The Holy Gathas 2009

INTRO TO THE GATHAS ( version 2, 2009 ):
These are the words of the prophet Zoroaster. He is the earliest prophet known by name.
There were others before him who are mentioned in the Gathas, but not by name. He lived in roughly 1200 BC (though
some believe 1700 BC), in a time known as the "Bronze Age”, which was the age after the "Stone Age”.
This is normally considered to be the world’s oldest written monotheistic scriptures ("Monotheistic" means "One God").
The word “Gathas” means “songs”, because they were originally put to music to help people remember them. The Gathas
consists mostly of doctrine and teachings about God, wisdom and how to live a righteous life. A very good case can be
made to support the position that the Gathas, despite its age, is also the most unaltered of all scriptures surpassed only
by the Koran. It is considered by believers to be the very message of Almighty God to humanity, for their good.
THIS TRANSLATION:
This translation is a paraphrased version, which means we are more concerned with getting the meaning across then the
actual, most correct, literal wording. Translations of the Gathas vary greatly. This one is heavily reliant on the translation
by Mr D.A Irani, but we have often strayed from his translation to translations done by others. Our basis for deciding
which interpretation of a verse was to be used is as follows: Some translations of the Gathas look like lists of very plain,
rather uneventful, random statements. Others run smoothly, taking into consideration the before and after topics, as well
as the basic assumption that Zoroaster really did have something important to say. Our scales of judgement were simple.
We have chosen the profound over the rambling out of respect for the prophet’s wisdom.
WORDING LEVEL:
We have also tried, wherever possible, to keep the wording simple. Larger words are introduced, but slowly and in a
context where their meaning is absorbable. No foreign words have been used in this translation, with the exception of the
names of people and the word “daeva”, which means “spirit being” (angels and demons). The normal Zoroastrian title for
the Supreme Being, "Ahura Mazda", has been replaced by the word "God", a difficult decision where the case on both
sides is obvious. In the end, it was familiarity for newcomers that was the deciding factor.
It is certainly not, by any means, a perfect translation. Because of the three thousand year gap, it is not possible for
anyone to make a perfect translation. This translation is certainly open to later review, but at present, we stand by it as no
worse than any currently existing translation and believe it succeeds in all major ways to convey the prophet’s message.
(The pictures are an experiment in this version. Some people say they can find things in a book more easily if there are
pictures accompanying the text. The pictures are of plants, animals and God’s general creation.) We have also included
Yasna numbers for compatibility in cross referencing with other translations.
CURRENT EVIDENCE SUPPORTING DIVINE ORIGIN OF GATHAS:

The Gathas stands apart from all other early religious texts.
It contains no monsters, angelic battles, talking animals, adventures of heroes of war or magic.
It also was born in a time when the world was truly a lawless place of raiding parties and oppression, yet has an
unsurpassably high concept of righteousness and justice.
Its concepts of Heaven, Hell, the Holy Spirit and debatably the Devil are the same as many later religions. This is seen by
some as proof of divine authorship on both parts and by others as "concept copying”. Either way, if the Gathas was
man’s imaginations, then all monotheistic texts would fall with it.
The statement is made of some religious texts that no fault, error or wrongdoing can be found in them, but often this
proves false. The Holy Bible makes prophecies that don’t come true (eg. Ezekiel: the city of Tyre will never be rebuilt,
Paul: some of the Thessalonians won’t die before Jesus returns), the Koran approves of the injustice of slavery (letting
them go is optional, but not commanded), and the "Bhagavad Gita" approves of the caste system. The Gathas without any
bias is the only true holder of the "fault free" label. It does not contain any future prophecies and so cannot be incorrect
in their fulfilment. Its level of compassion is far higher than that of even modern human rights charters and it has no
number or event contradictions, as the structure would not accommodate these.
Despite its Avestan trailer, none of the Avestan concepts have leaked into the Gathas. If it were not true, we should surely
see some magic and a lot more adventure in its content.
To some, this protection is believed to have come from the Gathas being put to music (songs are slightly
more difficult to change), and to others, this protection is considered divine.
(NOTE: The Avesta is a collection of later, man-made books about the life of Zoroaster and his friends. They are
considered by most scholars to be purely religious fiction.)
From a scientific standpoint, the gathic belief that daevas are interfering in the affairs of man, are strongly held up the
secular reports of the highly irregular events at Fatima as well as a host of other scientifically documented but
unexplainable phenomenon.
From a moral standpoint, whether invented or inspired, the writer has succeeded in moral guidance to the point where a
righteous person would have to follow and admire it, especially in light of its time of authorship.
From an unbiased religious perspective, if we have ever received a message from God, this is what we would expect it to
look like.
ASNA 30: chapter 1:
( ZOROASTER’S INTRODUCTION )
1) To all people who want wisdom,
here are the words that God, the wise creator, told
me. These are the songs of God Almighty.
Learn their goodness so that your actions will be
an offering to God.
These words are true and they will last long after I
am gone. These words, to you, will be like a bright
light, that will help you see everything in the true way
it really is.
2) Listen, for there is no higher counsel than that given

by God. Stop and think about these words carefully
and judge them in wisdom and without bias.
God has given you free will and everyone must
choose the path they will walk; your religion and
morals are your own choice.
I hope these teachings will wake up those who do not
walk on the right path.
( THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND THE

ANGRY SPIRIT )
3) Long ago, in the beginning, there were two spirits:
the Holy Spirit, which is the power and
influence of good,
and the Angry Spirit, which is the power
and influence of evil.
They were twins, but they were opposites.
They both offer a way to live, a way of thinking,
a way of speaking, a way of acting. People see these
two ways and they choose one or the other.
4) When these two spirits came near to each other,

there was a great struggle. The Angry Spirit exists
to destroy and end all life.
The Holy Spirit exists to enrich and spread life.
These two will struggle until the end of the world.
At that time, those who joined the way of the
Angry Spirit will have a most terrible punishment
for the evil they did, but those who joined with the
good and Holy Spirit will be rewarded by being brought
to a happy higher level of consciousness.
5) The Angry evil Spirit knows only wrong and the

worst path. But the Holy good Spirit wrapped the
imperishable reward of heaven around itself as
clothing. All it knows is the truth and the right way.
The righteous deeds and love of the truth that the
Holy Spirit and its followers produce are the source
of joy for Almighty God.
NOTE TO TEXT:
The above section is about the Holy Spirit and the Angry
Spirit. The Angry Spirit is similar to the “Devil” of other religions. Why God would create the devil is debated, but one
popular, though complicated, theory suggests that because our universe is bound by the laws of physics, it is therefore
completely predictable to God, and as such, the “free will” that God wished to create does not truly exist. In order to truly
create free will, our universe must break free of mathematical, atomic predictability. The only way to do this is to add
outside elements to our world that are not bound to 3-dimensional, atomic law,
And so, because of this, God made the two opposing forces to be in conflict, in order to spread random factors into our
world, thus truly creating “free will”, unpredictable to himself.
The necessity of influence from the two beings would be only slight. Under such a theory, most thoughts of people would
be their own, but a small fraction of thought would be the offers from the two sides. Such offers could be accepted or
rejected. Both beings are meant to be planning large scale events through small steps. Under this theory, the creation of
the devil was necessary in order for free will to exist.
6) The pagan religions of this land could not pick

correctly between good and evil, and so they
worshipped false gods, who were really daevas,
instead of the true God. At the time in their life when
they made their decisions, they were deceived.
They could not see that the evil way was wrong.
They rushed into violence and the hurting of others.
They are destroyers of life and the world.
Note to text:
A “daeva” is a being from the “spirit world”, the world between men and God. Similar concepts exist in all religions.
Most religions believe daevas are divided into two groups : angels and demons.
7) But the Holy Spirit has come to protect life and fight
against them. It brings spiritual strength, good
thoughts, truthfulness and purity. The person
choosing these when passing through the test of
life, at the end, will live with God.
8) When the judgment comes, all evil beings will pay
for what they did.
Then, at the command of God, our minds will be made
free of evil and the kingdom of heaven will be complete.
But before this time,
there are people who will try to save others.
They will bring them from deception to truth;
9) they will work to bring the world towards perfection.
God and the Holy Spirit will help them and guide
their efforts, and wisdom will make its home with
those who invite it.
10) The time will come when evil is finally defeated and
untruth is ended; the time when good people will
be welcomed into heaven.
Heaven is the home of purity, truth, wisdom and
God.
11) So now that you know all this,
write this deeply into your mind:
“There will be pain and suffering for the evildoer,
and there will be happiness and enlightened
understanding for the righteous,
as well as eternal salvation."
ASNA 31: chapter 2:
( THE MESSAGE, WHICH IS LOVED AND

HATED )
1) To all people who search for knowledge, I deliver to
you a message:
There are those who destroy civilization by
distracting the peoples attentions to untrue and
unrighteous things. Those people hate this
message.
But to people who say “God is my master”, this
message brings joy.
( DISCERNMENT IS TO BE LEARNT )
2) People do not naturally recognise the truth, and they
cannot tell the difference between the right path and
the wrong path, so God appointed me as a
teacher, to show how to distinguish good from
evil. Once you know that, you will have discernment,
and you will then be able to live in a true and right
way that will be pleasing to Almighty God.
( ZOROASTER’S PRAYER BEFORE HE

SPEAKS TO THE PEOPLE )
3) I pray to you, O God. Please make me understand
the ways of your Holy Spirit and your Holy Fire.
Make me understand the blessings that will be given
to those who live with discernment.
Make me understand your holy laws of justice.
Make me teach the message as you would teach the
message, so that it will be said in a way that will
affect everyone who hears it.
4) You, O Lord, hear all our prayers.
Make us see things in the true way that they really
are. Fill us with the ways of the Holy Spirit, and let it
guide and assist us.
Make us think with a pure, clear mind, so that we will
see the way to win in the battle against the
spirit of untruth.
5) Make me remember the good things you have done
for me. Give me the wisdom of humility.
O God, help me to look ahead and understand that
the things I do today will effect and change the future.
( SUMMARY OF HOLY WISDOM )

