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| | Zoroastrianism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Zoroastrianism (Persian: آيين زرتشت) also known as Mazdaism by some followers and Zarathustrianism by others, is a monotheistic religion. | | | Zoroastrianism - was the religion of the Persian Empire the first monotheism? | | | Zoroastrianism may also be known as Mazdayasna ("Worship of Wisdom") by some of its followers after the Zoroastrian name of God, Ahura Mazda ("Divine Wisdom"). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism
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| | Zoroastrianism - MSN Encarta |
| | Zoroastrianism, religion that arose from the teachings of the devotional poet Zoroaster, known as Zarathushtra to ancient Iranians, who is regarded as the faith’s founding prophet. | | | Christianity further assimilated the Zoroastrian belief of the soul’s afterlife and the appearance of a savior, resurrection, and eternal life at the end of the world. | | | Zoroastrians who continued to reside in Islamic Iran had to endure periodic persecutions and pay a special tax to Muslim authorities until 1854, when Zoroastrians from India convinced the Qajar dynasty of Iran to abolish the religious tax. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761558789/Zoroastrianism.html
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| | Zoroastrianism |
| | Zoroastrianism is to some extent a monotheistic religion, in the sense that there is a supreme god, Ahura Mazda, that is central in all cult. | | | The cult of Zoroastrianism is focused on the battle against the evil, and the principal symbol of this is the sacred Fire. | | | The founder of Zoroastrianism, Zarathustra, preached around 600 BCE a monotheistic religious message, much of which is found in the central collection of religious texts, Avesta. |
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http://lexicorient.com/e.o/zoroastr.htm
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| | Zoroastrianism |
| | Zoroastrianism is a religion of absolute faith and unswerving devotion to Ahura Mazda. | | | Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism are world religions but Zoroastrianism is just a national religion now though it was a world religion in days of yore. | | | Zoroastrianism teaches that the goal of life is to attain perfect eternal happiness through companionship with Ahura Mazda. |
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http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/religions/zoroastrianism.htm
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| | Zoroastrianism |
| | Traditional Zoroastrians believe that religion and ethnicity are inseparable; that one must be born into the faith, and that one must marry within the faith. | | | Furthermore, Zoroastrians believe that fire is the Holy Spirit of Ahura Mazda, and that they can worship Ahura Mazda through the fire. | | | More liberal Zoroastrians believe that conversion is legitimate and should even be encouraged; they see it as a means of adjusting to the modern world, and believe that their message is intended for all humanity. |
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http://www.meta-religion.com/World_Religions/Zoroastrim/zoroastrism.htm
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| | TEMPLE OF ZOROASTER |
| | Ormazd then recited the Ahuna Vairya, the most sacred prayer of the Zoroastrians, which is believed to contain the germ of their whole religion. | | | Later forms of Zoroastrianism teach a resurrection of the dead, a teaching for which some basis may be found in the Gathas. | | | Zoroastrian worship is most distinctively characterized by tendance of the temple fire. |
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http://sangha.net/messengers/zoroaster.htm
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| | Zoroastrianism |
| | Zoroastrianism is the major ancient, pre-Islamic religion of Iran. | | | Though Zoroastrianism was never, even in the thinking of its founder, as aggressively monotheistic as, for instance, Judaism or Islam, it does represent an original attempt at unifying under the worship of one supreme god a polytheistic religion comparable to those of the ancient Greeks, Latins, Indians, and other early peoples. | | | Zoroastrianism is not the purely ethical religion it may at first seem. |
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http://ebionite.org/zoro.htm
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| | Zoroastrianism: An Introduction |
| | The origins of Zoroastrian religion are shrouded in mystery. | | | The inclusive name of Zoroastrian scriptures is Avesta (knowledge) and it is divided into five main parts: Yasna (worship) Gathas (Psalms), Vendidad (law agains demons), Yashts (worship hymns), and the Khorda-Avesta (litanies and prayers). | | | At the age of seven in India and ten in Iran the young Zoroastrian is received into his faith with the investiture of a sacred shirt (sade) and the sacred thread (kusti) and he must wear them the rest of his life except when bathing. |
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http://www.ubfellowship.org/archive/readers/601_zoroastrianism.htm
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| | Zoroastrianism and Avesta: Overview and FAQ |
| | Zoroastrianism is a religion founded in ancient times by the prophet Zarathushtra, known to the Greeks as Zoroaster. | | | Zoroastrianism was the dominant world religion during the Persian empires (559 BC to 651 AC), and was thus the most powerful world religion at the time of Jesus. | | | Zoroastrians perform a short cleansing ritual (Padyab), and retie the kusti several times a day with another short ritual (Nirang-i Kusti) as a sign of their faith. |
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http://www.avesta.org/zfaq.html
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| | ZOROASTRIANISM |
