Beliefs
Title: Beliefs
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 485 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Beliefs
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 485 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Zoroastrians believes that Ahura Mazda is the one, good, and eternal god. A constant battle rages between a good and an evil force, and the good is to be worshipped. The term Ahura originally referred to 33 ruling gods in ancient, pre-Zoroastrian religions in Persia and India. Between Ahura Mazda and the humans is by a number of Attributes, called Amesha Spentas or Bounteous Immortals. Within the Gathas, which is the original Zoroastrian sacred text, these
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sacred fire impure. So pure is the flame that in India, even the presence of a non-Zoroastrian in a consecrated place (such as the location of the fire or even the temple itself) is regarded as a contamination.
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