6) A great reward will be given to you if you become a
teacher of holy wisdom. The main things we call
holy wisdom are:
( Self Improvement )
The teachings about perfecting yourself,
( Eternal Life )
The teaching of eternal life for the righteous,
( God’s Kingdom on Earth )

And the teachings about God’s kingdom, which grows
on earth by enlightened minds.
( TRUTH AND LIGHT )
7) It was God who, in the beginning, by his thoughts,

clothed the universe with light.
He, in his great wisdom, also made the truth.
Truth is another sort of light. It is the light that shines
in your mind. Our Great God, who stays the same,
our Great God, who does not change,
send your Holy Spirit to brighten the whole world.
Note to text:
Truth is compared to light. Light makes us able to see things the way they truly are. If something is in the dark, we do not
fully understand it, but when something is in the light, we can see it plainly.
( ABOUT GOD )
8) I knew the qualities of God with my mind, but as life
went on, I saw them with my eyes.
Nothing existed before him,
There will not be a time when others exist but he is gone.
He is the father of good thinking, the creator of truth
and right, the master of the Holy Spirit,
9) the supreme judge of our actions in life, the one who
created all things with his wisdom. He is the ordainer
of free will. We have been given the ability to
choose our own path; we can choose to be a
protector or a destroyer.
( PROTECTING CREATION )
10) Creation is like a gentle cow, who has chosen
pure-hearted, righteous people to be its master.
When the environment is in danger, some people
use many deceptive words, but take no action.
They do nothing to help or defend.
“Non-protectors ” are not fit to be God’s messengers.
Note to text:
Many early cultures compared the earth to a cow. In comparison, people today use the term:
“Mother Earth”. Both Mothers and Cows are known for there gentleness, care and peaceful nature.
( THE CREATION OF HUMANS )

11) God used his perfect intelligence to make our souls
and our bodies.
He thought about the creation of humans very
deeply. He gave us the power of higher thought,
higher speech, higher deeds, and the ability to
choose religion in the way that we want.
Note to text:
The above list: “higher thought, higher speech, higher deeds, and the ability to create or choose a religion”, is the same
list that modern science uses to distinguish humans from the animals.
chapter 2:
( A CONFUSING WORLD )
12) There are many messages to listen to: People who
speak true things lift up their voice, people who
speak false things lift up their voice. People who
really do know about something lift up their voice,
and people who pretend to know about something
lift up their voice.
They all love their ideas. Their ideas are very
precious to them.
May discernment come to people who live in this
confusing world.
13) There are people with religious ideas, and people
with plans about how things should be done,
and people who like to put huge punishments on
others for very small crimes, but God sees it all.
Nothing is done that God does not see.
( QUESTIONS TO THINK ABOUT )

14) I will ask questions, O God.
In this world, there are many things happening
busily, which is the case for now and in
the future. But you will judge it all.
What will be the reward for the truthful righteous?

What will be the punishment for the lying sinners?

What will happen to those who help rise liars to
power ?
What will happen to people who make money
by stealing?
And what will happen to good people who do
not follow the untruth in this world?

The righteous man who lives an orderly life and
does his duties; his first duty to his family,
his second duty to his community, and his third duty
to his country. His soul is synchronised with yours,
O God.
Do you see him and choose him as your servant for
greater tasks?
What thing about his life pleases you the most?
( CENSORING THE MEDIA )

Note to text:
Though some think of “media” as a modern word, very inappropriate for a Bronze Age text, it is correctly used here as
referring to publicly announced knowledge. In early times, speakers in town centres were a common source of
entertainment.
17) People who know are the people who should teach.
The unenlightened should not be allowed the
opportunity to deceive the people anymore.
It is clear which way is the best way. It is the
righteous way, not the wicked way.
O God, grant us wisdom.
18) You should not listen to those who

teach evil to the people. Their teachings bring trouble to
our families, our relatives, our communities and
our lands.
Such people must be stopped.
Note to text:
The above statement is about silencing free speech from wicked people.
Oppression of opinion is often dangerous, as “wickedness” is in the eyes of the beholder.
But when combined with the Gathic call to unbiased truth, such media restrictions
could serve to profit the civilised world. “Opinion” is not always good for humanity.
For example: If opinion on the joys of dangerous drugs, or the superiority of one race over another were publicly
broadcasted, I think most would call for oppression rather than open opinion.
19) Instead, let the things said to the public be:

Things that could in any way bring healing,
teachings of morality,
things that spread enlightenment,
true and accurate knowledge,
and the powerful words of those who are filled
with Holy Fire, who win against evil.
Note to text:
Many will read the above text as a call to put limitations on the entertainment industry . It is worth noting that the above
text does not condemn fiction, but rather is concerned about the morality of the content of the message. Removal of
glorification of wrong-doing is the Gathas’ main concern.
20) The follower of righteousness will live in light.

But the person who teaches
good people to turn to wickedness;
that deceiver will be thrown into the place of
misery for a long time.
What a woeful place that is, a place of darkness, a
place of despair.
It is their own fault that they were sent to
this dark existence.
Note to text:
Some may ask, “What will happen when the long time is up?” Later chapters of the Gathas tell us, at that time, the wicked
are found not worthy to join there fellow human beings in blissful existence, and instead they are destroyed.
chapter 2:
( TREAT GOD LIKE A FRIEND )

21) When people treat God like a friend, not only in
thought, but also in action, then they will be granted
many things.
They will be given complete wholeness, Eternal
Life, highest truth, strength of character
and an unbiased wise conscience.
22) This message I have spoken to you is clear

to people with wisdom, who think things through
carefully. Remember the person who upholds
the truth with all his might and power,
the person who upholds truth with the strength
of his words and deeds.
This person is called “God’s Helper “.
ASNA 32: chapter 3:
( GOD AND OTHER RELIGIONS )

1) There are communities who follow religions that do
not know the whole truth.
They also pray just like we do. They ask for blessings
and happiness for all people, just like we do.
They worship, and spread a message in God’s name.
But God does not support their message, because it
is not pure. It is not pure because some parts of
there message contains untruth and evil.
The real message of pure true religion is this:
2) “The one and only true God is wise. He is king;
he is the protector of truth and is completely good
and right”.
God says to the people of less pure religion:
“Because I want you to flourish and prosper
I will accept your thanks as coming to me.
I will also accept your good worship”
( BIRTH OF EVIL RELIGIONS )

3) But these people are different to people who follow
evil religions.
Such religions are born from the evil thoughts of
evil people.
They start because a wicked person wants to
believe he is more important than other people.
Many people come to honour the wicked leaders
who create such religions.
And then, together, they do all sorts of evil things.
There are many religions like this, some are very
old. Religions like this have appeared in all of the
seven lands.
4) Such people tell lies that can change a person’s mind

so that they will think like them.
These religions can take a person and change them,
so that their worst desires control them.
The people start saying terrible things, they speak
words about how they now love evil, and have
separated themselves from goodness and purity.

These people are far away from the will of God.
They have wandered away from the path of truth and
right.
5) Such leaders have swindled humanity out of a life of
happiness and everlasting joy.
The evil preachers of these religions live evil lives,

they say horrible things and they think about things
that should not be thought about. They pull people in
with lies and they promise that you are “favoured”
and “above other people”. Teaching things like this
ruins people.
6) Religions like this become famous because of the

violence they spread.
But such people will definitely get what they deserve
on the day that they are brought to stand before
God.
God has the highest understanding. He
understands people’s lives completely and he hears
every thought they think.
He will honour rulers of lands who lead people in
truth and righteousness. Those lands will be lands
that belong to God.
7) But people who live evil lives don’t know what will
happen to them when they die.
The time will come when a great flood that looks
like glowing liquid metal will come and destroy their
souls completely. They do not know what awaits
them in the end, but God does.
( THE EVIL MAN, YIMA )
8) Beware of such sinners, and beware of Yima son
of Vivahvant.
He teaches people to sacrifice cows.
When God looks at humanity and sees
all the people, God sees that I am separate from
people like Yima.
Note to text:
Yima was probably a Mithralite. It was the most popular religion of the time.
Mithras was a god who looked like a young man about 15 years of age. In Mithralite mythology, Mithras killed the
heavenly bull, The bulls blood poured on to the dry earth and caused all life to appear. Plants, animals and people were all
meant to be born from the blood of the heavenly bull. Mithraism had two baptisms: One in water, for beginners, and one
in the blood of a sacrificed bull, for people of advanced level. They also had a ceremony similar to Christian communion,
where they drank wine to represent the blood of the bull, and ate bread to represent the body of the bull. After Zoroaster’s
death, Mithras was added to the Zoroastrian religion as the son of God and the bull sacrifice that Zoroaster condemned
was made part of Zoroastrianism.
chapter 3:
( DESTRUCTIO N OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS

PEOPLE )
9) He is a teacher of evil, who destroys understanding.

He destroys the designated running circle of life and
snatches away wisdom from people who start
to find it.
This problem pains me and I cry to God with the
deep words that I feel when I say them.
10) He hates and shuns the light of the sun and

does not think deeply, in respect, about the living
creation of God.
Note to text:
“He hates and shuns the light of the sun”- some have suggested this is a reference to the smoke of fires hiding the sun.
He leads good people to the ways of wickedness.

