Ilm-e-Khshnoom - Traditional Zoroastrianism: Tenets of the Religion

in Siroja Yasht) refers first to Baheramshahji's sojourn in the Karsh (orbit) of the Saheb-delan Aabeds for
about four years and then writes how he was sent back to India:
"His destiny drew him towards the advanced souls dwelling in mountainous caves of Iran and he became
so very much fortunate to receive the protection of Sraoshaverez Marzban Saheb, the spiritual leader of
Saheb-delaan-Sahebs, living in Kooh-e-Daemavand. He was allowed to live there for about four years and
was imparted, through direct experience, the mystical knowledge of the whole cosmogenesis, all the
continents of Creation, and Mazdayasni Daen and Zarthoshti Daen i.e. Law of Unfoldment and
Infoldment, and established him in a situation whereby he can be in eternal happiness in this world and the
next; and thereafter he was sent back to Hindustan to pass through his remaining Karma. From childhood
Baheramshah had a stammer in his speech, which Sraoshaveraz Saheb had removed and he was then able
to speak smoothly. This was a miracle for his family members. After arriving to India from Iran he had
travelled for ten years in the whole of India and Burma, at the huge expenses of Rs.80,000. He had come in
contact with the great and wise men of the other Religions and had proved before them the greatness of
Zarthoshti Daen and had received great honour and rewards. He then entered the married life and lived a
solitary peaceful life permanently in Surat. But, as the light of the sun cannot be hidden by clouds and the
fragrance of the musk cannot be covered by any means, after 28 years, certain learned gentlemen came to
know about him and were attracted towards him; they could see and know about his deep knowledge and
tried to persuade him with intense craving, to come out in public. He did not want to do so for good solid
reasons, particularly "Zervan and Mataa" i.e. unsuitability of time and lack of capacity. After great persuasion
he agreed to speak in public, looking to the dying state of the community and Religion and to afford protection
to them, The matter reached Mumbai. He was made to meet the learned Savant, the late Sheth Khurshedji
Kamaji, who heard Baheramshah in various sittings before the scholars and Athornan's and was so surprised
that he arranged for his lectures before the public of Mumbai. Many people of stature were stunned at this
uneducated man speaking for days together on one single subject without any written notes, putting forth
difficult mystical matters with mathematical calculations, which were quite heavy to understand for ordinary
people".
I thought it fit to translate the above passage, which repeats Baheramshahji's miracle, for this reason that
those readers who have switched on this Parsi Pukar recently, may know about it, and those who know may
have a revision of it.
Two points are worth noting from the above passage. One is: While enumerating the subjects taught to
Baheramshahji, Barjo refers to Mazdayasni Daen and Zarthoshti Daen "Law of Unfoldment and Infoldment".
These English words are actually used by Barjo himself in the passage. This requires a little explanation.
Mazdayasni Daen here means the Divine Law that creates the whole creation. It is the Yasna i.e.
Yazashney, the Divine Kriya of Mazda which results in the formation of all the three worlds viz., the Divine,
the non-physical, and the physical Hasti, Nisti, Geti. Zarthoshti Daen means that Law of Ahura which
takes back the whole creation with its three worlds back to Him. The former i.e. the one that creates is
also called Mazda-daat, and the latter which takes back is called Ahura-daat. The former unfolds i.e. brings
forth the creation; the latter infolds, that is, draws it back. The carpet of creation is unfolded and spread out
first, and then is infolded back. The former is the Law ('Daat') of Mazda - Mazda-daat; the latter, the Law
(Daat) of Ahura. Former is the Mazda-Yasni Daen (Mazda's Yasna-Kriya), the latter is the Zarthoshti Daen.
Why is it so called? What has that to do with "Zarthosht"?
This is one of the pleasantly intricate subject matters taught by IIm-e-Khshnoom. Zarthoshti Daen is not
merely "the Religion taught by Asho Zarathushtra". The term Zarthoshti Daen is used for the whole of Ahura's
Divine Law which operates to draw back the Creation to Ahura, i.e. to fold back the carpet. Zarthoshti Daen
as a "dharma" on our earth is a channel of that Law, teaching the humans the way of life, which can result in
the going back to Him. Asho Zarathushtra is Himself a channel of the Zarthoshti Daen.
This whole drama of unfolding out and folding in comes into existence because of the Druj, i.e., the Evil
generated at a certain point in the past of the past. That Evil is alchemised stage by stage and the Creation
thereby unfolds. At a certain point, the process of alchemisation generates a force called Angramino. It works
on the creation and produces various sub-channels which are given names like Ghanaamin, Ahriman,
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