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Zoroastrianism
• Founder Persian prophet Zarathustra around 6 -7 BCE.
• Believe in one external god - Ahura Mazda.
• Spirit of malice and bad behaviour called Angra Mainyu.
• First contact of Zoroastrains with India was in 936 AD.
• Their fire temple called Atash Bahram are rare.
• In India there are 8 major fire temple, ex. Udvada in Gujarat
• Translations of these texts and complied glossaries are called Zend.
• This collection is divided into 5 parts:
o Yasna: Worship with ceremony and offerings
o Videvdad: Laws against the demons
o Yashts: To worship
o Khordeh Avestha: Book of Daily prayers
o Gathas: divided into 5 parts (Ahunavaiti, Ushtavaiti, Spenta-Mainyu, Vohu-Khshathra and Vashishta –Ishti.
Sacred book: Zend Avesta
o Worship fire but also consider air, water and earth to be sacred elements.
o They place the dead bodies in the open (Dakhma) to be eaten by the vultures (DakhmaNashini).
o The only space known in India where they are left are the ‘Tower of Silence’ in Mumbai.
Chapters:
0:00 Religions of India
0:29 Religions in India
0:52 Hinduism
2:23 The Brahmo Movement (1828)
3:00 Swami Vivekananda and Ramakrishna Mission
3:45 The Arya Samaj
4:21 Jainism
7:07 Buddhism
8:31 Noble Eight – Fold Path
9:49 Islam
12:01 Christianity
13:01 Sikhism
14:31 Zoroastrianism
16:15 Judaism
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