Zoroastrian Q&A: Introduction

It seems a lot of you have been wondering what Kurdish Zoroastrianism's all about. Well, Pablo, a scholar of Kurdish Zoroastrianism, is happy to fill you in and give you a crash course on this fascinating and volatile segment of the global Zoroastrian spiritual landscape. Listen in, learn, and enjoy!  Discord link mentioned in the episode: https://discord.gg/VRZVty5WSy

We're back and we've returned with some exciting news (and an excuse for our absence): Pablo has translated the Old Avestan texts (which include the Gathas) and it will all be published in book form in October 2022! This episode (part two and the final part of a two part series) has Pablo reading from the translation during this Zoroastrian Holy Season right before Nowruz. We've also launched a new website where you can pre-order the book and read more articles about Zoroastrianism. Check it out at mazdayasni.com! Thank you for listening and happy learning! You should listen to "Reading the Gathas, Part One" here: https://anchor.fm/zoroastrianqa/episodes/Episode-1-Season-2-Reading-the-Gathas--Part-One-e1fs34p

We're back and we've returned with some exciting news (and an excuse for our absence): Pablo has translated the Old Avestan texts (which include the Gathas) and it will all be published in book form in October 2022! This episode and a couple of the following ones will have Pablo reading from the translation during this Zoroastrian Holy Season right before Nowruz. We've also launched a new website where you can pre-order the book and read more articles about Zoroastrianism. Check it out at mazdayasni.com! Thank you for listening and happy learning!

In this episode, Zoroastrian Q&A explores a slew of questions combined to provide an overview of the priesthood in Zoroastrianism throughout the ages including questions on Pablo's own opinions on subjects related to the priesthood and the like. The second half of the episode includes an interview with Mobed Adil Minocherhomjee on not just what it was like growing up in a priestly bloodline but also his thoughts on a variety of matters relating to Zoroastrianism. Thank you for listening and happy learning! To submit your questions anonymously for the show, please use this form: https://forms.gle/r2KH3wPvRg1qL31n9

In this episode, Zoroastrian Q&A gets personal as Pablo answers a question that's been posed to them often: How did you get here? What's your conversion story? What led you to become a Zoroastrian and what struggles have you faced? Thank you for listening and happy learning! To submit your questions anonymously for the show, please use this form: https://forms.gle/r2KH3wPvRg1qL31n9

In this episode, Zoroastrian Q&A seeks to answer an interesting question: What is the Vendidad? Why is it controversial?  To answer this, we explore the Vendidad chapter by chapter, the opinions of Zoroastrians and academics of the text, and my own opinions on it as requested by our listeners. Thank you for listening and happy learning! To submit your questions anonymously for the show, please use this form: https://forms.gle/r2KH3wPvRg1qL31n9

In this episode, Zoroastrian Q&A seeks to answer our third most sent-in question: What did Zarathushtra teach? We'll be going through the Gathas and the Yasna Haptanghaiti exploring each individually so that we can get to learn what Zarathushtra was teaching us all those millennia ago. Much care and research went into making this episode and we apologize if you find it to be against your own interpretations. Please note we remained as neutral as possible in dealing with the teachings of Zarathushtra, so we hope you understand that and can learn together with us from the greatest Ashavan of all time. Thank you for listening and happy learning! To submit your questions anonymously for the show, please use this form: https://forms.gle/r2KH3wPvRg1qL31n9

In this second episode of our two-part exploration of Zarathushtra's life, Zoroastrian Q&A reviews the Pahlavi  Zarathushtra and the Modern Zarathushtra to contrast what was explored in the first episode of this duo, the Gathic Zarathushtra and the Avestan Zarathushtra. Thank you for  listening and happy learning! To submit your questions anonymously for the show, please use this form: https://forms.gle/r2KH3wPvRg1qL31n9

In this inaugural episode, Zoroastrian Q&A seeks to answer our most sent-in question: Who was Zarathushtra? What was his life like? This one will be a two-parter, so in this episode we'll review the Gathic Zarathushtra and the Avestan Zarathushtra while the next episode will focus on Pahlavi Zarathushtra and the Modern Zarathushtra. Thank you for listening and happy learning! Special thanks to Ardeschir Hazrati Pour Fard for helping with verifying the meanings of the names of Zarathushtra's family! If you're on Facebook, please join his incredible Iranian Onomastics Study group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/174902163153843 To submit your questions anonymously for the show, please use this form: https://forms.gle/r2KH3wPvRg1qL31n9

Want to know what we're all about at Zoroastrianism Q&A? Listen to our short introduction here to get started!