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The central beliefs and practices of Zoroastrianism are contained in the Avesta, a compendium of sacred texts assembled over several centuries. Its oldest and most central component are the Gathas , purported to be the direct teachings of Zoroaster and his account of conversations with Ahura Mazda.
The Ashem Vohu (/ ˈ ʌ ʃ ɛ m ˈ v ɔː h uː /, Avestan: 𐬀𐬴𐬆𐬨 𐬬𐬊𐬵𐬏 aṣ̌əm vohū) is the second most important manthra, and one of the most important prayers in Zoroastrianism. [1] It is dedicated to Asha, a Zoroastrian concept denoting truth, order or righteousness. [2]
The Navjote (Persian: سدرهپوشی, sedreh-pushi) ceremony is the ritual through which an individual is inducted into the Zoroastrian religion and begins to wear the sedreh and kushti. The term navjote is used primarily by the Zoroastrians of India (the Parsis), while sedreh pushi is used primarily by the Zoroastrians of Iran.
The Avesta is the collection of canocial scriptures of Zoroastrianism and presents the world view of the Iranians during the Old Iranian period. [1] In these texts, Mount Hara is mentioned several times in the Yasna and a number of Yashts. In verse Y. 57.19 the personification of Haoma is mentioned offering to the Zoroastrian divinity Sraosha ...
The relationship between Ameretat and Haurvatat is carried forward into the Younger Avesta (Yasna 1.2; 3.1; 4.1; 6.17; 7.26; 8.1 etc.; Yasht 1.15; 10.92).The Younger Avestan texts allude to their respective guardianships of plant life and water (comparable with the Gathic allusion to sustenence), but these identifications are only properly developed in later tradition (see below).
In the ethical goals of Zoroastrianism ("good thoughts, good words, good deeds") as expressed in Yasna 33.14, Soroush is identified with good deeds. This changes in Zoroastrian tradition (Denkard 3.13-14), where Soroush is identified with good words. In Yasna 33.5, the poet speaks of Soroush as the greatest of all (decision makers) at the final ...
In Zoroastrianism, belief in the Day of Judgement was a central aspect. Zoroastrianism considers the ruvan to be accountable for a person's actions in life. It is therefore the ruvan which receives reward or punishment in the afterlife. At the time of judgement, the ruvan is encountered by the daina.
Interior view of dakhma Early 20th century drawing of the dakhma on Malabar Hill, Mumbai. A dakhma (Persian: دخمه), otherwise referred to as Tower of Silence (Persian: برجِ خاموشان), is a circular, raised structure built by Zoroastrians for excarnation (that is, the exposure of human corpses to the elements with the purpose to enable their decomposition), in order to avoid ...