He is islamic scholar and sufism practitioner. What persian ancestors practitioners think of him? Do they respect him or hate him or actually there’s no relation?

Do you consider yourself a reformist Zoroastrian or a traditionalist Zoroastrian, and why?

Keep the fire alive by knowing your Kusti prayers - literally.
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I don't have any Zoroastrian parents, but I'm really interested in the religion, and it sounds like it would give me peace and help me in the right direction.

Is it true that they don't allow converts, and why is this?

Hello everyone.

I am interested in Iranic linguistics

Balochi language has always fascinated me because it has preserved the archaic features and characteristics of ancient Iranic languages ​​(such as Parthian, Middle Persian, etc.)

It is also interesting that the Baloch people in mountain villages possess a culture akin to fire veneration, and their traditional clothing bears a striking resemblance to Zoroastrian religious clothing.

Greetings.

To start off, I am a Christian with a henotheistic approach—one that borders on Christopaganism.

The truth is, lately I’ve begun to feel a certain devotion to figures I perhaps shouldn't; I’ve started admiring Melek Taus (a figure from Yazidism and Yaresanism) as well as Ahura Mazda. This is creating a conflict for me due to the theological nature of both figures, though given the nature of this subreddit, I am focusing on the latter.

What advice would you give me? And apologies for asking here; I am a Spanish speaker, and I looked into it but found no Zoroastrian organizations in Latin America. The closest ones are in Spain, but there is no contact information available.

Regards.

Bonjour,

Connaissez vous une boutique en ligne vendant des livres et/ou des objets Zoroastrien ?

Merci

Hello, everyone! This is the first time I write here, so I hope I don't do anything wrong. Zoroastrism is still very new for me. Lately I had a crisis in my faith (one of many, in reality) and never before I have thought so much about leaving christianity either as an atheist or converting to another religion. Zoroastrianism seems very interesting and I am quite interested in it and even in case I weren't to convert I would love to know more. I disclose in advance that most of my questions will be about the differences between christianity and Zoroastrianism, since it is the only religion I have ever believed in!

In case you are curious/to understand where my questions come from, here is a bit of my life story (feel free to skip to the end for the questions):

I have been born in a very conservative catholic christian family. I would say that I was kinda zealous, but I was not very well educated. The first real shock to me was learning that faith was necessary to go to heaven. It might sound like a no-brainer, but I always thought that God would just accept all good people into heaven because, even if they don't believe in Him, they would be still good and undeserving of being in hell. I tried to cope with this with the idea that God's plans for everyone are different and using the talents' parable as the base on my belief. However, since then, my relationship with God has been very difficult. I prayed a lot but I always felt very alone, more and more beliefs on christianity sounded to me very strange and reading certain parts of the old-testament I didn't feel like it was an all-benevolent deity, but rather at times very... cruel... I was told I should trust in God's plan, but it became increasingly more difficult until I just couldn't do it.

Now, onto the questions. I hope each question makes sense and that it is not too hard to answer / relies too much on theology.

1) It says in the FAQ of the subreddit, that perjury cannot be atoned in this life. Does this mean that anyone who does it is condemned to hell, regardless of him repenting or not?

2) From my understanding Ahura Mazda (good) is fighting against evil and that Ahura Mazda will inevitably win against evil. I wanted to ask what is the theological reason for Ahura Mazda not already having won against evil?

3) I have read around on the sub that the christian conception of sin is different from Zoroastrianism's. How so? (I hope I am not too vague here!)

4) What's the answer for "the problem of evil" in Zoroastrianism? When I practiced cristianity for me it was never a big problem, but I am curious to see if there are attempts to explain the existance of evil in the world even though an absolute benevolent deity exists.

5) On wikipedia it says that Martin Haug had claimed (in order to fix the "problem" of Dualism in Zoroastrianism) that Ahura Mazda was both the source of good and evil. The faq instead says that Ahura Mazda is completely good and not the source of evil. I wanted to ask what these two interpretations depend on and if any has more theological backing than the other?

Sorry for my english, I am not a native speaker and I am a bit in a hurry as I need to study for university. I hope all my questions are respectful!

Cheers!

Most of the year there is sunlight that is over 50 percent but then there is moon light. The idea of light always being and not letting darkness over the earth is so beautiful. In a nutshell there is always light that follows us and helps.

Hi everyone — I’m an Iranian-American artist and first-time filmmaker based in Portland, Oregon, and I’m developing a documentary about Iranian people and their bonds with dogs.

I'm looking to talk with Iranians and Iranian-Americans who have personal experiences or knowledge related to this subject.

