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whether I shall be able to convey the original lustre of his expressions. Ervad Manekji begins by saying that a high and noble soul has left this world on "the last" 7th July. (His article must have been written in the year 1927.) He says that the date on which Baheramshah was born must be an auspicious day. But "On what ill-omened moment this 20th Century had begun, that this material world has been shaken through its root and trunk. Numerous changes of all kinds have come and are coming in the world and it is extremely difficult to say where all that will end. Wherever we look, nature acts as if it is on revolt. But misfortune it is of the human species that its eyes are not open as to why these great changes have occurred." It really surprised me to read these words. What an instinctive insight this simple Mobed had! His words sound so prophetic when the century is coming to an end and mankind is in a suicidal mess! Ervad Bhathena then refers to the Parsis. He says, that the Parsi Community imported wholesale the changes brought to our country by the ruling Britishers. The Parsis did not care that these changes were not reforms but a decay. They were absolutely incompatible with the religious and social controls then prevalent in India. We allowed them with relish to penetrate our community without thinking about their terrifying and destructive consequences. "As a result the moral foundation of the community was loosened; religious fervour waned; faith on kriyakaam cooled down; the use of the miraculous Avesta Manthra prayers became almost nil; where those prayers are required to be offered five times a day, even one Kushti became rare; Parsi men succumbed to the never-forgivable sin of smoking 'bidi'; women bade good-by to the tenet of monthly menses, which was current since centuries and required for the renovation of the body, mind and 'Khoreh' (the spiritual fields) of the community." Ervad Manekji laments that our brave ancestors' great ideals and tenets, which had brought our community up in worldly as well as moral statures, are forgotten because of our kicking away those religious ideals and tenets; and this blind-in spite of - having - eyes - community has no idea of their sad plight, present and future. It was in such sorrowful circumstances that Ustaad Saheb Baheramshah arrived to the rescue of the community. Now mark the inspired words of Ervad Bhathena : "When, from the beginning of the century, this material wave from the West was suffocating the community, When the religious faith of the community was shaken from its trunk, When the very existence of the Avesta Manthra Prayers and religious Kriyakaam was in danger, When we did not have a single source to unfold the mysteries of these tenets and teachings, When the Dastoors of the Community were helpless for this great task, When the priestly class was found to be incapable, then, to tackle the frightful situation, and to decipher those mystical tenets, there arrived a high soul as decreed by the divine will of the Community's "Harvespa Khoda" (the Lord of Destiny) AND THAT WAS RESPECTED USTAD SAHEB BAHERAMSHAH SHARAAF." These words, about the sorry plight of the community were written seventy two years back. Don't you, my dear reader, find them extraordinarily oracular? Every decade after 1927, invited further and further deterioration and the fear of extinction is not found to be unreasonable. But still there is HOPE, if the community looks to Ilm-e-Khshnoom. Let Ervad Manekji speak: "The man who, through the lofty weapon of IIm-e-Khshnoom, gave an effective support to the trunk of this declining religion, was nobody else but he" (Baheramshahji). 47
"It was he who alone deciphered the mysterious organisation of Nature and its speechless structure. Not only that but he calmed down the mind of a small but educated class (amongst Parsis) who were vacillating and doubtful, being dragged away in the strong material current of the times. He satiated the thirst of such people as also of the community itself through the lofty IIm-e-Khshnoom. He convinced them that the true path leading towards the liberation of the Ruvan (soul) shown by the great Paigambar, Vakhsurey Vakhshuran, ten thousand years back, ….. and the sacred and effective Manthra Prayers, Kriyakaam and the sublime 'tarikat's which protect the body, mind and soul, were not the fads or superstitions of a primitive age. But they are the lofty equipments for the real spiritual prosperity of the world, the chain joining the spiritual, the divine and material worlds, and meant to carry out the great aim for being born on this earth." This is what Baheramshahji did. He explained the mystic science behind every spiritual Institution of our Din viz. Sudreh-Kushti, Manthra Prayers, Atash Parasti, Meher-Patet, Kriyakaam, Dokhma and Boonak-Paasbaani. The best person to appreciate this is surely a Mobed, like Ervad Saheb Manekji Bhathena, and his testimony carries great weight. Look at his words ringing with earnest sincerity and conviction. It is clear that he was in contact with Baheramshahji and had learnt much from him. But that is not all. He says much more about the miracle of IIm-e-Khshnoom and Ustad Saheb. SEND ME A DIVINE GUIDE - N. Cursetji "How will the protecting Manthra conquer the evil within? Show me oh Ahura! a 'Ratu' who will lead me in this world and in the next. Whomsoever Thou Iovest, will receive in him or her, Sarosh of Thy Divine Consciousness." - Kay Verethrem….Kahamaaichit in "Kem-naa Mazda" Prayer". (Parsi Pukar May-June ’99 Vol. 4; No. 11-12) 48
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