RLST 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Angra Mainyu, Vohu Manah, Amesha Spenta
5 Apr 2017
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Don"t worship fire, but they worship what it represents (lightness: key doctrines. Zarathushtra- what we call a prophet, someone who receives a revelation. Good vs evil- battle between these two, represented by fire and darkness. Divine beings- one of them is the devil who becomes the adversary of god (ahura mazda) Zaeathushtra: aryan people (classes of priests, warriors, cattle breeders) iran, land of. Aryans: a prohphet against polytheism, rituals of the aryan, at 30, visions, preaching unsuccessful, at 42, in prison, converted king vishtaspa. God ahura mazda : wise lord , holy, eternal, just, creator of all, source of all goodness, zarathustra condemned the daevas (devas, gods) of the indo-iranian pantheon as subordinate devils. During this time there were many god/goddesses, and. Zarathustra believed there was only one god who deserved worshiped. Conflict between good and evil: the principal force: lie (druj), wages war against ahura mazda, to help, ahura created beneficent immortals (amesha spentas): asha.
