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Lots of info here. http://www.avesta.org/

Saturday! You must be a long ways away from me. It is 4pm Friday here in the Pacific N.W.

I just got Grahm Parkes' translation for $3.99 on Ebay with free shipping from Thrift books. cool, cool.

Thank you, Marblehead. I am going to check that out.

I agree. You saw this quote before: "With an open mind, seek and listen to all the highest ideals. Consider the most enlightened thoughts. Then choose your path, person by person, each for oneself." --Zoroaster I apologize for the cut and paste coming in so bold. That is so much what much of this site is about. Learning and figuring out what is best individually. Zoroaster was so far ahead of his time. He was amazing.

On the first part of your comment, obviously, that was what it was intended to be. You need not worry about the education part though, you have been doing very well on that and I thank you for asking.I also thank you for all of your above in this thread. I appreciated this line of yours: "One never knows perhaps the 'shining radiant being'' that communicated all this to him was a metaphorical flattery ?" I suspect that has happened often through out history in all things religious.

Please understand, this is very much generalities to start dialog. I am hoping that those much more learned will now start educating me. Buddhism Zoroastrianism Place of worship Buddhist monasteries, temples, shrines. Dar-e Mehr (Persian) or Agiyari (Gujarati) or Fire temple Practices Practices of the Threefold Training: Virtue, Concentration, and Wisdom, a.k.a the Noble Eightfold Path. Fire is used in Zoroastrian worship? Zoroastrians also pray 5 times a day. Place of origin Indian Subcontinent Persia (Iran) Goal of religion To attain enlightenment and be released from the cycle of rebirth and death, thus attaining Nirvana. To serve God, by good deeds towards others. To acquire and cultivate divine attributes, particularly “ good mind and righteousness; to elevate themselves in harmony with God and to listen to God’s guiding voice within them. Belief of God The idea of an omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent creator is rejected by Buddhists. The Buddha himself refuted the theistic argument that the universe was created by a self-conscious, personal God. One main God. Use of statues and pictures Common Permitted, there are several drawings regarding Prophet Zoroaster and symbolic images of God (Ahura Mazda). Followers Buddhists Zoroastrians. Founder Gautama Buddha (born as Prince Siddhartha) Zarathustra Haechataspa Spitama or Zoroaster (Greek) or Zartosht (Parsi) Means of Salvation Following the Noble Eightfold Path. Good thoughts, good words, and good deeds. Scriptures Tripitaka The Zend Avesta. Human Nature Ignorance, as all sentient beings. In the Buddhist texts, it is seen that when Gautama, after his awakening, was asked whether he was a normal human being, he replied, "No". equal ability to do good or evil. Literal Meaning Buddhists are those who follow the teachings of the Buddha in order to become like the Buddha. Follower of Zoroaster. Life after death Rebirth is one of the central beliefs of Buddhism. We are in an endless cycle of birth, death and re-birth, which can only be broken by attaining nirvana. Attaining nirvana is the only way to escape suffering permanently. Eternal life in Heaven, or in Hell. Population 300-350 million. Approx. 100,000 Zoroastrians in the world. Time of origin 2,500 years ago, circa 563 B.C.E. (Before Common Era) 600 B.C.E. Concept of Deity Subject to debate Zoroaster proclaimed that all of the Iranian daevas were bad spirits and deserved no worship. These "bad" spirits were created by Angra Mainyu, the hostile and evil spirit. The existence of Angra Mainyu was the source of all sin and misery in the universe. Zoroaster claimed that Ahura Mazda was not an omnipotent God, but used the aid of humans in the cosmic struggle against Angra Mainyu. Nonetheless, Ahura Mazda is Angra Mainyu's superior, not his equal.

Anybody here read Golden Compass?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkgkThdzX-8

With an open mind, seek and listen to all the highest ideals. Consider the most enlightened thoughts. Then choose your path, person by person, each for oneself. Zoroaster I apologize for the underlining. It came with the quote and I was feeling tired and lazy.

I was brought to the conclusion through meditation and training that hate, anger, depression, anxiety and ptsd were holding me back. I still have little twinges now and then but, I now just automatically let them pass through me and they are quickly gone. Not being a saint though, I have to admit a little satisfaction in the medical report-that my stepfather probably laid dying for approximately twelve hours alone on the floor of his bathroom before he finally passed

It is a contextual thing. I was tortured virtually everyday of the first ten years of my life by a true sadist (stepfather pulled out my fingernails with pliars, crushed my kittens skull, beat me every day) I know where hell is. I have been in its' bowels. So, the first three or four years of subconscious cleansing (and you and I know that means bringing it to the surface and letting it go) for me was a hell of a process. Luckily, you and I had world class teachers, that helps a lot. But, I agree with you, it gets easier if you stick with it. Now, I am very thankful of what I have learned and earned and been given and it just keeps getting better.

It is not true. People do willingly seek it out. They just underestimate how hard of a ride it is going to be.

Please start at 2:56. Tango and Tai Chi intertwined.

What type of art??

The journey is the reward.

You cannot change how someone thinks, but you can give them a tool to use which will lead them to think differently. R. Buckminster Fuller Because you love him and so do I.

“If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.” ― Lao Tzu

Really?

"'What day is it?', asked Winnie the Pooh. 'It's today,' squeaked Piglet. 'My favorite day,' said Pooh." —The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne

When you come to a fork in the road, take it. Yogi Berra

Give love, fun, stories, art, passion and hope, these things ease the trials of life. Yours and theirs.

And leave-- allowing one to breathe easily.

Welcome to DB. You ask a lot of questions that will get you many different and controversial answers. Research, for yourself, all of those questions on the site here and the answers will become more balanced for you. Good hunting.