He turns forests and fields of green grass in to dry
dead ground.
Note to text:
If Yima had any serious effect on the vegetation, it could only have been by the use of fire.
It has been suggested that Yima’s religion may have
been burning down whole forests as a sacrifice to their
gods or as a hunting practice to force out animals.
His people let their weapons fly against innocent

people.
His religion is an enemy of our religion.
11) My life’s work is like a cloth that I weave, but he

tears out the threads.
The evil leaders of the surrounding religions are both
men and women. They take away from people the
righteous land and possessions that their ancestors
gave them.
( MESSAGE TO EVIL PEOPLE )
Listen, you people who steal others away from

purity and wisdom.
12) Listen, you people who see men doing the right
thing, and so you redirect them to the wrong path.
Listen, you people who make your hearts hard and
destroy without any compassion.
Listen, you people who say to yourselves:
selfishness and wickedness is better than
righteousness and truth.
Listen, you people who cry out to be ruled with lies
that please you.
Listen, because Almighty God has something to say
to you: “EVIL ARE YOU ALL.”
13) You are all far away from the message that God
sent to me, his prophet. Your eyes cannot see the
truth. You live in the house of your evil mind.
You hunger for things that belong to other people,
because you are never happy or content with the
things that you already have. You destroy life, as if
it had no value at all.
( THE EVIL MAN, GREHMA )

14) The evil man, Grehma, and the tribal chiefs
have been teaching “The Great Lie” for a long time.
They sacrifice bulls and desolate the good living
environment.
What is the wood that feeds the fire of their evil
madness?
It is the intoxicating drugs they take.
Note to text:
The pagan religion of that time used a drug called “haoma”. It was made from a plant and was taken in liquid form.
15) But God’s message will succeed. It will undo the

work of the evildoers.
The time will come when the evil priests and princes
of this land will no longer rule over righteous
people.
Instead, good people will be escorted to perfection,
enlightened understanding and the eternal life to
come.
16) Following the enlightened doctrines is the most

excellent way a person can live.
May any remaining doubts be taken far from you all,
so that you can truly speak with authority against
evil religions.
ASNA 33: chapter 4:
NOTE TO TEXT:
The reason the Yasna numbers begin at 30 is because the Gathas was put in the middle of the Zoroastrian holy book, “The
Avesta”. The Avesta was written centuries after the Gathas and often contradicts the morals of the Gathas.
( GOD IS JUST )
1) This is the Supreme Law that the universe is built upon:
“The judge of the universe must judge with the
highest, most perfect justice,
fairly, and without favouritism,
taking all knowledge into consideration.
He will judge good people, who chose to
see things in the true way.
He will judge evil people, who chose to
believe and do what pleases them.
And he will judge people who are
a mixture of good and evil.”
chapter 4:
( GIVING OFFERINGS TO GOD )

2) These are the offerings and gifts that God considers
worthy for you to offer him, because these gifts are one
with God’s purpose:
Opposing evil:
Think about why evil is wrong and
tell others about why evil is wrong.
Do what you can to oppose evil
and teach people the other path, the path of good.
Kindness and Generosity to others:

3) Be kind and generous to people who live righteous
lives. Some might be rulers and some might be poor
people; some might be children. Be good to them all.
Protecting the Environment:

Work hard for the environment; help to keep it
healthy and protect it. Think with truth and wisdom
about its needs.
Prayer and Worship:
4) Worship God and pray to God.

Ask him to make you more obedient to his ways.
Ask him to help you turn from any evil ways that
displease him.
Pray also that circumstances might change, so that
a person of good religion rules your land.
Pray that distrust and slander will leave your
community.
Pray that injustice will stay away and not steal
the things from which people make their living.
( ZOROASTER ASKS FOR A SIGN )

5) I, Zoroaster, ask that God will give me many gifts of
good qualities.
They will help me in this life, to gain a great reward
in the next.
6) I have been a loyal priest of God and have learned
the straight path.
I have not been lazy, but have learned to wisely do the
things that need to be done.
Look at my life, O God, and see how I have lived.
And now, O God, I ask for you to visit me. I want to
speak with you; grant me a meeting with you.
7) But It must be in a way so that there can be no
mistake or question that it really is you.
Note to text:
Zoroastrianism has the normal concept found in most religions of God communicating with people, but unlike some
religions, in Zoroastrianism, it is a rare event. The difference between Zoroastrianism and other religions is that when God
speaks, it must be done in a way that the hearer cannot be mistaken as to whether it is truly God or their own head.
( ZOROASTER PRAYS )
Now let us pray:
O God, let this message be heard beyond the limits
of this believing community.
We long for the time when many lands bring
beautiful offerings of humble, reverent prayers to
you.
8) You showed me the greatest good and final
judgement, and then you gave me the wisdom
to bring it to others in the best way.
May our lives be pleasing in your sight, so that you
accept our worship and our songs
9) and eventually grant to us your two great rewards:
the present of eternal life, and the present of being
made whole and complete.
Note to text:
Some have asked the question:
What will happen to babies or the mentally disabled when they die?
Some suggest the above verse tells us that in heaven people will be made whole and complete.
( SUPPORT IN LIFE FROM KNOWING

YOUR REWARD )
The thought of these two presents is like the comfort
of a friend. If people truly considered these two
blessings, then all people would turn to God’s ways.
All people would spread the cause of truth.
All would run to the house of wisdom, saying,
“I will change my ways.”
Truly knowing what awaits you is the best support you
can have in life.
( HAPPY OCCASIONS ARE A GIFT

FROM GOD )
10) All the happy times we have known in the past,

the happiness which we know now,
and the happy times that the future will bring,
all come to us because of your grace, for you
planned and created happiness.
You also planned the eternal joy of heaven, which awaits
those who are of good mind and follow the truth.
( FORGIVE US OUR SINS )

11) Listen to my words, O Great God.
Inspire wisdom, righteousness, good thoughts and
moral courage in us.
And forgive us our sins, not because we are
righteous, but because you are generous.
chapter 4:
( BEING A GOOD LEADER )

12) Arise, O God, and grant my prayer.
Make me more devoted to you; make me focus
on the work I should do.
Send the Holy Spirit to make me pure in goodness.
Make me righteous, make me brave. Give me all of
this, so that the people I lead have reason to
trust me.
13) By your grace, O God, enlarge and sharpen my

mind. Make your ways known to me.
Help me to see clearly the reward for people who
live in your kingdom and your wisdom.
And give to me the ultimate truth.
( THE CREED OF A RELIGIOUS

LEADER )
14) O God, I bring you an offering.
It is the offering of my whole life.
My life is not my own; it belongs to you.
My thoughts belong to you; I will keep them as you
would want them to be.
I will live in obedience to the truth; my words
and deeds will show this.
And I will be responsible with the authority you
have given me as a religious leader.
ASNA 34: chapter 5:
( GOOD DEEDS DEDICATED TO GOD )

1) I dedicate all my good deeds to God,
for God was the one who taught me the right way:
my worship, my words, my actions and
my eternal life that I will receive in his perfect
kingdom. I am deeply aware that all of this is from
God.
2) Wisdom leads the righteous person, and good

deeds come from his goodness, only because his
soul follows the path of truth that God has made.
So let us glorify God with songs about his goodness.
3) We say this because we give to God the praise
which he deserves. We look up to him and adore
him. All that have joined his kingdom will be made
perfect by purity and wisdom.
( ARE YOU IN GOD’S KINGDOM ? )

Are you part of his kingdom?
If your mind thinks right thoughts, then you can know
that you are safely considered part of his kingdom.
( GOD’S HOLY FIRE )

4) Your Holy Fire, O God, is mighty; it is filled with truth.
It is quick and powerful. May it come to help and
bring its warm joy to good people. But when it finds
wicked people, may it put an end to the evil it finds.
( WHEN ARE MIRACLES GRANTED? )

5) God has great power, and God owns everything in
all of creation. But is it right for God to show us
special treatment and protect us if he does not use
his power to serve others?
If you live in a righteous and pure way, and you
spread God’s message, even taking God’s message
to people who live evil lives or worship daevas, and
you have used your own power to help the weak and
the poor, then God would be justified in giving you
special treatment and using his power to help you.
( GUIDANCE IN LIFE )
6) God’s very being is made out of truth and wisdom.
I have asked him for guidance at every stage of my
earthly life. May he help me until I have come safely
home to him, singing songs of joy.
( TIMES OF GREAT TROUBLE )

7) Where are the people who are strong when things
turn bad? This is a way to tell if their religion was
true to them:
Strong people spread the light, even when things
have turned to sadness in their lives, and they
say, “I still accept no other way but God’s way”.
Great God, please help people during hard times.
Comfort them with the truth.
8) But in times when men attack others and spread

fear;
when people spread misery and ruin;
when God’s commands are forgotten
and those with power oppress the weak;
when such people do not stop to mourn the death
of truth and righteousness;
when purity is far from them;
9) when men insult and mock the way of the
Holy Spirit, causing pain to those who follow it;
when wisdom is hated and ignorance is loved;
That is the time for the children of the truth to

run away like hunted animals !
chapter 5:
( THE KINGDOM OF WISDOM )

10) The person who understands all these things will
ask for wisdom to help him in all his deeds.
Then his life will accomplish a lot; it will be like a
tree full of fruit.
He will find strength to do right and follow the truth.
He will be a citizen of the kingdom of heaven.
11) It is the thought of perfection and eternal life that

keeps us going in hard times.
Perfection and eternal life are equal;
one is not better than the other.
We will need strength and truth to keep the kingdom
of wisdom alive on earth.
May God give wisdom to us,
the enemies of his enemies.
( A PRAYER )
12) Pray and ask God these things:
What is your will, O God, and what are your
commandments?
How should we worship you?
What should we bring to you as a gift?
Speak to me, O Lord, so that I may hear you.
Tell us what pleases you; tell us what kind of people
you reward.
Purify our minds to make us followers of the
honourable path of truth and right.
( THE PATH OF REWARDS )
13) God has shown me only one path to follow:

the path of wisdom.
To walk this path, you must want only the truth,
and you must listen carefully to the teachings
and guidance of more spiritual people.
This path leads to rewards, and the rewards
are given by God.
14) God is the giver of precious rewards:

