Wonderful website

This is a wonderful website:

http://www.parsiavaz.com/Welcome.html

The old taxi-driver who was a fisherman in his youth

I was talking to an old taxi-dirver - he told me, for the first 20 years

of his life he was a fisherman and used to live in a village, and

used to get all his food from the sea and from his vegetable 

patch - and he was very happy. He put his net in the sea

and in 3 hours caught enough fish to sell and eat for 1 week!

He said he had no needs, no wants, no worries. A lot of 

people in Asia were living this way for thousands of years.

Until the modern times caught up with him, and the way

of life was lost for ever for him. His old village is gone and 

he has regretted it ever since. He misses the simple life.

Is this what is known as modern progress, the way 

that is taught to us as something every country should 

be doing? Can we question it? Yes, we can.

 

One day, we hope that that simple life will be back for all

of us. The modern cities and technological advances that

the world is so proud of today, do not give human

beings that peace and happiness our  ancestors had for

thousands of years, for we have come far from mother nature.

We have come far from the land, from the seas. We no longer

have the feeling that mother nature, in her endless bounty,

will feed us and look after us. Today we are at loggerheads

with nature and all it's powers - we treat nature as the enemy.

Our cities are a testament to that, because we have cut

ourselves out from the natural way of life.

Like the story about the famous violin player playing in a 

subway and no one paying attention to him, today, 

we miss out all of God's Creations - we dont have the time

to stop and stare. How many of us have looked at the starry sky

recently? We used to do this as children.

There was an English poem like this we learnt in school. 

If anyone remembers it, let us know.

Regards,

Porus.

[ilmeKhshnoom] To, The Editor - Bombay Samachar PTA 08/11/2009

From: Dara Acidwalla
Subject: To, The Editor - Bombay Samachar PTA 08/11/2009
To: "Dara Acidwalla"
Date: Sunday, 8 November, 2009, 20:39

Parsi Tari Arsi (PTA), The Bombay Samachar PTA Edition Dated 08/11/2009

http://bombaysamach ar.com/new/ ptadetails. asp?newsid= 24852

To, The Editor,

In your "Parsi Tari Arsi" column which appeared in the Bombay Samachar
of 1st November 2009, your correspondent Smita Godrej Crishna has
erroneously mentioned inter alia: "The two Trustees belonging to WAPIZ
by issuing a ban against the two priests Ervad Madon and Ervad Mirza,
preventing them from praying at Doongerwadi and two Agiaries – have
taken on the seemingly self-appointed role of religious authority ..It
is deeply distressing that only one Trustee Mr. Noshir Dadrawala has
had the courage to raise his voice in opposition, apparently with no
support from the other Trustees."

These pronouncements are totally misleading and completely distorted.
We all know that Mr. Noshir Dadrawala is a deeply religious person and
as a matter of fact at the Board Meeting of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet
held on 4th August 2009 all the Trustees, without exception (including
Mr. Dadrawala):

RESOLVED THAT Mr. Khushroo Madon and Mr. Faramroze Mirza shall not be
permitted to perform any religious ceremonies/rituals in any B.P.P.
properties or B.P.P. run institutions, at Doongerwadi, Godavara Agiary
or Jokhi Agiary at Godrej Baug.

RESOLVED FURTHER THAT B.P.P. Trustees or their employees/staff, at
such places of worship, shall take such steps as may be necessary to
give effect to this Resolution.

At the said meeting, Trustee Mr. Dadrawala had handed over a letter
dated 3rd August 2009 from Mr. Homi R. Khusrokhan on the same issue.
After detailed deliberation all the Trustees unanimously passed the
aforesaid Resolution.

What is more Vada Dasturji Dr. Kaikhushroo M. JamaspAsa, High Priest
of the Anjuman Atashbehram, Vada Dasturji Dr. Firoze M. Kotwal, Vada
Dasturji Meherji K. Meherjirana of Navsari, Vada Dasturji Dr. Peshotan
H. Mirza of Udwada and Vada Dasturji Cyrus N. Dastur of Surat by their
letter dated 27.8.2009 had welcomed the Trustees' decision to boycott
the service of these two renegade mobeds who have also advertised in
the Parsi Press offering their services for irreligious acts such as
praying for the dead who have been cremated and for carrying out
conversion ceremonies of non-Parsis.

With warmest regards,

Godrej N. Dotivala

Public Relations Officer

Bombay Parsi Punchayet

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Parsi couple overseas looking for Colony flat in South/Central Mumbai

Parsi couple overseas looking for Colony flat in South/Central Mumbai.

A Parsi couple, friends of mine, who have asked not to be named at this point, 

are looking for a Colony flat in South / Central Mumbai. They are currently 

overseas and are seeking to come back in 2010 to be in Mumbai and 

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Happy Khordad Sal Mubarak ... Birthday of Prophet Zarathushtra

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From: Tehemton B. Adenwalla
Date: Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:09 PM
Subject: Happy Khordad Sal Mubarak ... Birthday of Prophet Zarathushtra
To: TZML <TraditionalZarathushtris@yahoogroups.com>

Baname Khuda!

 

Dear Zarathushti humdins,

 

 

it is a pleasure to send this email today on this lovely Khordad Sal day when hundreds of years ago our revered Prophet Zarathushtra Spitaman was born.

 

Khordad Sal - what a day in the Zarathushti calendar!!!

 

It is none other than the Birthday of our beloved Vakshure Vakshuran Paigambar Asho ZARATHUSHTRA Saheb. Yet Zarathushtra Saheb was not an ordinary man, He is himself regarded as equal to an Ahmeshashpand, with all their Splendour and Majesty and Power.

 

Let us travel hundreds of years ago to ancient Iran in the times of King Kai Lohrashp. Everywhere there was rampant evil. And the evil in those days was of monstrous proportions. The evil men would spoil the Yasna ceremonies, pollute the earth with their evil chants and would create havoc in Nature by literarily moving mountains and rivers and other creations of Ahura Mazda to further their nefarious activities. One righteous warrior after other valiantly attempted to stem this evil tide, but the dark forces got stronger and stronger.

 

There were plans in Nature to user a Soul, a Paigambar, who would check these demons and give mankind a Law to fight them. The Divine Plan was also to strengthen and re-establish the Mazdayasni religion that was prevalent at that time.

 

Asho Zarathushtra was born on Khordad Sal day to carry out this mission. It is said that the whole of Nature was joyous at this Phenomenon. The trees and the rivers and the mighty planets in the skies all rejoiced at the birth of this Saviour of mankind.

 

Asho Zarathushtra Saheb brought the demonic and evil forces under control and give the Mazdayasnis the Vi-devo-dat (the Laws to bring the demons under control), also called the Vendidad, which is applicable in all ages and at all times, even today.

 

Paigambar Zarathushtra not only gave us the Gathas, but also other Scriptures and prayers like the Yashts. He taught us not only to live by the Holy triad of Good Thoughts, Good Words and Good Deeds, but also to have faith in all our Scriptures, our ceremonies and our tariquats and rituals.

 

On this day of Khordad Sal, let us walk in the Path shown by our Paigambar Saheb and be good Zarathushtis.

 

I share a snippet of a song in honour of Zarathushtra Saheb, entitled "Koi puche mane kya che tara Zarathosht Paigambar".  It is in MP3 (which can be copied into your cellphones or i-Pods) and play and remember Him daily.

 

Once again, HAPPY KHORDAD SAL MUBARAK to all of you.

 

With best wishes,

Tehemton B. Adenwalla

 

 

 

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