The parsi religion

On the SPN we have discussions on many religions except parsi's so I am starting this thread about discussing parsi religion and the reason for their downfall . It looks inevitable
That in another 50 -60 years parsi's will extinct or only handful of them will remain

Parsi a very peaceful religion which produced many Great people in India like Tata,homi bhabha,Godrej etc.Parsi religion hardly came in conflict with other religions in India like hinduism.They hardly promoted their religion or encouraged conversions.so its surprising and quite sad that this type of religion will vanish from the world for no reason.

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I don't know enough about this topic. Thank you kdsji. This will be good to learn more.

conversion is not possible in parsis

Interesting amarsanghera ji. That is an important point.

I too heard that conversions are not possible but I don't think there could be any religion where people cannot convert.The ancestors of today's parsi's converted to Parsi religion
that's why we have parsi's in world btw here is the quote from wikipedia
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Proselytizing and conversion: Zoroastrians do not proselytize and living Zoroastrianism has no missionaries. There may be historical reasons for this (in Islamic Iran proselytizing was/is a capital crime), but in recent years, and with the exception of the Indian priesthood, Zoroastrian communities are generally supportive of conversion.
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I think its Indian parsi priests that are against conversions

Thanks KDS ji for bringing this topic ..As I have lived in Mumbai I been close to them ..and really admire them and their faith

The Parsis or the Zarthosthis migrated to India around 1000 years ago..they had fled Persia(present Iran) to escape from treachorous Islamic Barbarians who had invaded their land and were on a conversion spree, either become a muslim or die was the islamic way as we all know.

The Parsis had landed in Sanjan in Gujarat and approcahed the Rajah for refuge. It is said the Rajah sent a pot filled with milk to the brim indicating that the land was accomodated completely. The smart elders among the Parsis added a lump of sugar and sent it back indicating that they would dissolve themselves among the people stilling maintaining their distinct identity of 'sweetness' . The Rajah was pleased and on condtions of no further conversions gave them refuge.

Since then this community has mixed so well and has always contributed to the vertical growth of this country. They inspite of being foriegners have always been like the sons of this soil. They have no issues with the majority of this country and there is no record in history which shows any kind of skirmishes with the local population.During the British rule the Parsis were given an opportunity to have separate electorates and their answer was they had no requirement for any separate electorates since they had complete trust in their Hindu brothers.
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The Indian Freedom Struggle also recieved major contributions from them and some of them were the most respected like Madam Cama, Pirozshah Mehta, Dadabhai Naoroji. Since they were well educated they also had risen well during the British Rule.
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The 'Father' of Indian Steel is Sir Jamshedji Nasarwan ji Tata. He set up the first steel plant in Jamshedpur, then part of Bihar and now Jharkhand

What I admire the most is the funeral rites. They 'give' their dead to Mother Nature at what is called the 'TOWER OF SILENCE' . The body is exposed to Sun rays and also the birds of prey also help to 'clear' the remains. Well I feel atleast there is less pollution since they dont burn or bury and atleast the body is 'utilised' by the various elements of Nature.

kds ji
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parsis are a religion as well as a geographical identity.

though they might have prolestysed initially in times of Zarusthra, it is not done now.

They intermarry in same religion and children of mixed marriage are not considered "parsis".

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There were some cases of people in gujrat accepting the parsi religion way back in 18th century, but parsis themselves do not consider those converts as parsis.

i do not have a link to support this info but know it first hand through some parsi firends.

But one important point missed is that they r at the point of becoming extinct in next cople of generation.
The major reason is that they don't have a homeland, to care about them or there people or there religion.
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I have studied a lot about parsis and jews, and what i have understood is that the lack of motherland had landed them in trouble. the jews ones had a motherland in palestin and isreal, there common revolt aginst rome made the rome government displace them, so that they don't unit again. they settled in europen nation and many other places, but kept there culture intact. But when the Great plague spread in europe, they were made responsible, though it was spread by Rats. There villages in no.s of thousands were burned, millions killed and made sex slaves. The figures that i read was 1500 major jewsish cities and 5000 minor villages. And then the genocide by nazi's.
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Today they have there nationa nd they have someone to care about, to fight for them.

Motherland is a must for long term survival.

If a Religion wants to survive
Then 4 things are must

1) One must have pride in its religion

2)Preach your religion and spread it to other parts of world

3)Keep the birth rate high

4)Children especially women should marry within their own religion because a large number of women that marry outside Give up their faith and their children follow faith of their father.

Unfortunately parsi's mostly abandoned all that and Now result is in front of us