He gives rewards to people with pure minds.
He gives rewards to people who labour and work
hard looking after the animals and the environment.
He gives rewards to people who are guided by the
Holy Spirit and have a true and deep
understanding of our religion; who work to spread
the message that will bring many people to join
God’s great plan.
( CLOSING REMARKS )
15) O Great God, help us to understand your teachings,
which are the best teachings.
And help us to do your actions, which are the best
actions.
These are the actions which come from wisdom
and from seeing things in the true way that they
really are.
We tell others how much we love you, O God, by
singing songs of praise about you.
For you, O God, are king, and it is you who, by your
power, keep the cycle of life running,
because you are generous and loving, O God.
( END OF BOOK ONE )
Note to text:
What is the relation of the Gathas to other religions?
Judaism:
In the Jewish bible, King Cyrus, King Darius and king Artaxerxes are three Zoroastrian kings found in the book of Ezra,
who all assist in building the Jewish temple and speak to the Jews in a manner which implies they acknowledge the God
of the Jews to be the same God as their’s. Yasna 30,3-5&8 was found in Hebrew among the dead sea scrolls and was
considered as scripture by the Essence (a Jewish denomination Believed to have been led by John the Baptist).
Christianity:
The story of the birth of Jesus in the Christian bible has a passage about magi coming from the east with gifts. The word
“Magi” means “Zoroastrian priest”.
Hinduism:
The Persian word for demon is “DAEVA”, which is what the Hindus call their gods. Some of the pagan religions and gods
Zoroaster opposes migrated to India. The earliest hindu book, the “Rig Veda”, and the Gathas are written in the same
language.
How does the Gathas view other religions?
The Gathas teach that God, in his mercy, accepts the worship of the people of other religions, despite them not having
accurate knowledge about him.
The major difference between God, in the Gathas,
and God, in the other monotheist texts, is that God, in the Gathas, is completely good, compassionate,
just and can do no evil.
In Judaism, God often commands the killing of races for sins their ancestors committed (1 sam 15). He also has laws
allowing rape (deut 21:10), and kills children (2kings 2:23). In Christianity, he creates some people as “objects of wrath”
(Romans 9). He saves only those who have heard of and believe in Jesus (1 john 5:12) and sends others to eternal
torment in hell (rev 14:11). While the God of Islam is less cruel, he still allows slavery, which is a compassionless practice.
And In Hinduism Krishna approves of the social caste system.
In the Gathas, Zoroaster decides that the God who communicates with him is the only “one true God”, because all his
ways are right and just. In this world, many voices speak of their interpretation of God. Jehovah’s witnesses, Mormons,
Christians, Muslims, Jews, etc. all try to sell their version of God.
I advise you to consider Zoroaster’s advice: If God, in a religion, does any wrong, then that religion does not have an
accurate picture of the true, supremely righteous God.
ASNA 47: chapter 6:
( THE ROLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT )

HELPER
1) If you put in effort to do your very best:
your very best in good deeds, and your very best in
right thoughts, then God will send his spirit to help
you do your best. It will make you whole and
complete, and will supply what you lack.
And God will give you eternal life in the next world.
EMPLOYER
2) The person who lives in this way is the worker of
the Holy Spirit.
His mind will be purified, and the words that come
from his mouth will be wise, helpful words.
The Holy Spirit will use him as its tool, so that he will
work to bring peace.
The strength that powers him is his knowledge that
God is the father of truth.
3) God is the master of the Holy Spirit.
God used wisdom to make the world.

He made the world to please us and bring us joy.
If we all follow the Holy Spirit and right thoughts,
we will live in peace.
PUNISHER
4) The Holy Spirit is a helper to righteous people.
But it is also sent to cause trouble to wicked people.
Let us follow its good example: Whether you are rich
or poor, you can still work alongside righteous people,
and work against evildoers.
GUIDE
5) God also sends the Holy Spirit to righteous people to
bring them the way that is best for them.
But the wicked live far away from God’s grace, God
does not guide wicked people who live in lies,
Their lives are made by their own deeds and their
own deeds are made by their evil minds.
REMOVER OF OBSTICALS
6) God also uses the Holy Spirit and his holy fire to
punish and remove the wicked, and give success
to the righteous. He does this so that peace, justice
and righteousness will grow, and many people will
hear his message.
ASNA 48: chapter 7:
( THE HEALED WORLD )

1) The time will come for all men to be rewarded;
a time when truth has crushed all lies;
a time when wrong ideas and religions of false gods
are gone forever, and the secret actions of evil men
will be exposed. Then, at that time, every person will
understand the power of God; every person will know
how great his glory is!
2) O Great God,
will righteous people overcome evil and heal the
world before the time when you, our great God, take
over and rule in full? A world without trouble would
truly be a most wonderful thing.
( HOW TO BE A WORTHY SERVANT )
3) God is generous and he sees everything.
This is the sort of person that God considers worthy

to serve him:
One who not only has received this message, but
has also studied it and understands it;
one who uses these teachings to enlighten his mind
to goodness;
and one who always has the base of his knowledge in
the truth.
( THOUGHTS ARE THE ORIGIN OF SIN )

4) There are some people who try to keep their mind
on pure thoughts about right and good things.
There are others whose minds are always thinking of
wrong things and sinful ways. The mind directs your
whole body: where you think is where you will go.
What you think about becomes what you do and
say. So it is your mind that will determine your life,
and it is also your mind that will eventually
determine how you will be judged.
The wisdom of God declares that all will be judged!
( GOOD RULERS AND PROTECTING

THE EARTH )
5) Good rulers who rule well should stay,
but those who are evil rulers should be removed.
The world needs wise and intelligent people to rule;
rulers who are humble before God,
and skilled before men;
rulers who want to bring humanity to perfection;
rulers who want to spread happiness;
rulers who work hard and are active;
rulers whose main ambition and highest goal is to
care for the land they govern, wanting people and
animals to be satisfied and prosperous.
chapter 7:
( GOD’S LOVE FOR HIS CREATION )

6) For the earth is the good home God has made for
us. We should work hard and look after it, and in
return, we will live in the peace and prosperity that
the earth will give back to us.
At the time when God made the world and caused
all the plants to grow,
at the time when he created the living animals,
at that time he loved the earth, and it was his desire
to see it prosper.
( AGAINST RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE )

7) Listen to me, all you people who have joined the
truth.
Listen to me, all you people who are now chained to
wisdom.
Never use anger or violence to spread the holy
cause, and never be filled with hate.
Missionaries should be calm, to show that they are
citizens of heaven.
( ZOROASTER’S ANGUISH )
8) O Lord, I wish I could understand what heaven is
like.
I wish I knew the great joy that will be given to those
who live to serve God and who do the many good
deeds, to which the Holy Spirit leads them.
9) O Lord, I wish I was already in the time where you
rule, but I am not in heaven, but on earth.
I am still among people who hate me,
and people who look at me in fear and suspicion.
O Lord, I would have comfort in these times, if only I
knew your full plan. If I am your appointed prophet,
then won’t you please tell me what your plan is for
the future ?
10) When will the good people join as one to spread the
true message?
When will they remove the evil of intoxication from
the earth.
Note to text:
The priests in Zoroaster’s time were using a certain plant to make a drug called "haoma". Archaeological study of their
temples found storehouses for it. Their religion was largely based around the use of this drug.
Note 2: Despite the Gathas condemning the use of this plant, later Zoroastrians made its use a part of their religion. Their
later writings teach that it is the plant that gives you wisdom about spiritual things (Yasna 9 to 11). They have even created
an angel of haoma, who is called Haoma. Reaching the divine through intoxicants is also a common practice in some
strands of the Hindu faith, as well as Rastafarianism, some Native American religions, and a number of other belief
systems.
The people are mad with intoxication;

The rulers are mad with intoxication .
They sacrifice living animals to there gods,
and desolate the land around them.
11) I want to know what will happen.

When will there be many like us through out the
Land; people like us, who live to serve God?
When will the time come where people live in
peace, and fields are green, and everyone is
happy because we are ruled well?
( APPOINTED SAVIOURS )
Who are the people who will overthrow wicked
men and bring us peace? Who are the people who
will be known as "the wise ones"?
12) These people will come to us. They will be the
saviours of the earth. They will be people whose
thoughts and actions are one with the laws of
truth, and their focus will be justice. They will
make the world a better place. These are the
people whom you will appoint to get rid of war and
violence. Thank you, O God.
Note to text:
In the above section, the appointed saviours are not mentioned as being prophets or having divine knowledge, but rather,
a God given conscience that wants justice and equality. It is credible to assume people such as Abraham Lincoln, Ghandi,
Mother Teresa, Buddha, Martin Luther King jr., etc. may have been moved against injustice by God’s intervention.
ASNA 49: chapter 8:
( BANDVA, ZOROASTER’S
ENEMY )
1) There is a man who opposes me.
His name is Bandva. He is a strong enemy
and stops my plans from succeeding.
He wants to keep the people from hearing my
message. I turn to you, O God. Please have mercy
on us. Wisdom is the weapon I want from you to
help me fight this evil man.
2) He has worked against me for a long time now,
He fell away from the path of truth and right, and now
he is a man of violence. He opposes my message that
brings happiness and prosperity. He tells people that
they should not purify their minds, and when I plead with
him, none of my words ever affect him.
Perhaps he has no conscience at all!
chapter 8:
( CHOOSING YOUR FRIENDS )

3) Great God, this is the way to describe our religion:
If you choose right, then the time will come when
everyone will see that you were right.
But if you choose wrong, then you will become
undone and have nothing.
So always think only good thoughts,
and don’t be friends with evil, unrepentant people.
4) You should not be friends with people who gossip,
slander and cause trouble,
or people who are violent or encourage violence.
If you are friends with people who live like this,
God will see you as helping the spread of evil
instead of trying to stop it.
5) But if you love and cherish the way of the pure mind,
and think of it as a treasure, then you help to spread
many kinds of goodness.
Your closest friends should be wise people who
follow the true way, people who you know will be in
heaven with you and God.
( A GROUP PRAYER )
Now let us pray:
6) I ask you, Great God, please help us understand
what you want.
Let us understand you in the wisest and most
accurate way.
Help us always to choose the righteous way of the
paths before us.
Let us make the truths of our religion known to many
people.
7) God hears our prayer, but so do you, who pray with

me. My family, my friends, and people in the truth
with enlightened minds:
Do you hear the things you pray when we pray
together,
and do you mean them ?
Do you fully mean it, when we pray as a group, to live
by God’s laws and ask God to help us spread the
message?
( A MESSAGE TO PEOPLE IN THE

FUTURE )
8) Frashaoshtra, you and truth work together like a
team. God has made you like this, and I, Zoroaster,
ask God to make me more like you in this way.
I also ask God to make us known as
"The messengers whom God personally sent".
May people who are in God’s kingdom in future times
hear about us.
9) I now leave a message to people who will be born

in future times, whose job it is to save the world from
evil:
You who live long after me, please hear my words:
do not ever compromise by working together with
evildoers, and if you are a ruler, do not make
alliances with people who follow evil ways.
If you succeed in your mission, you have a truly
great reward waiting for you at the judgment.
10) You are held by God, you rest in his care.

