Category: Religion

“Dad, everyone’s wearing a mask!” exclaimed the son of Adi Sidhwa, a Zoroastrian priest, about the COVID mask requirement. “Is it different than yours?” The boy wasn’t referring to his father’s COVID mask but the long, white, cloth one – padan — that Sidhwa, 46, from eastern Bergen County, wears when he presides at the… Continue reading Zoroastrian priests have masked for millennia | Faith Matters

Our dear friend Ervad Zarrir Bhandara of Southern California writes in… I sincerely thank you all for your participation in the solemn Muktad ceremony thus making our efforts more worthwhile, and for giving me the opportunity to advance spiritually by satisfying your spiritual needs for the 29th Muktad ceremony in  Southern California, and the fourth… Continue reading 29th Year of Muktad Celebration in Southern California

I’d like to shed some light on the present circumstances from a Zoroastrian perspective. The virus, pandemic, or any kind pain and sickness does not come from God, God is all good. Hence, only the good and good can ever come from God. Evil comes from an agency outside God, namely Ahriman.  It depends on… Continue reading The Starting of Good Times: Zoroastrian Perspective

Some people have asked why we cover our heads as Zoroastrians. I was perturbed to hear a Parsi grandmother telling her grandkids that it was a symbolic act of submission and humility, thus appropriating our religion to Jewish and Hindu ideas. Our religion professes active practice over passive symbolism. The main reason for head coverings… Continue reading How to cover our heads as Zoroastrians

Our dear friend Noshir H. Dadrawala wrote this article that was first published in the Parsi-Times. The novel coronavirus is neither ‘Divinity’s Wrath’ nor ‘Nature’s Vengeance’. From a Zoroastrian perspective, this virus is the opposite of all that is good, God-given, life-giving and health-promoting. However, there are all kinds of posts on social media about… Continue reading Coronavirus: Neither ‘Divinity’s Wrath’ nor ‘Nature’s Vengeance’!

Last weekend the Empowering Mobeds hosted an offsite workshop at the WZO Sanatorium in Sanjan. Over two days, young mobeds from the Dadar Athornan Institute gathered along with some of their dads, and other older mobeds, and community experts in various fields for a two day exercise. Dinshaw Tamboly giving a motivational talk to the… Continue reading Empowering Mobeds Conduct Second Offsite Workshop in Sanjan

Our dearest friend and mentor Ervad Soli Dastur writes on the occasion of Thanksgiving in the United states. Ervad Soli writes On Thursday, November 28th, the whole USA will celebrate one of the major family holidays, Thanksgiving, with families and friends! This tradition was started by the Pilgrims sometime in 17th century and is a… Continue reading Thanksgiving Celebrations in the USA: Op-Ed by Ervad Soli Dastur

It is difficult to Zip-line religious facts from 1500 BCE to the present times but this is exactly what Khojeste Mistree did in his four hour session with teenagers and adults in London. At the request of parents, keen on exposing their children to the faith, Khojeste was invited to return to ZTFE, to brief… Continue reading Zip-lining Zoroastrianism to the Communty and at SOAS – Not Just a Lesson in History

The following speech was delivered by Ervad Zarrir Bhandara at the Ripon Club Mumbai on Saturday November 2nd, 2019.  “Mobed’s Heart to Mobeds’ Hearts” event. This event was organized by the Global Health Guru and the Holistic Health Coach Dr. Mickey Mehta. The young and dynamic BPP trustee Mr. Viraf Mehta was the chief guest… Continue reading Ervad Zarrir Bhandara’s Talk at the Ripon Club Mumbai