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The Zarathushtrians (or Zoroastrians) have handed down scriptures which, among the revealed religions, are perhaps the oldest in the world continuously in use. Their literature is correspondingly among the most venerable in any Indo-European tongue. Ideas associated with Zarathushtrian- ism, especially the monotheistic concept, influenced the basic thinking of Judaism, Mahayana Buddhism, Christianity and Islam - which to say, they have influenced the psyche of over half the human race. Zarathushtra's exact dates are uncertain, but he is known to have lived in Ancient Iran between 1400 BC and boo BC. He experienced his first vision of Ahura-Mazda - Lord of Life and Wisdom - when he was about thirty. His Gathas ('Songs'), expressed as a result of his communion with the supreme deity, form the heart of the Avesta, the sacred scriptures.
The author of this book, Phiroz Mehta, was born of Parsi parents and brought up in the Zarathushtrian tradition. He seeks here to convey the nature of the transcendental vision of the Perfected Holy Ones, in particular as proclaimed by Zarathushtra. His theme describes the mode and implications of holistic consciousness - the context of infinity and eternity - wherein the finite and temporal may commingle with the immortal, the divine. Through such inspiration, man may realize fully-integrated perfection.
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Born of Parsi Zarathushtrian parents, Phiroz Mehta was educated at Royal College, Colombo, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he read Natural Sciences and History. Later he studied the piano under Solomon, giving recitals in India and Britain. He had many other interests; astronomy, poetry and philosophy. His interest since early boyhood in all the major religions of the world was not confined to a theoretical study. Deeply concerned with discovering through personal experience the Truth which is the Heart of Religion, he practised both the outer and the inner disciplines of several great religions.
During his lifetime he gave over three thousand lectures on religion and Indian culture to learned societies, university students, schools and conference centres in England, Holland, Germany, India and at his London home.