Be pure minded, righteous people, but also
remember to be humble before God, and know
that he is unimaginably higher than we are.
He is the one that sustains our eternal life, the
existence which will be forever and ever, with
undying power.
11) But to you in the future who are wicked rulers,
and all people of evil deeds, evil words and evil
thoughts, you have low and twisted souls.
After judgement, all of you who lived in
the house of the lie will be sent together to a new
home, a home called: “THE DISGUSTING PLACE" .
( ZOROASTER PRAYS )
12) I, Zoroaster, ask for the truth to come and help me,
and also for wisdom to come and help me.
I feel your grace, O God, when I sing songs of
praise to you.
Please give me the best path.
ASNA 50: chapter 9:
( YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY )

1) Whose job is it to keep me uninjured and healthy?
Whose job is it to protect my possessions ?
These things are my own responsibility, so
I lean on making good plans by the wisdom God
has given me.
To wisdom is where we should turn.
We should be prepared for what may come.
Note to text:
The above section on making careful plans and being responsible is rare among religious texts.
Many, if not most, religions promise miraculous protection to adherents. In the Gathas,
miracles seem to be in the form of divine influence rather than bending the laws of science. They are also not a promised
right, but rather, are a rare gift from God.
chapter 9:
( THREE ACCEPTABLE WAYS

TO LIVE )
( THE "DECENT" WAY )

2) What is the normal way God intended for people to
live?
How should people act and work?
They should care for the world that God gave us to
bring us joy with its beautiful green fields.
They should live orderly decent lives under the sun,
which comes up each new day with glorious
splendour.
They should be in harmony with the good laws of
their land. People who live like this do what God
wants. They will be rewarded at the judgement.
( THE "RELIGIOUS" WAY )

3) But there are some people who do more than that.
Some people may hear the teachings of God’s religion
and be moved by them to do good deeds.
So they live a life of helping others, teaching others
to do what is right, and helping to repair the lands
that evil men have destroyed. To those people, God
will give them more, because they have done more.
God’s wisdom has decided that they will have
a reward according to their deeds in the kingdom of
heaven.
Note to text:
Heaven, Hell, judgement day and many other Zoroastrian teachings do not appear in the Judaeo-Christian bible until they
are concurred by the Persian- Zoroastrian empire. The books of Genesis through to Esther do not contain a single
reference to the afterlife. There is solid proof that the bible’s later writers had absorbed large amounts of Zoroastrian
morality from there neighbours.
The Hindus also borrowed a great many concepts from Zoroastrianism.
And so, though Zoroastrianism, in its original form, ceased, Judaism, Islam ,Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism have all
carried on many of the moral teachings of God’s original perfect religion. As such, the above passage applies to 90% of
living religions today.
( Because religious ideas form a tree beginning at Zoroastrianism, some have called this religion “The Original Seed, that
God planted ”. )
( THE "WALKING WITH GOD" WAY )

4) But this is the way that I live:
I let truth be the master of my heart.
I try to only think the very best thoughts.
I love God with the highest love.
I honour God.
I worship God.
I sing to God.
For me, when I reach the gates of heaven,
my joy will be the joy of coming home,
and my soul will live in the house of songs forever.
( ZOROASTER’S PLAN TO TEACH THE

PEOPLE THROUGH SONGS )
5) Great God, if you are pleased with the way I teach
your message, and if you are pleased with how I have
put your words to music, so that the people can better
remember them as songs,
then please give me your hand of success,
your grace, your help.
6) Lord, I sing songs to teach the people the path of

praising you, and of wisdom, and of truth.
Give me, Zoroaster, more skill as a musician, so that I
can do a better job of spreading your message.
7) Please send to me these three things:

the Holy Spirit, truth, and wisdom.
Send them quickly to save me. Let them be to me
like a horse that I ride through life, and then let
them carry me safely home to heaven.
( PRAISE FOR WHAT GOD HAS

DONE FOR US )
8) I approach you, O God, with loud songs of joy and
my hands raised high.
I adore you; I am humbled by your righteousness.
I look up to you, always thinking only good of you.
9) I praise you in songs, but I also worship you with
deeds. I do good deeds done in wisdom,
and I try to live a righteous life.
I choose to follow you of my own free will.
10) Great God, you are glorious. You have given

us so much:
The love in the world and the kind deeds that

people do for each other,
the love that people will show, and the kind things that
will be done in the future.
All the things in this world that are so beautiful to
our eyes,
and all the things that are so pure and pleasing to
our minds.
The greatness of the sun that rises every morning
with splendour, to begin a new day of new things.
All of this and more you have given us, and so I praise
You, O God.
11) People call me "the singer of God’s praises",

and I will do what I can to keep this reputation,
for as long as my power will last.
May God, the creator of the world, use me in his plan
to renovate the world.
( END OF BOOK TWO )
ASNA 43: chapter 10:
( REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS

AT THE JUDGEMENT )
1) If you bring happiness to others, then God will bring

happiness to you.
I pray for God to keep my body healthy and strong.
I also pray that my mind would be sharp and clear, so
that I will be able to focus on truth.
Please send your spirit of right-mindedness to me, so
that my mind may become enlightened. Then I will be
blessed and happy, because I will walk in the life
guided by wisdom.
2) God will bless those who strive for righteous, higher
purposes. They will receive the Holy Spirit. Then they
will have good days, and know contentment.
3) Now about teachers:

The teacher who directs people to the path of
righteousness, truth, and the spread of happiness,
is actually leading them along the road to heaven,
the home of God. When a teacher does this, he is
called "Gods helper" and will be greatly rewarded.
4) You, O God, are the highest help to
which we can turn.
You will give to the righteous what the righteous
deserve, and you will give to the wicked what the
wicked deserve. Your good ways are like a warm fire
that keeps me satisfied.
5) You, O God, are the highest and most supreme being.

You are greatly above all others.
You were the original source of all that is created.
I was shown that in the beginning, you decided, in
perfect wisdom, that actions would be treated by you
with justice, and at the end of the world, you will deal
with people according to what they have done.
6) Then, at last, you will come to us in full, O God.
You will rule all with the most righteous, wise mind.
All will live in abundant prosperity. The one eternal,
wise law will be taught, and this law cannot be
twisted by deceit.
( ZOROASTER IS QUESTIONED )
7) A wise, pure minded angel came to me, and it asked me
some questions :
Who are you? Who do you belong to?
What is your plan to enlighten the people?
How will you answer the questions people ask?
I gave these answers:

"My name is Zoroaster. I do all in my earthly power
to stop people doing evil and shun all that is wrong,
but I put much effort into being a true friend of
those who do good.
While ever I am alive to sing songs to my beautiful
God, so, too, shall I teach the people to awake, see,
and understand God’s eternal power over all."
9) Then the angel said to me, "Who will you

worship?”
I replied, "In the presence of the fiery light of the
glory of God, for as long as I live, I will cherish and
love the great gift of knowing and following God’s
righteous ways."
Note to Text:
The Gathas is vague on the topic of angels. This is the accepted tradition of most religions: God created the race of
spiritual beings (called daevas). Some turned evil and came to the earth as tricksters and false gods, while others stayed
good and live in heaven with Almighty God.
The word translated as “angel” here is the Persian word for “supernatural spirit being”.
10) I beg you, O God, please help me to be righteous.

I beg you, O God, please help me to be right-minded.
Teach us what questions to ask, because
questions lead to answers, and answers are what
enrich us.
I ask this especially for people in leadership,
for they are the ones with the responsibility
of guiding the people.
11) You, O God, are the highest and most supreme
being; you are greatly above all others.
Then right-mindedness enlightened me. God’s

words entered me. I knew then that the task ahead
would be difficult and that hardships would come
my way.
But this will not stop me from speaking God’s
message. Though it is hard I know this road is best.
12) God taught me righteousness. He commanded me

to "go forth and proclaim his ways". Of the things
he revealed to me, I did not ignore even the
smallest detail. Rather, I cherished them all.
He greatly enlarged my conscience, and my focus
was always on the great judgement.
13) My mind was made good, and I made a request of
God: "Great God, I ask for something that no man
is ever able to give me. I ask you for a long life,
because I see I have much work to do, for the
good of others.
14) “I know you give as a man gives to his friend,
and so I ask also for the gift that fills me with joy:
the gift of wisdom. Clothe me with authority.
Send to me your righteousness. May I stand with
all those who have ever followed you,
and proclaimed the message of your holy creed.”
Note to text:
A creed is a list of the most important beliefs that a religion holds. For example, the creed of the Gathas is: I believe in
one God, who is creator and sustainer of all. I believe he is completely good.
I believe in the resurrection from death.
I believe in the day of judgement, where good people will be rewarded with eternal life in
splendour, but evil people will be punished, according to the pain they have caused others, and
after this they will be destroyed.
chapter 10:
( THE TWO BEST POSSESIONS

AND A PRAYER )
15) You, O God, are the highest and most supreme
being. You are greatly above all others.
When my mind was purified to goodness, I clearly
saw that the two best possessions a person can
have are these: the ability to think deeply about things,
and the ability to be content with what you have.
If you are a leader, remember never to compromise

with evil doers, for they are bringers of harm to
those who live good lives.
16) Now let us pray! O great God,

I, Zoroaster, and those who choose to follow the
most Holy Spirit, ask of you these things:
May righteousness live inside us with full strength.
May right-mindedness shine from us like the sun.
May our mind be purified to goodness.
May we remember that good people will be
rewarded for the amount of work they do.

