(Selected verses from the Gathas, the oldest and most sacred hymns composed by Zarathustra)
Hymns of Truth and Wisdom
Yasna 30.2 - The Choice
"Hear with your ears the highest truths I preach, and with an illumined mind weigh them with care, before you choose which of two paths to tread, deciding man by man, each one for each."
Yasna 31.8 - The Creator
"I recognize Thee, O Ahura Mazda, in my thought, as the first and the last, the alpha and the omega. I perceive Thee with my mind's eye as the true Father of Good Purpose, as the Creator of Truth and Righteousness, and as the Lord who judges the actions of existence."
Yasna 33.1 - The Law of Action
"In accordance with the fundamental laws of existence, the Judge shall act with strict justice towards the truthful, towards the deceitful, and towards those whose good and bad deeds are balanced."
Yasna 34.1 - The Offering
"The deeds, the words, and the worship, through which we achieve immortality, righteous existence, and the dominion of Good Thought – all these, O Ahura Mazda, we offer unto Thee, first and foremost."
Yasna 44.3 - Questions to the Creator
"This I ask Thee, tell me truly, O Lord: Who in the beginning was the father and creator of Truth? Who determined the paths of the sun and the stars? Who is it by whom the moon waxes and wanes? All this and more I fain would know."
"Turn yourself not away from three best things: Good Thought, Good Word, and Good Deed."
— Zarathustra