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Roj Dae-pa-Meher Mah Ardibehesht, 1382 Yz.
Read the first part of the tribute to my grandfather here. Read the second part of the tribute here. Read the third part of the tribute here. We continue further.
It was in these idyllic surroundings that all my childhood school vacations were passed. Our schedule for the day was simple. We would be ...
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Roj Dae-pa-Adar Mah Ardibehesht, 1382 Yz.
It gives me great pleasure to put up two new books on the Ilm-e-Khshnoom SkyDrive today. Vividh Vani, part 1 and part 2, by Meherbai Jamshedji Wadia has been a classic reference book for thousands of Parsi ladies over one hundred years.
First published at the turn of the 20th century, this mammoth book of two parts totaling 1500 pages carries over 2000 recipes, ...
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Roj Ashtad Mah Fravardin, 1382 Yz.
Today, Roj Ashtad Mah Fravardin is the 57th death anniversary of an extraordinary Mobed Saheb who is hardly known to the community today. Ervad Behramji Jamshedji Unwalla was a remarkable Yaozdathregar priest of Udvada, who gave his whole life to the service of the Holy Iranshah, the community and his vocation. It is an apt day to go over his life and see what lessons we can learn from this outstanding person. [I apologize for ...
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Roj Gosh Mah Fravardin, 1382 Yz.
Read the first part of my tribute to my grandfather here.
Read the second part of my tribute to my grandfather here. We now continue further.
A short time later, my mother became pregnant and I was born in October 1970, the first grandchild in the Vagchhipawalla family. I was got to Valsad when I was only a few days old as per ...
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Sometimes, it is the simple things that impact the most. Every year, during the holy Muktad days, thousands of devotees crowd our Agiaries and Atash Behrams. Some come to have the prayers said for their dear departed, some make it a point to visit the Agiary on these holy days and witness the miracle of the Muktad. There is great devotional fervour amongst the many Parsis that come to our Agiaries and Atash Behrams. Sometimes the fervour verges on idol ...
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Gatha Vahishtoisht, 1381 Yz.
Sherevar is followed by Meher, the Divine Being who looks after Justice and Truth. Dear readers, there is a great Divine Symphony which is playing all the time. But our ears are incapable of hearing it, since they are only attuned to the material. The best sound in the universe is the Sound of Silence. Have you ever experienced it? We haven’t because rather than controlling our physical senses, we are totally in their control. But when ...
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As we step into the Zoroastrian new year, it is an apt time to reflect on the scheme of the 30 Rojs and 12 Mah that make up our year. The Zoroastrian calendar is unique in that each day of the month and every month of the year is named after a Divine Being. Many times, when devotees come to finalize dates for a Jashan or a Navjote, the question is often asked: ‘Dasturji, is ...
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Roj Dae-pa-Din, Mah Spendarmad, 1381 Yz.
The question is often put to me by many devotees: ‘Dasturji, for how long should we do the Muktad prayers?’ There is really no easy answer to this question. But I generally drive the conversation in the following manner.
Me: It’s all a question of feeling, what we call ‘laagni’ ...
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Roj Dae-pa-Adar Mah Spendarmad, 1381 Yz.
Another issue which arises in these times of crisis is our inability to properly understand the cause and nature of human suffering. I remember an article in the Times of India which was very critical of a modern day Godman. The reporter found it perplexing that hundreds of thousands of believers came to him to get rid of their ills, yet the Baba himself was confined to a wheelchair. But the nature of suffering endured ...
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Roj Bahman Mah Spendarmad, 1381 Yz.
Rare is the person who has not, at some point in his life, had to be admitted to a hospital. It can be one of the most terrifying experiences of our lives. The Zoroastrian religion emphasizes that each trial and tribulation must be faced calmly and firmly. We must strive to learn something new from every experience, whether good or bad. I recently underwent surgery to repair a spinal injury and spent one week in ...
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