Persepolis+-+Zarathustra

Zarathustra
Zarathustra first part of his life is uncertain. I am unclear where he was born but I think it was in Bactria. But it doesn’t prove that is that is his origin. He wrote a book called //Gâthâ'//s. Eventually he became a priest and he cared for human and cattle. Zarathustra’s a life changed when a the great God [|Ahuramazda] gave him a vision. A spirit named Good Thought told Zarathustra to resist the sacrifices of the traditional Iranian cults and to help the poor. "Zarathustra said:  Thee I conceived as holy, O Ahuramazda, when thy Good Thought appeared to me and asked me: 'Who art thou? And whose is thine allegiance? [...]   Then I answered:    Zarathustra am I; to the false believers a forthright enemy, but to the righteous a mighty help and joy. [...] Thee I conceived as holy, O Ahuramazda, when thy Good Thought appeared to me. [...] A difficult thing it seemed to me, to spread thy faith among men, to do that which Thou didst say was best.”        [//Yasna// 43.4]

Zarathustra started to preach that there was the ultimate God, Ahuramazda, created all man-kind and all good things in it, through his holy spirit, Spenta Mainyu. The rest of creation was created by six other spirits, the Amesha Spentas ('holy immortals'). The order of this sevenfold creation was threatened by The Lie; which is good and evil spirits fighting. Mankind had to support the good spirits in order to speed up the inevitable win of the good.

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