories. And is not 'gāh' related to 'gānā', 'gāyana', 'song', 'prayer', 'shruti' (the heard), the 'richas' (hymns of RigVeda and SamaVeda)?
And Khashathra (symbols of strength and will of the Almighty) is 'Kshatra' (strength) of Sanskrit/Hindi. Vishya, Vish is people to you as well to us. Magas are those worshiping Maghavan (Indra) to us.
Oh, why did we separate, and if we separated, why did not we merge again? (I know you will not agree to that)
The language is the same, because they originated from the same Indo European parent group.
But the beliefs are different, us being monotheistic is the main one. Zoroastrianism influenced the Abrahamic faiths while Hinduism influenced the Dharmic ones.
Zulk-Dharma
Member
Zoroastrianism didn't influence the Abrahamic faiths - early Judaism was polytheistic, then it evolved to henotheism and eventually monotheism around after Moses, who came from the Atenic Egypt, not Zoroastrian Persia.
MD
qualiaphile
Zoroaster – forgotten prophet of the one God | John Palmer | Comment is free | The Guardian
Concepts such as messiah, heaven and hell are also Zoroastrian. The 5 prayers and washing before prayers are also Zoroastrian.
Zulk-Dharma
Member
Well, Zoroastrianism in Islam is considered for one of the divine religions (Quran 22:17) and the disciples of Muhammad all believed in Zoroaster as a prophet. It's likely Islam is a continuation to it and was influenced in this way.
MD
qualiaphile
In your opinion