Zarathustra
was the founder of Persian religion, Zoroastrianism. The Parsis are the
adherents of this religion. Zarathustra was a sage, who lived in Iran
in about
6th century BC and gave the message of compassion, love and tolerance.
Zarathustra's
exact date of birth is not known but historians believe that he was
born around
600 BC in Iran. He was born in a royal family and all type of worldly
pleasures
was at his disposal. He was endowed with exceptional abilities. He
never
enjoyed the worldly pleasure and renounced them at the tender age of 15
Years.
Like Gautama Buddha, he also went into deep meditation for several
years and
then got enlightenment. Thus he got the divine vision of 'wise lord'.
He
found that people were surrounded by
superstitions and religious ignorance. People believed in several Gods.
Zarathustra opposed polytheism (belief in many Gods). He talked of two
main
spirits in life-the spirit of good or light and the spirit of evil or
darkness.