![]() ![]() They were held at the old Brabourne Stadium. And by conducting three concerts with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and five acclaimed soloists, including the legendary Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. He did this by releasing a biography titled Zubin Mehta: A Musical Journey that covers six decades of his illustrious career and colorful life. In April this year, he was in Mumbai to celebrate his 80 th birthday. It maps his journey from Mumbai to Vienna in the 1950s to train in classical music, his professional debut at 20, and his rise in the global orchestra circuit. “I sang before I spoke,” he tells her in the documentary. I don’t know if he’s a practicing Zoroastrian, into good thoughts, good words and good deeds, but Zubin produces good music. His father Mehli Mehta was a violinist and the founding conductor of the Bombay Symphony Orchestra. It’s the central tenet of the ancient religion and Parsis and Iranis of Zoroastrian faith abide by it assiduously. In Farsi, the original language of the Zoroastrians, this means ‘Humata, Hukhta, Hvarshta’. It’s called Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds. The ongoing Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival has an 89-minute documentary on the celebrated Western classical music conductor in its ‘Discovering India’ section by renowned German filmmaker Bettina Ehrhardt.Īrticle by Mark Manuel | Huffington Post India So that it unites with the Supreme Lord of Zoroastrianism, Ahura Mazda.‘Aapro’ Zubin Mehta is in the news. That helps in the spiritual progression of the soul. It is a reminder to the Zoroastrians of the purpose of their life and that is to live in a good way. The Zoroastrian philosophy of promoting one’s positive force and suppressing the negative. Thus, Faravahar embodies the conflicting forces of good and bad and represents. The two streamers/loops on the left and right signify the duality of good and evil, respectively. The symbol’s lower part also has three parts representing bad words, bad thoughts and bad deeds that bring misfortune and misery to any individual. Good words, good reflection/thought, and good deeds. The two wings, one on either side, have 3 layers of feathers each that stand for the pillars of Zoroastrianism. While the ring in the other hand represents faithfulness and honoring of promises. ![]() Its upward-pointing hand indicates that the way to Heaven is through righteousness. The human body coming out of it represents the mankind. The circle in the center symbolizes the immortality of a person’s soul and eternity of the universe. All parts of it represent a basic Zoroastrian philosophy. The winged disc symbol of Faravahar is influenced by the Egyptian winged sun that symbolizes divine kingship. The Fravashi is the higher individuality that transcends to the Heaven when the human being’s life on earth is over. ![]() The term is also associated with the ‘Fravashi’, the guardian angel and guide, which is actually the divine, uncorrupt and unpolluted part of the human soul. ‘Faravahar’ is a Middle Persian or Pahlavi word and is derived from the ancient Iranian/Avetsan word ‘Fravarane’, meaning ‘ I choose‘. Faravahar or Farohar is a well-known emblem of the Persian identity as well as a symbol of the Zoroastrian faith. ![]()
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