( QUESTIONS TO THINK ABOUT )
Note to Text:
Chapter 10, verse 10 says:
“Teach us what questions to ask, because questions lead to answers, and answers are what enrich us.”
( EASY QUESTIONS )
1) I will ask questions about life, O God:
What is the right and pleasing way to worship you?
Would you not reveal the truth to your friends?
The truth is also our friend; it gives us help by
purifying our minds.

What is the best way to live?
What is the reward that the righteous will receive?
Are holy, righteous people healers of the world?
Do they have value to all; are they true friends to
humanity?

In the beginning, who created logic?
Who is its father?
Who decided which path the sun and stars
would take?
It is none but you who does these things.
You cause the moon to go through its cycles, month
by month.
I know it was you, O God, but you are too great for
any person to comprehend.

Who holds the up sky?
Who created water?
Who made the plants?
Who gave speed to the winds?
Who gave motion to the clouds?
Who is the one who brings our minds to
the good way?
What great artist made light and darkness?
What great artist made a time for sleep and
a time to be awake?
Who ordained sunrise, midday and night,
so that decent people have divided times to go
about there duties in life?
Are these next statements true?
Do our actions help to spread the truth?
Does the kingdom of heaven rest on the
foundation of wisdom?
Tell me who this richly supplied, beautiful
world has been created for?
Who was the creator of goodness?
Who decided fathers would have sons
to honour them?
Let us understand God by the power of
his Holy Spirit.
( MEDIUM QUESTIONS )
Do we reach enlightenment by purifying our minds?
Does truth teach us the purpose of life?
How do we purify our souls so that they are
perfect in goodness?
Because God has made clear to us that religion
is very important,
How can we see religion with correct eyes?
Religious people will live together with truth
and wisdom in God’s house.
Is the true religion the one that teaches truth
and prospers all people?
Is the true religion the one that encourages justice
and humility?
Is the true religion the one that intelligently
understands God?
What plans must be made to be a successful
missionary.
I know, O Great God, that you called me to be a
missionary, and I know that missionaries of other
religions will be competing against me.
How do we tell righteous people from wicked
people?
To which of the two do lies belong?
If someone opposes good, does that make
them evil?
chapter 11:
( DIFFICULT QUESTIONS )
How do we remove the spirit of untruth from
among us?
Its home is with the unfaithful and rebellious
people, people who work hard to be an
enemy of truth; who do not want to
listen to wisdom at all.

How do the righteous conquer and rule over evil?
What holy teachings can we use to disarm evil
and take away its power?
How do we trap the evil ones in frustration,
So that their hope of success is gone?
How do we make evil extinct?

If God is going to protect me, then answer this:
When the two forces go into battle over me,
the one fighting to stop God’s holy
religion, and the other fighting to spread it,
which force is stronger?
Which force will win?

What should a person do to succeed in giving
teachings that lead to the protection of creation?
Show me a vision or sign, so that I know that you

have chosen me to give judgements that will heal
the world.
Let obedience and intelligence be on me
and everyone else who wishes to be your servant,
regardless of who they may be.
How shall I reach you?
How can I be perfect?
How shall my voice be effective?
It is through the words of these holy songs, which
were received from the truth.
May we be carried up to the presents which are given to
us by God: the present of eternal life, and the present
of no pain.

How do we earn the final reward?
How do we learn to control our senses, so that
they take in only what we want?
What is the best way to bring the teachings of
eternal life and wholeness to the world?

What will the penalty be for the one who does not
pay his workers or give to people what he rightfully
owes them, mistreating even righteous people?
What should be his penalty in this life?
For we already know what he will suffer in
the next life.
20) Do Daevas make good rulers?

This is my question to those who become friends
with them. By the help of demons, the priests of
this land and the priestly family of Usig have
offered up the world to violence.
By the help of demons, the princes, who help the
priests, grows strong in destruction.
If only these people could see that the world
is like a field, and it would grow an abundant
crop, if it were given truth, law and order.
ASNA 45 : chapter 12:
( GOOD AND EVIL )

1) I am calling a meeting.
Come to me, all who live near and far away.
Listen to what I have to say.
Think carefully about all my words; think about
them with a clear mind,
for I am trying to save your souls.
Do not let false teachers pull you back to the path
of wickedness; the path you used to follow,
but now have been set free from.
For now, your eyes are opened; you can see
that the words of the false teachers are lies.
2) Now I will tell you what happened at the time

creation began.
There were two spirits, the holy one
and the evil one.
The Holy Spirit said to the Evil Spirit,
“We have nothing at all in common,
neither in thoughts or wisdom,
neither in our intentions, or our choices.
Our words are not the same,
our deeds are not the same,
our consciences are total opposites.
There can never be any agreement between us.”
3) Regarding evil, there is a very important thing that

you must remember: God (who knows every thing)
spoke to me and said,
“You have been given holy words,
and the right way to interpret those holy words.
Any person who does not live by these righteous
guidelines, in the end, will suffer misery and
sadness.”
chapter 12:
( GOOD AND EVIL )

4) But regarding good and the right way to live,
remember always to treat truth with respect,
and honour it, for it is one of the greatest of
God’s creations.
God created right-mindedness.
God created persistence and the strength to do
what needs to be done.
God sees everything and watches over all.
No one can escape or deceive God.
5) God also said to me, “These are the most important

words a person can hear:
Those who listen and obey me and do good
will be given eternal life, and I will make them
perfect."
This is the word of the Lord.
6) Now, I will tell you about the greatest of all things.

I will sing with truthful words, about my beautiful
God, who is good to all.
God’s Holy Spirit will hear my song. My purified
mind speaks to me, saying, "Know Him.”
God’s wisdom will guide me safely home.
7) This is the great law, which is enforced by the authority

and power of Almighty God:
Those who are now alive,
those who are alive no longer
and those who have not yet been born
will all receive judgement; they will be given
what they deserve.
The righteous will be given eternal life, surrounded
by supreme beauty,
but evil people will be given great misery.
( ZOROASTER’S JOY AT BEING FULLY

CONVINCED )
8) I am filled with songs of praise.
I want the acceptance of this God who came to me,
for I have carefully watched his ways:
they are right thoughts, right words and right deeds.
And now I have realized the full truth,
that he IS the true God, the highest God, and the
supreme God.
And so, because I now know this, I fall down before
him and worship.
I am so filled with joy and worship,
that my soul now lives in the house of songs.
Note to text:
Zoroaster realized that the way to distinguish Almighty God from false gods is by his standard of justice, goodness and
compassion.
Islam, Judaism, and Christianity are founded on the man Abraham who’s loyalty was tested by God commanding him to
sacrifice his son. The major difference between Zoroastrianism and the Abrahamic faiths is that had
a god asked Zoroaster to sacrifice his Son, Zoroaster would have dismissed the god as a demon, because God is purely
good and can do no evil.
In Zoroastrianism if a god constantly wants death, blood, suffering, and sacrifices, then that is considered a mark that he
or she is a daeva and not the supreme creator and sustainer of the universe.
Note to Note:
(In the story of Abraham God stops Abraham from murdering his son at the last minute, and tells Abraham he has passed
the test (Genesis 22). By Zoroastrian standards the whole event only tested wether Abraham was able to suffer and even
kill for his god ).
( THE EIGHT TEACHINGS )

9) Our purified mind tells us to preach these things
about God to the people:
First Teaching: "Free Will"

It is God who gave us free will, to choose right or
wrong and receive the happiness or sadness that
comes from our decisions.
Second Teaching: "Prayer"

You should pray to God and ask him to bring
happiness to the people and animals in your land,
pray for the prosperity of the world and its living beings.
Third Teaching: "Learning God’s Ways"

Ask God to purify your mind and teach you his laws
and his truth and work to establish justice and good
laws in your land.
Fourth Teaching: "Worship and Telling Others"

10) Sing worship songs to God, and spread his fame.
Let everyone know that he is the supreme God, the
wise creator.
Fifth Teaching: "Heaven"

God is completely righteous and good, and he has
ordained heaven.
Heaven is a place where nothing can die.
Everything is perfect there.
There is eternal strength there; no weakness,
tiredness or sickness of any kind.
It is the house of God.
Sixth Teaching: "Shun Evil"
11) You must learn to say "NO!" to evil and evil-doers.
Seventh Teaching: "Reverence"

Treat God in a holy way. Honour and revere
him who is called "the most high".
Eighth Teaching: "The Love of God"

If you follow these words he gave me to speak,
then God’s love for you will be higher than that of
a friend, even higher than that of a
brother. He will, in fact, love you like a true father.
( REJECTION IN HIS HOMELAND

AND GREAT SADNESS )
1) I will look for a new land.
It is time for me to go from this place,
because my family has turned against me.
The teachers of my youth despise me.
The people reject me as an outcast.
The rulers of this land are very wicked.
But all I live for is to serve God.
( ZOROASTER’S GRIEF )
2) My hopes and wishes have been smashed
to pieces.
Look at me, O God. I have only a few followers,
and very little wealth. How will I support them,
when we go to do your work?
Look at me, O God. I call up to you; I appeal to you.
You are my best friend. Grant me your help.
Greatly increase my wisdom; multiply my truthful
Understanding.
Show me the path to success.
3) The sun has gone down. When will it rise again
for the cause of truth?
When have you planned for me, and those with me,
to succeed in our preaching?
I have chosen you as my teacher, O God.
Teach me the right words to say.
4) Evil people have held back our chance of success.
They are stronger than us.
Only when evil people are driven from this
kingdom can the path be clear to bring these
people to ideal life.
( DUTY TO THE REPENTENT )

5) When an influential righteous person meets an
evil person, it is the righteous person’s duty to try
to turn the wrongdoer from evil to good,
so that the evil person can be saved from
destruction.
6) But if the righteous person doesn’t want to save the

evil person, then God shall see that
once righteous person in the same way that he
sees those who live in the house of lies.
For he who tolerates evil, is evil,
and he who wants to be righteous, must work to
bring others to righteousness.
This law is to be obeyed.

