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“Dasturs against dilution”

Parsiana had sent a questionnaire to the five High Priests asking for certain clarifications ("Dasturs against dilution,” August 7-20, 2021). The High Priests issued a joint reply stating that "we must do all we can to preserve and perpetuate our heritage and our religious beliefs. Any change in the time tested traditions will eventually dilute and wipe out the religious practices of our faith.” The unique feature of Zoroastrianism is that it gives us the freedom to practice the religion based on our own convictions, with humata, hukhta and hvrashta (good thoughts, good words and good deeds) as the guiding principles.......



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Zorastrianism is for anyone to follow. In India especially and elsewhere, the link between the Parsi community and the religion is critical. If one fails, the other will to very quickly as is evident from children of mixed marriages. At best there may be some interest for a generation but none thereafter.
The has survived because the community was closed and thus survived. In the current climate, where religion is not a priority, even getting children of Parsi parents to fully adhere to the principles of Zorastrian faith is difficult, so opening up the community would be catastrophic and that is amply evident.
In the past, Parsis also had joint families, unlike today, so the child would imbibe the culture of the father in that family. The opposite was true of women marrying outside. This was not discrimnation but exigency and pragmatism.
Fanaticism does not help, please do not let the pendulum swing to the other end to anhilation as a matter of course and modernity.
- Rohinton Unwalla
- 09-Nov-2021

 

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