I will now tell you who are assembled here the wise sayings of Mazda, the praises of Ahura and the hymns of the Good Spirit, the sublime truth which I see rising out of these flames. You shall therefore harken to the Soul of Nature. Contemplate the beams of fire with a most pious mind.
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"I am the one who seeks to serve Ahura Mazda with devotion."
"Let us therefore be of those who further this world, O Mazda Ahura, and you other Ahuras, by deeds of Good Thought, by words, by actions."
"Hear with your ears the best things; behold with a clear vision the two choices, deciding each man for himself, before the great consummation."
"That which is good for all and any one, For whomsoever- that is good for me. . . What I hold good for self, I should for all. Only Law Universal is true law."
"The reward for righteousness is not merely in the afterlife, but in the present moment through inner peace and joy."
Iranian prophet who founded Zoroastrianism, the first major religion of cosmic dualism between good (Ahura Mazda) and evil (Angra Mainyu). Closely associated with The Buddha (near-contemporary Eastern moral-cosmological revolutionary). For an intellectual contrast, see Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher of 'beyond good and evil' — Nietzsche appropriated Zarathustra's name for Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883) precisely to invert the original's moral cosmology — the historical Zoroaster founded the good-versus-evil framework Nietzsche's character announces the end of.
Sermon or teaching, from 'The Teachings of Zoroaster and the Philosophy of the Parsi Religion'
Date: c. 1500-1000 BCE
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The speaker calls a gathered audience to listen as he shares divine wisdom revealed to him through sacred fire. He asks them to honor the spirit of the natural world and gaze into the flames with reverence and an open heart. It is an invitation to receive truth through quiet attention rather than argument, treating fire as a window into the divine order behind reality.
Zoroaster taught that Ahura Mazda, the Wise Lord, communicated through the holy fire and the Good Spirit (Spenta Mainyu), themes central to his Gathas. As a priest-prophet who reformed older Iranian religion, he addressed assemblies of followers and challengers, urging them toward truth (asha). The line mirrors his Gathic voice: a teacher invoking Mazda, praising the Good Mind, and using fire as the visible emblem of divine presence.
Zoroaster lived in greater Iran roughly between 1500 and 1000 BCE, amid pastoral Indo-Iranian tribes who worshipped many nature deities through fire-altar rituals and animal sacrifice. Writing was scarce, so wisdom passed orally through hymns chanted at fire ceremonies. His monotheistic reform, elevating one Wise Lord above the old pantheon, was radical for the age and spread through gatherings exactly like the one this passage opens, later shaping Persian religion under the Achaemenids.
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