It was made by God at beginning of creation.
( EVIL PEOPLE PLOT AGAINST

THE PROPHET )
7) When evil people mark me in their minds as a target
for attack, where can I and others turn to for
protection?
I know that you are always thinking of me. I turn to
your holy fire.
I know that, in the end, truth and righteousness will
overcome. Help me to have faith and always realize
this.
8) When anyone marks us for harm,
may God keep their plans from reaching us.
May God make the evil they wish upon us, come
back upon their own heads.
May their evil actions keep them far away from
happiness in life, but not far from misery.
( WHERE ARE ALL THE GOOD

PEOPLE? )
9) Lord, where are the people who come to us, saying,
"Please teach me"?
Where are the people who care about the very
words of Almighty God? You gave me the highest
truth, the way to blessings, the truth from the
supreme creator.
10) Where are good men and good women?

Where are people who live good lives?
Where are those who do the right thing, because it
is the right thing?
Where are the people in authority, who govern with

enlightened minds?
I want to bring them to you, to sing your songs of

praise. I want to be with such people when I cross
the judgment bridge.
( THE FATE OF THE PRIESTS
AND PRINCES OF THIS LAND )
11) The priests and princes of this land are tyrants over
the people. Their evil ways are so great, they
choke life itself. But when people are sorted as
they cross the judgement bridge, they will be sent
to the place where the pain they feel will be the
pain of their own conscience tormenting their
soul, as it remembers their deeds,
because these people have always lived in the
house of lies.
Note to text:
Being in the "house of lies" refers to the state of believing what makes you happy, at the expense of others, over the
actual truth.
chapter 13:
( ZOROASTER ARRIVES IN THE

LAND OF TURANIAN AND GIVES
THEM THIS MESSAGE )
12) To the tribe of the people of Turanian, the
descendents of the great man, Fryana:
God says that if you will turn to goodness and be
persistent and do what needs to be done,
he will illuminate your minds and bring
regeneration to your people for what you have
lost.
( ZOROASTER ASKS IF ANYONE

WISHES TO ASSIST HIM
IN HIS WORK )
13) Does anyone from this land wish to assist me,
Zoroaster, in the task that God has given me,
the task of preaching true religion?
God will give you a good life
and the wisdom to succeed and flourish,
if you honour the truth like a friend.
( FINALLY, AFTER MUCH GRIEF,

ZOROASTER IS SUCCESSFUL
IN FINDING RESPONDENTS )
14) I, Zoroaster, have found a person who wishes to
serve the great cause. It is the king of this land;
King Vishtaspa.
He wants me, Zoroaster, to teach his people.
I will speak to them with the right words,
so that they will be destined for heaven, the home
of God.
( THOUGH FINDING SUCCESS IN
THIS NEW LAND, ZOROASTER
MOURNFULLY REMEMBERS HIS
HOMELAND )
15) Though sometimes I think of my own tribe,

the tribe of Spitamas.
We descended from the great man, Haechataspa.
If only my people would distinguish between right
and wrong, and serve the right way.
If only they would follow the laws of God.
( WITH THIS NEW SUCCESS,

ZOROASTER GIVES A SPEECH TO HIS
ELDERS AND NEWFOUND
FOLLOWERS )
16) Now, about my first disciple and friend,
Frashaoshtra, of the tribe of Hvogva,
who leads our converts, which he helped me to teach.
Together, we taught those converts the ways that
heal the world.
So now, go forth, Frashaoshtra, and

bring our converts to devotion for God,
bring them to the worship of God,
bring them to the highest truth.
Let them obey the purified part of their mind, as
though it were their king.
Bring them to the day when they see the splendour
of God.
( COMPLIMENT TO JAMASPA )
17) And as for Jamaspa, the cousin of Fraoshtra of
the tribe of Hvogva,
you, also, were one of my first disciples.
I will speak to you in a poem rather than ordinary
words:
“O, to you who often prays,

perfectly obedient in all your ways,
God’s protection is granted to you.
For he deals with the wicked,
but honours the true.”
18) And to all those who are with me and share a

common goal to serve the highest purpose,
I, Zoroaster, will do the best in my power to do you
good, and will think deeply about what will serve
you best.
But regarding those who try to stop us and
oppress us,
God will certainly bring them trouble.
Now let us pray:

O God, your spirit in us is pulling us forward to do
your will.
We are one in agreement with the spirit and we say,
"Your will be done".
( THE GREAT RENOVATION )

19) And to all of you who work with me, Zoroaster,
I say this.
You are servants of the great renovation.
It is God’s plan to rebuild things in a better way.
Serving this cause will bring you times of honour in
this world, and you will find contentment in serving
this cause. You will also have a great treasure in the
next life.
These are the words of all-knowing God.
( END OF BOOK THREE )
( A RIGHTEOUS GOVERNMENT )
1) Of everything we could want or pray for, the thing we
should want most is a righteous government for the
world and its people;
a government that is guided by God’s true law and
ways; a government that is aware of what needs to
be done and has strength and a love of justice.
Come to us, O righteous rulers, carrying gifts of
plenty and happiness for all people.
For when the best order is planted,
it blossoms and opens into a flower of heaven
on earth. I, Zoroaster, will work to help bring about this
cause now and evermore.
( KING VISHTASPA’S PRAYER )

2) King Vishtaspa prayed and said:
“Grant to me, O God, the ability to rule in
righteousness. Let me rule in your name as a leader
whom you have accepted, give me a spirit of
right-mindedness, and let me not grow weak in
serving the people. Bless all the people in my care,
who live good lives of service to your holy cause.
3) Great God, bless these people who have worked for
what you want, bless the people who have done
good things with their strength, and bless the
people who have used kind and encouraging words.
Bless the people who chose to accept the good path you
offered, and to be your helpers.
( NATIONAL DEFENCE )
4) “These are our needs, O God:
What are we going to do if we are attacked?
What land will have compassion on us and come to
rescue us?
When will the truth be heard in other lands?
Please use your power to alter our circumstances.
O God, please give us the brightest wisdom for our
protection and show us your power.
( THANK-YOU FOR THE GATHAS )

5) “We ask for your assistance,
because now that we have received the truth,
all we want to do is work for the good of creation.
We have learned to be wise in our plans and always
righteous in our actions.
We fully accept that Zoroaster was the teacher that
you chose and sent to us, to do us much good.
Thank-you, O God.”
( REMINDING THE PEOPLE OF

JUDGEMENT DAY )
6) At the end of the world,
this is what will happen to the person who,
when faced with a choice, normally took the right path.
God, the highest judge and master,
by the use of his great power that no one can stop,
will give to them a reward, better then any good thing
on earth. But to him who wants to make the world
worse instead of better, God will give to that person
a punishment, which is worse than anything on earth.
This will happen at the end of the world, at the time
when the cycle of birth, life and death for created things
has come to an end.
( VISHTASPA PRAYS FOR DETERMINATION IN TEACHING )

7) O God, who designed and made the world,
O creator of the oceans, waters, trees and
plants;
Great God, you are the most generous gift giver.
You give more than any other being.
Please give this gift to me,
give me the gift of being strong in determination,
so that I can bring all my people to
understand what you are like,
and how you want us to live and act.
And also, give me wisdom to complete this job.
( GOD’S SIMPLE MESSAGE )

8) I, King Vishpaspa, will speak God’s message.
I am one who knows, and I will teach those who
want to know. Wise people are filled with joy when
they hear this message:
"Evil people will go to a very sad place,

but righteous people will go to a very happy place."
( FINAL DESTRUCTION OF
THE WICKED )
9) What will be the final judgement for
the two groups, who are enemies:
the good group, and the evil group?
The final judgement will be like a fire: it comes to
destroy things that can burn, but it doesn’t harm
things that can’t burn. God will show that there is a
big difference between being a good person and
being an evil person. The evil person will be
destroyed and gone for ever.
They will not live in happiness like the righteous.
chapter 14:
( VISHTASPA PRAYS TO GOD BECAUSE HIS

LIFE IS IN DANGER )
10) O God, there are people who want to kill me.
Not because I have done anything unkind to them,
but because they are wicked men who have learnt
wickedness from their fathers.
They go from place to place, killing the people.
I am a truthful man, O God,
please remember this and reward me.
11) Is there any other king who has been a friend to
your prophet, Zoroaster?
Is there any other king who has humbled himself and
said, “I will sit at the prophets feet and learn the truth”?
Is there any other king who worked hard, like I did,
who purified his mind to goodness, like I did,
who tried to make himself worthy to spread your
message?
12) On this side of the bridge of life, I see no good kings
but me. The people in the kingdoms ruled by wicked
kings do not please Zoroaster Spitama, your
prophet. I am your servant, O God.
I want to do big jobs for you, not little jobs.
When wicked people push for evil,
I will push back for good.
( VISHTASPA’S PRAYERS AND WORDS

TO THE PEOPLE END HERE AND
ZOROASTER BEGINS NEW
TEACHINGS )
( THE WICKED WILL TASTE

HEAVEN )
13) The wicked person will be judged, and all the
righteous will see it.
The wicked person will stand on the judgment
bridge between this life and the next.
His soul will taste the good and wonderful
splendour of heaven and the reward that the righteous
will receive. But then he will be overcome with fear,
and sink in dread, because he knows that he has
failed the test of life.
The cruel things that the wicked person did and
the evil words he said are like chains around him,
that keep him from this beautiful place.
( EVIL PRIESTS )
14) The evil priests of the old religion do not teach
people the right sort of laws.
Good laws teach people how to live in peace with
each other and be settled and productive.
But these priests teach wrong ways.
Their ways cause suffering to the earth and its
creatures.
Their deeds and their doctrines are those of
people who live in the house of lies.
Note to text:
Being in the "house of lies" refers to the state of believing what makes one happy, at the expense of others, over the
actual truth.
( PEOPLE TO WHOM THE HIGHEST

OF ALL JOYS WILL BE GIVEN )
15) There is a joy above all joys,
I call it the house of songs.
God was the first being to know this joy.
I, Zoroaster, have spoken to you all and promised
you that you will receive this great joy if you support
God’s cause. But to receive this reward, you must
also do these two things:
you must work at enlightening your mind in this
religion I have given you,
and your feet must walk the path of this religion I
have given you.
16) Your king, Vishtaspa, has studied and taken a firm
hold of this religion. It has opened up to him and
filled his mind with wisdom. It is not ordinary
wisdom, but rather, it is holy wisdom, the wisdom
from God, the wisdom of the one law of truth, that
is good for everyone. Know that salvation is here.
( FRASHAOSHTRA, THE PREACHER )

