Youth is exuberant in cheerful energy and over-plus energy. Let me work in my youthful years with physical and mental exuberance. Let the cup of my vitality brim over all along my youth. Let me not fritter away my youthful years. Let me not indulge myself in indolence. Let me not oversleep my youth. Let…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Author and Counselling Psychologist, Adil Firoze Rangoonwalla provides religious services as a Para-Mobed for Atash Padshahs that need attention. He has learned Avesta, Pahlavi and Sanskrit and devotes much time to religious studies and to sharing religio-spiritual knowledge. He has authored ten books and has been writing religious articles for nearly 30…
Let me have the will to believe and let me tolerate others’ right to believe what they believe. Let me have sympathy with the beliefs of others and let me be charitable to them. Let me not scoff at what others hold holy. Let me not trifle with their feelings. Let me patiently hear the…
God created the earth and beautified it with flora and fauna. Then, He made man to enjoy this paradise. Man was happy and satisfied. His wants were few. Maybe sometimes, he’d have liked to hang out with a couple of other guys for an evening of poker and beer… but otherwise he was a happy, contented…
The sprightly 73-year-old Arnavaz Jal Mistry is one of the most popular names in the community. Known for her inexhaustible and constant community service and humanitarian initiatives, one is left in awe, marveling at her energy, passion and drive to offer selfless service to humdins, for over the past three decades of her life. Arnavaz…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” background_color=”#e8e8e8″] Author and Counselling Psychologist, Adil Firoze Rangoonwalla has been providing religious services as a Para-Mobed for Atash Padshahs that need attention. He has learned Avesta, Pahlavi and Sanskrit and devotes much time to religious studies and to sharing religio-spiritual knowledge. He has authored ten books and has been writing religious articles for…
Evil stalks the world and human life is an incessant war against evil to the death. Betide what may, men and women have to fight unflinchingly their battles against evil and to bury the evil that crawls upon the ground. Angra Mainyu, the Evil Spirit, has vowed vengeance upon mankind. His eyes dart hatred. He…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”border-top-bottom” border_style=”bordered” border_color=”#020e7a” css_class=”a”] Today marks the auspicious Meher Mahino – Meher Roj Parab. We reproduce the writings of religious scholar and writer extraordinaire, Noshir H Dadrawala, who shares his wisdom about the significance of this occasion, in praise of Meher Davar – The Divine Judge! [/otw_shortcode_info_box] . In the Zoroastrian Calendar the year comprises…
Evil stalks the world and human life is an incessant war against evil to the death. Betide what may, men and women have to fight unflinchingly their battles against evil and to bury the evil that crawls upon the ground. Angra Mainyu, the Evil Spirit, has vowed vengeance upon mankind. His eyes dart hatred. He…
All communities are hydra-headed. They have their orthodox and their reformers, fanatics and sober-minded persons, visionaries and men of commonsense, mystics and rationalists, hypocrites and sincere persons. The orthodox see not the absurdity of remaining in bondage to the customs of the infant humanity, when it was in swaddling clothes. They are wedded to the…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”] Daisy P. Navdar is a teacher by profession and a firm believer in the efficacy of our Manthravani. She is focused on ensuring that the deep significance of our prayers is realized by our youth. She credits her learnings and insights, shared in her articles, to all Zoroastrian priests and scholars whose…