Q How do Zoroastrians view the afterlife?
A Zoroastrian eschatology teaches that after death, the soul crosses the Chinvat Bridge (the Bridge of the Requiter). Righteous souls cross safely into paradise, while wicked souls fall into a temporary state of punishment before a final renewal and cleansing of the universe.
A Zoroastrian eschatology teaches that after death, the soul crosses the Chinvat Bridge (the Bridge of the Requiter). Righteous souls cross safely into paradise, while wicked souls fall into a temporary state of punishment before a final renewal and cleansing of the universe.
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What is Zoroastrian?Zoroastrianism is an Iranian religion and one of the world's oldest organized faiths, based on the teachings of the Iranian-speaking prophet Zoroaster. It has a dualistic cosmology of good and evil within the framework of a monotheistic ontology and an eschatology which predicts the ultimate conquest of evil by good. Zoroastrianism exalts an uncreated and benevolent deity of wisdom known as Ahura Mazda (Lord of Wisdom) as its supreme being. Historically, the unique features of Zoroastrianism, such as its monotheism, belief in free will and judgement after death, conception of heaven, hell, angels, and demons, among other concepts, may have influenced other religious and philosophical systems, including the Abrahamic religions.
What is Afterlife?In religion, the afterlife (also referred to as life after death or the Hereafter) is the concept of a realm, or the realm itself, in which an essential part of an individual's identity or consciousness continues to exist after the death of the body in the individual's lifetime. Some belief systems, such as those in the Abrahamic tradition, hold that the dead go to a specific plane of existence after death, as determined by god based on their actions or beliefs during life.