17) My friend, Frashaoshtra, who teaches you,
came to me and said, "I want you to know
that I have dedicated myself to serving our
religion.” May God bring to him understanding of
the highest truths contained in our religion.
May God give him strength to continue to be a
good preacher.
( JAMASPA, THE UNBIASED )

18) My friend, Jamaspa Hvogva, works hard to achieve
an enlightened mind, which can see the world in the
way it really is, without any bias. He has chosen
holy wisdom as well. God has made him a servant
in the kingdom of wisdom. May he teach the people
to find shelter in God.
( MAIDYOHAMA, THE
PRAISEWORTHY )
19) My cousin, Maidyohama: I want to tell everyone all
the good you have done. You have dedicated your
life to doing good deeds and helping people,
and you are not only a doer of good deeds, but a
teacher as well. You teach people God’s truth and
his right ways. Everyone should know that this is truly
a man who serves the great cause!
chapter 14:
( WORKING AS ONE )
20) We all work together with one way of thinking;
we all work towards perfection.
Perfection in truth, perfection in wisdom and
perfection in right-mindedness. O Great God, we
wait for the day when we will receive our reward,
the one we often think about. O God, we humbly
and reverently worship you.
( HELPFUL GODLY PEOPLE )

21) A person who is devoted to God is a benefit to
everyone. Their wisdom is often helpful, and it
comes from the true way they see things.
It leads them to think good thoughts, say good
words and do good things. God will make such a
person a servant in the kingdom of wisdom,
and will give him the great reward that I,
Zoroaster, also look forward to.
( SHOWING DEEP RESPECT AND

HONOUR FOR THE SAINTS )
22) There were good people who worshiped God in the past,
and there are good people who
worship God who live now. God knows these
people very well. When I am praying, I often think
of them, and when I think or speak of them, I will do
it with deep respect and honour.
( ZOROASTER’S WISHES FINALLY

COME TRUE )
1) All my highest wishes have come true.
I have done what God wanted, and so God was very
good to me!
I have also been granted a blessed eternal life when
this one ends. God also gave to me the words of
"The Good Religion".
In time, it will spread throughout the whole world.
Note to text:
Over a time period, over a number of centuries, the Zoroastrian religion was known as “The Good Religion”. Whether this
is the actual name by which Zoroaster intended it to be known as, is debated.
( A MESSAGE TO LEADERS OF
THE RELIGION )
2) Dear King Vishtaspa, Frashaoshtra, and the people who
will lead this religion in the future:
You must always keep growing in good thoughts,
good words, and good deeds.
Remember your place; it is to please God and
reverently worship him. Teach everyone to follow
this straight path, which I have put here before you.
These instructions came from me,

but they were given to me from the highest place
instruction can come from.
( ZOROASTER GIVES A SPEECH

AT HIS DAUGHTERS WEDDING )
3) My dear youngest daughter, Pouruchista, you have
two families now, our family and the family of your
husband. God has made you wise and given you a
conscience that sees the truth clearly.
Always keep learning, and listen to wiser people.
Always act well. Your wisdom will show you how.
( THE WORDS OF ZOROASTER’S

DAUGHTER )
4) I, Pouruchista, have made careful thought about my
choice in marriage. I have made all my decisions by
choosing the choice that is righteous.
And I have chosen this man to be my husband.
I will now support and honour my
husband, as well as my father, who I inherit our
religion from.
In the community, I will not show favouritism;
I will be righteous to people in high position,
as well as to the poor and people in low position.
Above all things, I will put righteousness and wisdom
first. May God help us as my husband and I walk
in our religion.
Note to text:
According to tradition, Pouruchista married Jamaspa Hvogva.
chapter 15:
( CHERISH YOUR PARTNER )

5) I, Zoroaster, speak to all young people now;
to young women, who will soon be married,
to young men, who will soon be husbands.
Remember these words and treat them as very
important. Store them closest to your heart.
When you are married, love your partner and
never ever give up being grateful that you have them.
This is a part of righteousness.
If you obey this, then you will find the happiness of
married life.
( AVOIDING CHARACTER FAULTS )

6) Listen, both men and women.
There are no exceptions to the things I am about
to tell you.
( 1: LYING TO YOURSELF )
No true happiness will be yours if you lie to yourself,
and direct your life by those lies.
What things chain you to false ideas in your heads?
Why do you hold on to them?
Identify these chains and cast them off.
( 2: SATISFACTION AT OTHERS
EXPENSE )
If you take happiness or satisfaction for yourselves
by stealing happiness or satisfaction from another
person, or if you seek to honour yourself in front of
others by dishonouring another person, then your
existence will become like a prison.
( 3: SORROW BRINGERS )
If you are often bringing sorrow to other people,
then you can’t be correctly following our religion.
Remember, evil people are not just hurting others;
they are destroying their own life in the next world.
7) Listen, all men and women!

When you fully commit your life to doing
what is just; when evil thoughts and evil intentions
are pulled up completely, including the roots;
when the evil that was in you has been destroyed
forever, then you will be rewarded for improving yourself.
But if you fail to do this, you will have regret. In the next
life, you will be saying,
“Oh why, oh why didn’t I do more while I was alive?”
Note to text:
"Why didn’t I do more" is not a reference to punishment in “hell", but rather, a statement of regret at a lesser reward in
heaven.
( THOSE WHO PREFER

SELFISHNESS AND EVIL )
8) But if any of you decide you want to be evil and
selfish, may your wishes go unfulfilled,
may you be abandoned to confusion and ruin
and may the success of the righteous frustrate you.
Move out of the way, evil people. Keep out of our
plans. We will have happiness and peace in our
humble homes. May God bring those who like the
evil way to a place where they are empty and have
nothing.
( RELIGIOUS EVIL PEOPLE )

9) Beware of those who teach wrong doctrines.
Beware of those who say, “God condemns you,”
to those who live good lives.
They cause trouble to others and look down on those
who aspire to do good.
O God, see such people and deal with them.
Give strength to the good and humble people in your
religion, and bestow upon them a great reward for their
suffering and struggle.
Note to text:
The last verse of the Gathas speaks about internal religious problems. Such problems later engulfed the religion. Here is
the history of the rise and decline of the Zoroastrian faith:
The Gathas spread to all surrounding tribes, towns and cities, which, after unification, became the Persian empire. This
empire grew to be one of the largest empires of history, stretching from India to Sudan. The religion added many
additional scriptures. The previous gods that Zoroaster had opposed were adopted into the religion. The most popular
pagan deity, “Mithra”, was now called “the son of God”, and idol worship was introduced. The Greeks conquered the
Persians and the Zoroastrian faith fell from the glory it once enjoyed. During the Roman Empire, it lost many members to
Christianity, largely because the two religions seemed so similar. In 700 AD, Islam entered Zoroastrian lands, and while
conversion was often forced, there were few martyrs as, once again, most Zoroastrians thought there was so little
difference between the two religions, “ why suffer for minor change”. Today, there are less then one hundred thousand
Zoroastrians living in the world, who, for the most part, still follow the later introduced pagan deities and customs.
However, some are suggesting a reformation back to the original Gathas-only religion.

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INTRO TO THE GATHAS ( version 2, 2009 ):

CURRENT EVIDENCE SUPPORTING DIVINE ORIGIN OF GATHAS:

2) Listen, for there is no higher counsel than that given

( THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND THE

4) When these two spirits came near to each other,

5) The Angry evil Spirit knows only wrong and the

6) The pagan religions of this land could not pick

ASNA 31: chapter 2:

( THE MESSAGE, WHICH IS LOVED AND

( ZOROASTER’S PRAYER BEFORE HE

( SUMMARY OF HOLY WISDOM )

( God’s Kingdom on Earth )

( TRUTH AND LIGHT )

7) It was God who, in the beginning, by his thoughts,

( THE CREATION OF HUMANS )

( QUESTIONS TO THINK ABOUT )

What will be the reward for the truthful righteous?

15) I will ask questions, O God.

16) I will ask questions, O God.

( CENSORING THE MEDIA )

18) You should not listen to those who

19) Instead, let the things said to the public be:

20) The follower of righteousness will live in light.

( TREAT GOD LIKE A FRIEND )

22) This message I have spoken to you is clear

ASNA 32: chapter 3:

( GOD AND OTHER RELIGIONS )

( BIRTH OF EVIL RELIGIONS )

4) Such people tell lies that can change a person’s mind

separated themselves from goodness and purity.

The evil preachers of these religions live evil lives,

6) Religions like this become famous because of the

( DESTRUCTIO N OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS

9) He is a teacher of evil, who destroys understanding.

10) He hates and shuns the light of the sun and

He leads good people to the ways of wickedness.

His people let their weapons fly against innocent

11) My life’s work is like a cloth that I weave, but he

Listen, you people who steal others away from

( THE EVIL MAN, GREHMA )

15) But God’s message will succeed. It will undo the

16) Following the enlightened doctrines is the most

ASNA 33: chapter 4:

( GIVING OFFERINGS TO GOD )

Kindness and Generosity to others:

Protecting the Environment:

Prayer and Worship:

4) Worship God and pray to God.

( ZOROASTER ASKS FOR A SIGN )

( SUPPORT IN LIFE FROM KNOWING

( HAPPY OCCASIONS ARE A GIFT

10) All the happy times we have known in the past,

( FORGIVE US OUR SINS )

( BEING A GOOD LEADER )

13) By your grace, O God, enlarge and sharpen my

( THE CREED OF A RELIGIOUS

ASNA 34: chapter 5:

( GOOD DEEDS DEDICATED TO GOD )

2) Wisdom leads the righteous person, and good

( ARE YOU IN GOD’S KINGDOM ? )

( GOD’S HOLY FIRE )

( WHEN ARE MIRACLES GRANTED? )

( TIMES OF GREAT TROUBLE )

8) But in times when men attack others and spread