| | Zoroastrianism is a small religion with about 140,000 members. | | | Zoroastrianism became the state religion of various Persian empires, until the 7th Century CE. | | | The Zoroastrian community is sharply divided between those who would follow mostly (or exclusively) the teachings of the original Gathas, and those who believe that the later traditions are important and equally divinely inspired. |
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http://www.religioustolerance.org/zoroastr.htm
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| | Zoroastrianism |
| | Zoroastrians were the first monotheistic religion to develop the idea of a savior, born of a virgin, who will raise the dead and judge everyone in a final judgment. | | | Zoroastrians do not generally accept converts: one has to be born into the religion. | | | Zoroastrianism is a small religion with about 140,000 members worldwide. |
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http://www.inquiry.net/ideals/faiths/zoroastrianism.htm
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| | Zoroastrianism |
| | The priests of Zoroastrianism are called magi and use magic in their communion with God. | | | Because of the influence it exerts, Zoroastrianism is still a religion to be reckoned with. | | | Zoroastrian tradi-tion records two holy wars which were fought over the faith, the second of which took the life of Zoroaster at age 77. |
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http://www.sullivan-county.com/z/zor2.htm
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| | BBC - Religion & Ethics - Zoroastrian |
| | Zoroastrianism is one of the world's oldest monotheistic religions. | | | The Zoroastrian ritual of laying out the dead may be coming to an end for the Parsis of Mumbai. | | | Nina Wadia explains her faith in the Heaven and Earth Show video about Zoroastrianism. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/zoroastrian
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| | World Religions - Zoroastrainism |
| | The Zoroastrian scriptures, the Avesta (knowledge) are written in Avestan, a language similar to Sanskrit. | | | Zoroaster was born in Persia at a time when the popular religion was the worship of the Aryan nature gods. | | | Zoroastrianism was once a very widespread religion, but now it has few adherents (about 150,000). |
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http://www.refuge-outreach.org/religions/zoroastrianism.html
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| | Zoroastrianism |
| | Zoroastrianism, is the religion founded by Zoroaster, or Zarathustra, in Persia toward the end of the seventh century BCE. | | | By their insistence upon the orthodox form of dualistic Zoroastrianism and their persecution of heresies and even mildly heterodox cults, the Sasanians were responsible for the increasing formalization of the faith, for which the tending of the holy fires became one of the most highly prescribed rituals. | | | The reverence for fire has given erroneous cause for the belief that the Zoroastrians were fire worshippers. |
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http://www.silk-road.com/artl/zoro.shtml
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| | alt.religion.zoroastrianism FAQ |
| | Zoroastrianism was one of the first religions to give the afterlife a moral dimension. | | | Zoroastrian ideas of moral dualism, heaven and hell, sacred time, and angelic beings have influenced Judaism and Christianity, during long centuries of contact between these faiths in the Middle East. | | | Zoroastrian worship involves prayers and symbolic ceremonies said before a sacred fire. |
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http://www.faqs.org/faqs/zoroastrianism/FAQ
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| | Zoroastrianism - Hindu Customs in the Parsi Community in India |
| | As mentioned at the inception, the Zoroastrian religion and the Parsi Community have many common with the inhabitants of India and much of this similarity is due to the fact that deep in the past, the ancestors of these two peoples sprang from a common Indo-Aryan stock. | | | The Parthians were followed by the Sassanians who ruled Iran from 211 C.E. to 641 C.E. The Sassanians were ardent Zoroastrians and this brought them in conflict with their Armenian subjects who originally were Zoroastrians but had subsequently embraced Christianity. | | | In the year 634 C.E. the Arabs decided first to attack the Persians (Sassanian) in a large way and gave them a shattering blow at the Battle of Cadesia (Quadisiyyah) and captured the Sassanian capital of Ctesiphon (modern Baghdad). |
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http://hindubooks.org/sudheer_birodkar/hindu_history/zoroastrianism.html
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| | The major world religions |
| | Zoroastrians worship through prayers and symbolic ceremonies that are conducted before a sacred fire which symbolizes their God. | | | Zoroastrianism was founded by Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) in Persia which followed an aboriginal polytheistic religion at the time. | | | The Zoroastrian holy book is called the Avesta which includes the teachings of Zarathushtra written in a series of five hymns called the Gathas. |
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http://www.omsakthi.org/religions.html
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| | ZOROASTRIANSIM |
| | The Gathas, the core text of the Zoroastrian faith in the original Avestan text, with translation and commentary by the Iranian scholar Dr. Ali Jafarey. | | | The Faravahar, or Fravashi, was the symbol of the holy light of Glory (khvarenah) surrounding ancient Persian kings, heroes, and saints. | | | The faravahar is now used as the symbol of the Zoroastrian faith. |
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http://www.pyracantha.com/zoroastrianism.html
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| | Ahuramazda and Zoroastrianism |