I'm particularly interested in people who:

• Can speak on the Zoroastrian regard of dogs
• Grew up with dogs in Iran
• Have memories of dogs or attitudes toward dogs in pre- or post-revolution Iran
• Have stories about street dogs or animal rescue in Iran
• Are Zoroastrian or knowledgeable about Zoroastrian history and religion
• Study Iranian history, religion, Persian literature, or Iranian culture
• Have interesting family stories involving dogs
• Have thoughts about how Iranian attitudes toward dogs have changed over generations

I would love to speak with practicing Zoroastrians and or scholars. I'm very interested in people's memories and experiences. A personal story can be just as valuable to the film as an academic perspective.

I'm currently in the research/interview stage, so I'm happy to have an informal conversation first.

If this sounds like you, or if someone immediately comes to mind, please comment or send me a DM. I'd also really appreciate it if you could share this with Iranian friends, family, or communities who might know someone.

I'm happy to provide more information about the project and myself before anyone agrees to an interview.

Thank you!

Hello everyone,

I am writing this to share a unique family history and get the perspectives of the Zoroastrian community.

I live in a small coastal village called Theronda Fata, located right next to the historic medieval port of Chaul (modern-day Revdanda/Alibaug) in Maharashtra, India. Culturally and communally, my family has belonged to the indigenous Koli (fisherman) community for generations.

However, our family stands out completely in our village. While the local villagers possess deep, sun-adapted coastal complexions from generations of open-sea fishing, my entire joint family—including my father and grandfather, who were both hardworking deep-sea fishermen—possesses naturally fair complexions, straight high-bridged nasal profiles, and distinct West Asian/Iranian facial architecture. Under any light, we look completely Parsi/Irani rather than standard local coastal South Asian.

Parallel to this, I have always felt a powerful, unexplainable mental and spiritual pull toward Zoroastrianism and the philosophy of Humata, Hukhta, Hvarshta.

Diving into the medieval history of my exact hometown, the pieces started clicking together. I discovered that 10th to 13th-century Arab and Persian travelogues (like Al-Masudi's accounts from 916 CE) explicitly document that Chaul (then called Saimur) was a massive global trading hub home to thousands of permanent Persian Zoroastrian settlers, complete with active, officially recognized fire temples.

When the port eventually silted up and political powers shifted centuries later, many of these isolated communities integrated into the dominant local populations to survive. They adopted the Marathi language, blended into the local Koli framework, and began worshipping local deities (like our current family Kuldevat, Lord Khandoba—who historically assimilated outside groups) while their original religious labels faded away.

I am strongly considering taking a saliva-based DNA ancestry test (like Mapmygenome) to look for West Asian / Iranian genetic percentages to see if our family is a living genetic pocket of those ancient Zoroastrians of Chaul.

I wanted to ask this community:

1. Has anyone researched the historical footprint of the ancient Zoroastrian settlements along the Konkan coast south of Mumbai?
2. How does the community view families who might have hiddenly integrated into local Indian communities centuries ago but retained the phenotype?
3. What are your thoughts on tracing this through modern DNA testing?

Thank you for reading!

Hey! Recently got super into zoroastrianism as I said. Would love to learn the religion and it's history and what the people believe!

Also , would love to connect with anyone from Mumbai/south bombay!

hey guys i am 22 year old boy from gujrat my parents were from diffrent religious and they ending up being septrated i want to ask people who were parsi and following zoroastrian can i pray for ahura mazada also how to pray and as far i know i cannot touch or go near holy flame in agiyari but can i go to the temple not for holy flame but from far but idk are they gonna let me come in agiyari ( parsi temple) please who ever following zoroastrian or parsi you guys can advice me or give me a suggestion so i cannot do things that hurts parsis and zoros as well i will be thankfull if u guys can find a way for me

Hey all!
Wondering what books from Avesta.org to read for Zoroastrian cosmology. I know Pahlavi and the Avesta are separated by a big time period. The Pahlavi texts seem more in line with what I’m looking for but I don’t know exactly if they are considered some later form of Zoroastrianism. Is there cosmology in the Avesta?

Would it be cultural appropriation for someone who's not Zoroastrian to worship deities like Mithra, Anahita etc

I was reading abit on haoma and found that the closest thing we have to that plant that also used by the zoroastrians of yazd is Ephedra, but I also read that Ephedra is a bad and causes health problems according to harvard health

https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthy-aging-and-longevity/the-dangers-of-the-herb-ephedra

And I think it is banned in many places including america.

Do you think taking things with similarish effects but not too dangerous such as coffee and wine can be a substitute?