Jamshid Nowrooz Celebrations Tajikistan

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Jamshid Nowrooz Celebrations - Tajikistan
Jamshid Nowrooz has been celebrated in the
territories that were once part of the Persian
Empire for more than 10,000 years.  It is the
spring equinox and the first day of the year.
  Legend has it that Shah Jamshid, the first King
of Persia, discovered the Solar Equinoxes and
decreed that the first day of Spring should be
celebrated as the New Years day.  So it is
officially known as Jamshid Nowrooz.  The
festivities last for 13 days.   After the breaku
p of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan declared itself
to be a Zoroastrian Nation and three years ago
moved the U.N. to celebrate the 3,000th
anniversary of Zarathushtra.  They were off by
about 7,500 years but at least the U.N. did as
requested. Arnold Schwarzenegger went to Southern
California to participate in the celebrations.
Contributed by Bahram Shahmardan
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FOUNDATION FOR PLURALISM
If we can learn to accept and respect the God
given uniqueness of each one of the 7 billion of
us, then conflicts fade and solutions
emerge.THE SEVEN COMANDMENTS OF PLURALISM1)
We shall not ridicule anyone that God has
created. It amounts to ridiculing their
Creator.2) We shall not attempt to undermine
the divinity of other faiths.It amounts to
arrogance, a quality to get rid of, and become a
righteous person. 3) We shall not commit
another sin in attempting to enforce that one
religion is better than another by claiming that
we have the best solutions, or hinting any
superiority.  4) We shall not blame any
religion or a group for the acts of the
individuals just because they belong to that
faith or group.
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FOUNDATION FOR PLURALISM
5) Lets learn to differentiate the wrong doers
from the religion, while appreciating the
goodness of each religion. 6) We shall strive
to rid ourselves of greed, anger, hate,
haughtiness,ill-will, pettiness, malice, and
ignorance to achieve spirituality. 7) Our
salvation, our peace of mind, our nirvana, our
Moksha, our Mukti, our freedom and our joining
the kingdom of God is directly dependent on
living a prejudice free life and a life as
described in the 6th commandment.
Every religion frees us from the negative engage
ments. When we truly believe in the ultimate
oneness of God and the ultimate oneness of
mankind, we have accepted Gods greatness and
parity of human beings. The world is a better
place today because of the spirituality, without
which there would be chaos.  Religion is NEVER
the source of the problem, it is the individuals,
if we can learn to figure that out. peace comes
to us first, then it beams on to others.
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