| | Zoroastrians were probably not the only ones who believed in Ahuramazda (he is also mentioned in an Assyrian enumeration of native and foreign deities from the reign of king Aurbanipal); and as to Darius' dislike of lies - well, no one would say that he delights in deceit. | | | The Avesta is the holy book of the adherents of Zarathustra, the Zoroastrians or -as they call themselves today- Parsi's. | | | European scholars, however, have argued that the Yashts were not written by the prophet himself, because they are written in the language that is also known from the cuneiform texts of the Achaemenid empire written between 521 and 331 BCE. |
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http://www.livius.org/ag-ai/ahuramazda/ahuramazda.html
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| | Zoroastrianism |
| | Many believe Zervanism is older than Zoroastrianism; therefore, it is speculated that either Zoroaster was or became a Magi, or the Magi were in want of reform and joined the latter religion which resulted in a combination of the two (Settegast 216). | | | They were, according to Zoroastrian doctrine, were direct or indirect emanations of Ahura Mazda, strived under him, performing their various duties, to promote good and defeat evil. | | | The evocation of the six is variously described in the works of Zoroastrian, but always in manners which suggest the essential unity of beneficent divinity. |
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http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/z/zoroastrianism.html
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| | Zoroastrianism |
| | Zoroastrianism enjoyed status as an official religion at various times before the advent of Islam, but Zoroastrians were persecuted in the 8th-10th century, and some left Iran to settle in India. | | | The Avesta is a collection of the sacred texts of ancient Persia belonging to the Zoroastrian religion. | | | The small group of Zoroastrians remaining in Iran are known as the Gabars. |
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http://www.ishwar.com/zoroastrianism
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| | AVESTA -- Zoroastrian Archives |
| | Denkard: A Ninth Century compendium of Zoroastrian wisdom... | | | "Zoroastrianism is the oldest of the revealed world-religions, and it has probably had more influence on mankind, directly and indirectly, than any other single faith." | | | We provide the complete text of the extant Avesta, the most ancient scriptures of Zoroastrianism, as well as many Pahlavi scriptures. |
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http://www.avesta.org/avesta.html
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| | Zoroastrianism: Ancient Persian/Iranian Religion |
| | Begining in Central Asia around 1700 BC and evolving in Persia over the centuries the religion known as Zoroastrianism was eventualy adopted by the Sassanians as their state religion. | | | It was introduced by Zoroaster who believed that his mission from Ahura Mazda, the supreme being, was to teach the truth. | | | A fire burns constantly in a Zoroastrian Temple (fire Temple) or Ateshkadeh in Persian. |
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http://www.oznet.net/iran/zoroaste.htm
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| | Zoroastrian Influences on Judaism and Christianity and Monotheism |
| | Zoroastrians worshipped at alters on hills and had a whole class of professional Magi or priests who had lots of time on their hands to do astrological research. | | | Rather than a syncretistic religion, it would be more proper to call Mithraism a Zoroastrian subcult. | | | Finally, in about 400 B.C. the Old Testament was put in written form when Jerusalem was still under the power of the Persians. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/6315/religion/zoro.html
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| | Zoroastrianism -- Beliefnet.com |
| | Main Sacred Text: The Zoroastrian "Avesta" ("Book of the Law") is a fragmentary collection of sacred writings divided into: liturgical works with hymns ascribed to Zarathustra; invocations and rituals to be used at festivals; hymns of praise; and spells against demons and prescriptions for purification. | | | Founder: Zarathustra (in Greek, Zoroaster) was a Persian prophet who at the age of 30 believed he had seen visions of God, whom he called Ahura Mazda, the creator of all that is good and who alone is worthy of worship. | | | Principal Center: Zoroastrianism all but disappeared in Persia after the Muslim invasion of 637 C.E. Only about 10,000 survive in remote villages in Iran, but over the centuries many sought religious freedom in India. |
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http://www.beliefnet.com/index/index_10035.html
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| | Amazon.com: The Zoroastrian Faith: Tradition and Modern Research: Books: S. A. Nigosian |
| | Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices (Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices) by Mary Boyce | | | Buy this book with Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices (Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices) by Mary Boyce today! | | | Textual Sources for the Study of Zoroastrianism (Textual Sources for the Study of Religion) by Mary Boyce |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/077351144X?v=glance
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| | Stanford University Zoroastrian Group |
| | As a result, the nature of Zoroastrianism, and of the people who practice it, cannot be understood by reading just one of the following pages (though some might have you believe so). | | | Some of the simple prayers said by most Zoroastrians, in their original language and in an English translation. | | | During the last century, Zoroastrians from both Iran and India have spread all over the world. |
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http://www.stanford.edu/group/zoroastrians
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| | Zoroastrianism |
