He lives best, who lives virtuously. Orderly, well-balanced life is virtuous life. Virtue shines equally bright in a palace or in a cottage. Virtue in rags makes the rags rich. Glittering raiments affect not virtue. The soul looks at its best when it is clad in virtue. With the death of man, everything his dies…
. The 172nd Salgreh of Seth Nusserwanji Hirji Karani Agiary’s Atash Padshah was celebrated on 2nd February, 2019, in Cusrow Baug, Colaba, Mumbai. A Havan Geh Machi was conducted in the morning on behalf of the Karani Agiary Trust, followed by a Jashan on behalf of the Trustees of the Karani Agiary, which was conducted…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Start your weekend with positive vibes with inspirational excerpts from the acclaimed book, ‘Homage Unto Ahura Mazda’ by Dasturji Dr. Maneckji Naserwanji Dhalla of Karachi.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] Sin screens Thy fair face, Ahura Mazda, from me, as the cloud hides the sun from sight. The mists of sin veil Thy light and I grope in…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Start your weekend with positive vibes with inspirational excerpts from the acclaimed book, ‘Homage Unto Ahura Mazda’ by Dasturji Dr. Maneckji Naserwanji Dhalla of Karachi.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] Thou, Ahura Mazda, hast given me this strong and healthy body. It is appended to my soul. It is the citadel of my soul. Material is my body,…
The ‘Know Your Religion’ religious classes, organised by the Trustees of M J Wadia Agiary and Hilla Towers, at M J Wadia Agiary Hall, witnessed twenty-three children attending the session to pray and learn about Zoroastrian religion and scriptures, on 16th December, 2018. The session witnessed the narration of various stories from Shahnameh and an…
Parsi Times is delighted to present a column where we get all our readers’ questions pertaining to religion, answered by our Community’s religious most respected and learned religious scholars and priests. PT invites and encourages all our readers to send in any queries or uncertainties you may have, related to our religion. Mail us at…
Query: Is it mandatory for a priest to always wear white-coloured clothes? Vada Dasturji Kotwal: When an Athornan is ordained as a priest, he should wear white attire and the white Pagdi, which is ‘Athornan nu safed Taj’, the white crown of the priests, at all times. He must perform all the rituals and always…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Start your weekend with positive vibes with inspirational excerpts from the acclaimed book, ‘Homage Unto Ahura Mazda’ by Dasturji Dr. Maneckji Naserwanji Dhalla of Karachi.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] Peace is what man prays for by day and by night. Peace he seeks for himself on earth during life and peace for his soul in heaven when…
Daena, the moral and religious conscience of man, accompanies the soul, after his bodily death, to the next world. It leads the soul to the abode of weal or woe, according to the righteous or wicked life led by the soul upon earth. On the dawn of the fourth day after death, the soul of…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_type=”bordered” border_style=”bordered”]Religious scholar and prolific writer, Noshir Dadrawala, shares beautiful insights into one of our most integral relationships – our relationship with God and our glorious religion… [/otw_shortcode_info_box] In certain religious traditions, God is perceived as a fearsome divinity (the adjective – ‘God-fearing’ is quite common in the English lexicon) or as the Lord…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Start your weekend with positive vibes with inspirational excerpts from the acclaimed book, ‘Homage Unto Ahura Mazda’ by Dasturji Dr. Maneckji Naserwanji Dhalla of Karachi.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] Death the grim harvester is heedless of the seasons of life. Old age and sickness provide a rich harvest for it. As the frosty wind cuts off…