Homage Unto Ahura Mazda By Dastur Dr. M. N. Dhalla www.Zarathushtra.com Table of Contents Homage Unto Ahura Mazda TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................................... I CHAPTER I .................................................................................................................................. 1 THOU ART ALL IN ALL TO ME, AHURA MAZDA ............................................................................ 2 THY NAME IS ABOVE ALL NAMES, AHURA MAZDA ...................................................................... 3 THOU ART THE CREATOR OF ALL, AHURA MAZDA....................................................................... 4 THOU ART OUR NEAREST AND DEAREST, AHURA MAZDA............................................................ 5 THOU ART ALL-GOOD, AHURA MAZDA........................................................................................ 6 THOUGH INVISIBLE THYSELF, THOU ART ALL-SEEING, AHURA MAZDA ...................................... 7 THOU ART LIGHT, AHURA MAZDA............................................................................................... 8 THOU ART THE SAME FROM AGE TO AGE, AHURA MAZDA ........................................................... 9 THOU ART AGELESS, AHURA MAZDA........................................................................................ 10 THY WILL IS THE POLE STAR OF MY LIFE, AHURA MAZDA ......................................................... 11 MY HEART LONGS FOR THEE, AHURA MAZDA ........................................................................... 12 I OFFER THEE MY LIFE, AHURA MAZDA ..................................................................................... 13 THOU DOST BURY ME UNDER THE BURDEN OF THY GIFTS, AHURA MAZDA................................ 14 THE AMESHA SPENTAS .............................................................................................................. 15 THE YAZATAS............................................................................................................................ 16 SRAOSHA, THE EVER-WATCHFUL GUARDIAN............................................................................. 17 SRAOSHA IN LIFE, SRAOSHA IN DEATH....................................................................................... 18 THE FRAVASHIS WATCH OUR COURSE WITH VIGILANCE............................................................. 19 THE BIRTH OF ZARATHUSHTRA ................................................................................................. 20 TEMPTATION OF ZARATHUSHTRA .............................................................................................. 21 ZARATHUSHTRA IS LORD OF MANKIND ..................................................................................... 22 THE PASSING AWAY OF ZARATHUSHTRA.................................................................................... 23 FIRE IS THE SYMBOL OF AHURA MAZDA.................................................................................... 24 MAY THY FIRE BURN FOR EVER IN MY HOUSE, AHURA MAZDA ................................................. 25 THE INNER LIGHT ...................................................................................................................... 26 ASHA'S UNIVERSAL ORDER IN THE UNIVERSE ........................................................................... 27 THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS .................................................................................................. 28 RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THE RULE OF LIFE ........................................................................................ 29 RIGHTEOUSNESS IS RELIGION .................................................................................................... 30 RIGHTEOUSNESS EXEMPLIFIED THE BEST IN ZARATHUSHTRA .................................................... 31 RIGHTEOUSNESS IS ITS OWN REWARD ........................................................................................ 32 RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THE HIGHEST RICHES ................................................................................... 33 THE COMING OF THE KINGDOM OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.................................................................. 34 PRAYER IS THE HEAVENWARD SOARING OF THE SOUL ON WORDY WINGS................................... 35 TEACH ME TO PRAY, AHURA MAZDA......................................................................................... 36 THE FAMILY PRAYER................................................................................................................. 37 PRAYER FOR THE DEAD ............................................................................................................. 38 LIFE IS THY GREATEST GIFT, AHURA MAZDA............................................................................. 39 LIFE IS A BLEND OF CONTRADICTIONS........................................................................................ 40 LIFE IS SERVICE ......................................................................................................................... 41 i LIFE IS PLEASURE ...................................................................................................................... 42 LIFE IS DUTY .............................................................................................................................. 43 THE CYNIC RAILS AT LIFE........................................................................................................... 44 THE CYNIC AT WAR WITH THE WORLD ....................................................................................... 45 LIFE IS HARD AND HONEST WORK............................................................................................... 46 GREAT IS THE DIGNITY OF WORK................................................................................................ 47 I GLORY IN ACTIVITY, AHURA MAZDA ...................................................................................... 48 LET ME NOT LACK WILL, O MAZDA ........................................................................................... 49 PROGRESS IS THE ZOROASTRIAN WATCHWORD.......................................................................... 50 LET ME RISE EARLY WITH BRIGHT USHAH'S DAWN..................................................................... 51 GIVE US THE SLEEP OF THE INNOCENT........................................................................................ 52 BUSHYANSTA, THE SLOTHFUL.................................................................................................... 53 MAN EATS TO LIVE; HE LIVES NOT TO EAT................................................................................. 54 AGRICULTURE IS MAN'S NOBLEST PROFESSION .......................................................................... 55 MAY TISHTRYA'S RAIN BRING FRUITION TO OUR FIELDS ............................................................ 56 GIVE ME BODILY HEALTH, I PRAY.............................................................................................. 57 OUR COMMUNITY....................................................................................................................... 58 OUR COMMUNAL CHARACTERISTICS .......................................................................................... 59 OUR CULTURE IS EXOTIC............................................................................................................ 60 TIME IS LIFE ............................................................................................................................... 61 TODAY IS MY OWN, PERCHANCE TOMORROW MAY NEVER COME ............................................... 62 FAITH WORKS WONDERS ............................................................................................................ 63 FORLORN IS LIFE WITHOUT FAITH IN THEE, AHURA MAZDA ...................................................... 64 YOUTH IS THE SPRING OF LIFE.................................................................................................... 65 GIVE ME A PEACEFUL OLD AGE .................................................................................................. 66 THE TORMENTS OF A GUILTY CONSCIENCE................................................................................. 67 THE WILL TO SIN IS SIN............................................................................................................... 68 CREATE IN ME THE PENITENT SPIRIT, AHURA MAZDA................................................................ 69 I PRAY FOR FORGIVENESS ON MY KNEES .................................................................................... 70 WHO LOSES CHARACTER, HE LOSES ALL .................................................................................... 71 DECAY OF MORALS BRINGS DISSOLUTION OF SOCIETY ............................................................... 72 VICE IS A CANKER THAT EATS INTO THE VITALS OF LIFE ............................................................ 73 TRUTH IS THE SUPREMEST VIRTUE ............................................................................................. 74 DEMORALIZING DOLE ................................................................................................................ 75 CHASTITY IS THE COMPLEMENT OF WOMANLY VIRTUES ............................................................ 76 CONTENTED WITH WHAT I HAVE, BUT DISCONTENTED WITH WHAT