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Zoroastrianism
Zoroastrianism is named after one of the prophets who played the most important role in this religion. Zoroastrianism comes from the word Zarathustra, meaning rich camel.
This religion is sometimes called Persia or Parsi after the country’s original name.
Bitheism = If you look at the gods of goodness and the god of evil
(Ahuramada and Angkramianyu)
Monotheism = If we look at the end result, the god of good
(Ahuramazda) was victorious in the universe.
5. Other Religious Issues :
1) Brahmanism and Zoroastrianism
– have ancestors together in the past They are descended from the same Aryan tribe.
– The Avesta and the Vedas It was originally polytheistic. and believe in many gods
– Differences from geography, society, and politics in recent days have also led to different religious beliefs.
2) Judaism and Zoroastrianism
– The ancient Greeks believed that the origins of the dualism of the world and the destiny of man
– also believe Lord Zoroastrian taught Pythagorus in Babylon .
– Historical researchers found that influence on the development of Judaism and the birth of Christianity with Zoroastrian as = Messiah or Christ
There are many similarities between the Jewish scriptures of Isaiah and the Zoroastrian scriptures (Catha), for example:
= God created the world’s first human pair.
= Light and Darkness or Good and Evil Gods
– Why Judaism and Christianity were influenced by Zoroastrianism Because contact began in the 2nd century BC and most in the middle of the first century BC.
– Islam section With this religion is in a way that affects each other. Because they were originally fierce enemies. Until the Islamic scriptures add another pit of hell specifically for Zoroastrians, called Parsi.
Scripture
– The scriptures in this religion are known as Avesta or the iconic Avesta.
– means that knowledge corresponds to the word Veda in the Vedas of Brahmanism
– The Avesta scriptures are divided into 5 main categories:
1) Yasna (Yasna) is a chant similar to the melody of the Vedas.
2) Visperad (Visperad) is similar to the pathology of Brahmanism.
3) Vedidad is a prayer guide for ascetics.
4) Yaths, a prayer to worship 21 angels
5) Khorda-Avesta is a book or
A quick guide for all devotees
– The Avesta Scriptures have been compiled continuously for many generations to complete in the reign of the Sasania dynasty.
– Currently, only 1 in 4 parts remain because it was destroyed by Islam. during the supremacy in Iran
Ethics
It can be summarized as follows:
1) The perfection of goodness is
1.1 Good idea
1.2 Good talk
1.3 Good deeds
2) Be kind to good people If a person is evil, answer with a just heart.
“ Resist the enemy, even with a weapon. but fight fair if a friend Go on as a friend.”
3) Create good and evil to visualize representatives or personal prayers, namely the god Ahurama-da and the god Angkramianyu.
4) The afterlife is determined by the good and the evil of the actions taken in the living. but because of human weakness All wrongs may be able to help refute some, namely:
– Confession and never come back
Symbol
– This religion, in addition to being called Zoroastrianism
or Persian religion, also known as the religion of
Religion of Fire worshiper
– Fire is a religious symbol of this religion .
Due to the belief of religious people, every household will have a place to worship fire because it is believed that machine light
Signs of the power of the Great God (Ahuramasda) that remain for eternity
Ultimate goal
1) The ultimate goal is heaven.
2) The way to the highest goal is to live in a moral/ethical way.
3) There is only one life in this life.
Sect
1) Old Sect – Conservative
2) New Sect – Progressive
Religion
nawachot ceremony
– Men and women at the age of 15-17 years old must enter the ceremony by wearing auspicious thread.
– A man wearing a white thread is called Gusti.
– A woman wearing a white linen shirt is called Sutra.
– Nawachot ceremony, similar to Yashayopaviet ceremony in brahmin
Summary of the basic characteristics of Zoroastrianism
can be both bitheist and monotheism
Ahura Masda is the only supreme god.
The human world is a battlefield between good and evil.
believed to be born in the spirit world
Emphasis on practices that will purify the body, speech, and mind.
More emphasis on secular sex than clergy
It is a religion that allows the religion to follow the fire so that it cannot be extinguished.
