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Under the auspices of the MAZDAYASNIE MONASTERIE and the ALL INDIA SHAH BEHRAM BAUG SOCIETY (for
Scientific & Educational Research) An NGO in Special Consultative
Status with the UNITED NATIONS Economic & Social Council THE ONE AND ONLY
IN
THE WORLD (BOOKS
LIST IS FROM BOOKS-PAGE 3 ONWARDS
) INDEX 1-2 FASLI FRAVARDEGAN
CEREMONIES
3-4
MAZDAYASNIE MONASTERIE BOOKS BASED ON THE LECTURES OF LATE
USTAD SAHEB BEHRAMSHAH NOWROJI SHROFF. 5-
IN
SEARCH OF DIVINE LIGHT BY BEHRAMSHAH D. PITHAVALA 6-
ZOROASTRIAN
RELIGION BOOKS FROM KARACHI- TEHMURAS R.
SETHNA AND OTHERS. 7-
LIST
OF VIDEO CASSETTES, CDs, AUDIO CASETTES AND ZOROASTRIAN COLLEGE LIBRARY BOOKS
INDEX 8-
RECENT
PUBLICATIONS ON ZOROASTRIAN RELIGION BY SEVERAL AUTHORS INCLUDING TAJIK TEXTS 9-
ZOROASTRIANS
WORLD WIDE AT THE MILLENNIUM BY RUBY LILAOWALLA AND MEHER MASTER-MOOS 10-
THESIS ON ZOROASTRIAN SUBJECTS INCLUDING ALL AVESTAN
TEXTS
BY DR. PURVIZ KOLSAWALLA 11-
THESIS
ON HEALTH SUBJECTS FROM 1990 –1999 12-
THESIS
ON HEALTH SUBJECTS FROM 2000-2005 13-
THESIS
ON ASTROLOGY – COSMIC-ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS 14-
THESIS
ON VASTU SUBJETS 15-
THESIS ON INTER-FAITH SUBJECTS 16-
THESIS
ON COSMIC SCIENTIFIC ANCIENT WISDOM ********************************* FOR THE ATTENTION OF ALL ZOROASTRIANS WORLDWIDE FRAVARDEGAN CEREMONIES
Everyone
of us has the duty to have the annual "Muktad" or "Fravardegan"
Ceremonies performed for our dear late family members and friends –
especially for those who have no family members surviving them, who would
arrange for these special prayer ceremonies to be performed for ten days
annually. According
to the birth and death rate statistics published in "Parsiana",
every year about 1200-1300 Zoroastrians die – many through old age between
70 and 100 years; and only about 300 are born. This puts a strain on the
Agiary Panthakies who have to cope with the full first year after- death
ceremonies of all the persons who have passed away during the previous year.
It is increasingly difficult to cope with separate tables and "Behra"
(Silver Vases) for every individual "Asho Farohar" with separate
"Baaj", "Afringan", "Farrokshi", and "Satum"
(once, twice or thrice daily) for the persons who have passed away several
years ago. Agiary
Panthakies are also facing the problem of finding enough "part-time
mobeds" – athornan family men who have undergone the Navar ceremony,
and are working in jobs full time, - to cope with the "Muktad rush". Everyone
of us, as Zoroastrians, has to face this problem. In the "Fravardin Yasht"
Ahura Mazda reveals to Asho Spitama Zarathushtra how the Holy Farohars come to
the help of those who remember them and pray for them. Karda 1.1. "Mraot Ahura Mazdaao Spitamaai Zarathushtraai, aeva te zaavare
aojascha khareno avascha rafnascha framrava, erezvo Spitama, yat ashaonaam
fravashinaam ughranaam sivi-thuranaam yatha me jasan avanghe yatha ne varen
upastaanm ughtaao ashaonaam fravashayo" Thus I declare to you O righteous Spitama, about the righteous,
powerful and triumphant Fravashis – with their strength and power, glory and
comfort, they came to my assistance, the powerful righteous Fravashis helped
me! (as they also help each one of us who invoke their help by remembering
them and praying for them) At
Zoroastrian College we are endeavoring to cope with this community crisis, and
solve the problem, by tackling it in two ways. (1) To develop a good cadre of
educated Zoroastrian Priests, we are providing the Athornan boys the
possibility of being trained in the Zoroastrian College for the degrees of
B.Phil, M.Phil, and Ph.D. In the long run, a new generation of better educated
Priests will provide a Spiritual backbone for the survival of the Zoroastrians
world-wide. (2) At the
Zoroastrian College building at Sanjan,(the historical landing place in India
of the Zoroastrians who left Iran after the end of the Sassanian Dynasty,
where the sacred Iranshah AtashBehram was consecrated by Mobedan Mobed
Nereyosangh Dhaval) every year in March for 10 days before Navroze, the
Fravardegan Ceremonies are being regularly performed. The Afringan, Farrokshi,
and Satum – morning, afternoon and evening – are ceremonies which are
jointly performed for all the Asho Farohars whose names are included in the
long list of Yadgari Donations. The Baaj is individually performed for only
certain names in the list. ZOROASTRIAN
COLLEGE can provide this benefit for helping our community members world-wide.
If you wish to have the names of any of your dear departed family member or
friend included in the list of names of the Asho Farohars, for whom the prayer
ceremonies are performed annually in March, it is possible for you to do one
of the following: YOU
MAY USE THE YADGARI DONATION FORM and send it together with cash or bank
Draft payable on any Bombay bank in favour of SHAH BEHRAM BAUG SOCIETY, to our
Bombay College office address together with the names of the persons in whose
Yadgari the donation is given. Please take care to state – BEHDIN/OSTA/OSTI/ERVAD,
as is appropriate, before the name of the person, and father or husband of the
departed person in whose Yadgari the donation is given. Eg. Osti Perin Ervad
Nozer or Behdin Xerxes Behdin Dara ,etc. If
you prefer to give an annual donation amount instead of a lumpsum Yadgari One
Time Donation, you may give standing instructions to your bank to send a Bank
Draft in favour of SHAH BEHRAM BAUG SOCIETY to our College office address in
Bombay; and send a xerox copy of your standing instructions to your bank, to
us together with the names of the departed "Yadgari" family members
or friends as indicated above for inclusion in the list of Asho Farohars for
whom the Prayer Ceremonies are to be performed. The Bank Draft should reach
our office before January end each year. We hope this will be useful to
you, and the work of the Zoroastrian College Avesta and Scriptural Studies
Dept. will benefit our Zoroastrian Community members worldwide. The best way to remember our dear
departed family members is to set aside a clean corner of our home for
ourselves to pray & perform the ceremonies. But in this busy 21st
Century, many people do not find the time nor have the facility. Hence through
Zoroastrian College this possibility is made available to all Zoroastrians
world-wide. Please contact our College Office at Bombay address for further details or e-mail at mazocolhc@yahoo.co.in or mazocol@hotmail.com |