| | is affirmation of the candidate's belief in the Zoroastrian religion accompanied by the investiture with the sacred garment and sacred cord, and it is these two items which give the ceremony its name. | | | Although they are not primarily doctrinal treatises, or instructional compositions, they contain much that forms the basis of the Zoroastrian religion, and therefore they can rightly be said to embody the essential truths of Zoroastrianism as Zarathushtra would have understood and taught them. | | | "The chief ritual of Zoroastrianism, the fire ceremony, seems to have derived from the earliest times in the Zoroastrian tradition - perhaps from Zarathustra himself, who, according to later tradition, was killed while performing the fire sacrifice. |
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http://www.mystae.com/restricted/streams/gnosis/zoroaster.html
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| | THE ZOROASTRIAN FAITH AND HOMOSEXUALITY |
| | Orthodox Zoroastrianism currently does not accept converts from other religions; one must have a Zoroastrian mother and father in order to be accepted into the faith. | | | One principle that might influence condemnation of homosexuality is the importance of family life within the faith. | | | These purity laws are still followed by some conservative Zoroastrian communities. |
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http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_zor.htm
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| | Zarathushtra ---- (Zoroaster) |
| | Dedicated to promoting the Spiritual Philosophy of Zarathushtra and Zoroastrianism. |
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http://www.zarathushtra.com
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| | EduNet - Religions of the World, Zoroastrism |
| | The term AVESTA has two separate meanings: First, it is the name of the ancient scriptures of the Zoroastrian religion. | | | AVESTA is also used to refer to the language in which these scriptures are written. | | | This server gives you access to all of the extant Avesta, along with translations, and is being expanded to include information about the language, and other useful information for students of Zoroastrian religion. |
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http://www.edunet.ie/resources/religioninfo/zoroaster.html
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| | Zaroaster: Religion, Philosophie und Perspective for the new century without religion |
| | Therefore, it can be rightly said that Zoroastrian philosophy, which was the main religious belief system of ancient Iranians and for about several hundred years was the basis of the Iranian culture and their life style, now is almost forgotten. | | | Cleanliness of water, land, air, and fire is one of the chief characteristics of zoroastrianism and particularly, Herodotus has alluded to the cleanliness of running water in section 138 of his first book in the ancient Iran. | | | Interestingly, the very same malevolent people who try to accuse Zoroastrianism of fire worshipping, they confirm the worthiness of light and fire and light up candles in the house of their God. |
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http://www.religion-info.net
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| | World of Traditional Zoroastrianism |
| | The Tenets of the Mazdayasni Zarathushtri religion, as believed in by thousands of faithful Parsis/Irani Zoroastrians. | | | A Zoroastrian religious novel, based on the Aryan scriptures such as the Gathas, Yashts and Vendidad. | | | Lots of religious articles and stories, explanations by Zoroastrian Priests, and links to other Zoroastrian sites. |
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http://www.zoroastrianism.com
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| | Traditional Zoroastrianism: Tenets of the Religion |
| | We have representatives of the Khshnoomist and the Pundol group of mystical Zoroastrianism, as well as other proud and faithful Zarathushtris who believe with all their hearts in the religion of their forefathers. | | | For only those Zarathustris who are practicing the Zoroastrian faith by birth, Ervad Bhadha aathravan@hotmail.com offers to perform Jashan, Wedding, Navzote or funeral ceremonies in a traditional style WITHOUT taking any fees or gifts in return (with the exception of traveling expenses) anywhere in US or Canada. | | | The members of this list are hundreds of born Mazdayasni Zarathushtris who have full faith and pride in the tenets of our ancient religion. |
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http://tenets.zoroastrianism.com
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| | World Religions: Zoroastrianism |
| | Zoroastrianism continues in Iran and in India where the Parsees carry on the traditions. | | | Zoroastrianism information This unofficial page gives enough information to satisfy many viewers. |
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http://www.interfaithcalendar.org/Zoroastrianism.htm
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| | Zoroastrianism - All Things Spiritual Directory |
| | - Complete text and translation of the scriptures of the Zoroastrian religion | | | Create new discussion topics, ask questions you've always wanted answered, or provide assistance to others with your own insights. | | | - February 1998 - Greenbelt Interfaith News World February 1998 North American Zoroastrians Vote Down New World Council Zoroastrian News (Zoroastrian Association of Metropolitan Washington, Inc.) The 22 associations constituting the Federation of Zoroastria |
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http://www.allspiritual.com/Zoroastrianism.php3
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| | Zoroastrian Sacred Texts |
| | This is only a small selection of the Zoroastrian etexts available online. | | | Much more can be found at the Zoroastrian Archives [external site], which we highly recommend to anyone interested in Zoroastrianism. | | | See Site copyrights, Terms of Service for more information. |
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