Gatha-43 — Chapter 12
To him shall the best befall, who, as one that knows, speaks to me Right's truthful word of Welfare and of Immortality; even the Dominion of Mazda which Good Thought shall increase for him.
He that in the beginning thus thought, "Let the blessed realms be filled with Light," he it is that by his wisdom created Right. Those realms that the Best Thought shall possess thou dost exalt, O Mazda, through the Spirit, which, O Ahura, is ever the same.
I recognized thee, O Mazda, in my thought, that thou the First art also the Last — that thou art Father of Good Thought, when I apprehended thee with mine eye — that thou didst truly create Right, and art the Lord to judge the actions of life.
Thine was Devotion, thine the Ox-Creator, thine the Wisdom of the Spirit, O Mazda Ahura, when thou didst give bodies their life, when thou didst make actions and words, whereby one may exercise one's convictions at one's free-will.
✦ Connected Across Traditions
The Path to Wisdom
Proverbs 4:7
“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.”
Dhammapada 20:282
“Wisdom springs from meditation; without meditation wisdom wanes.”
Analects 2:11
“If you study the past and use it to understand the present, you are worthy of being a teacher.”
Tao Te Ching 33
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.”
Good vs Evil / Light vs Darkness
John 1:5
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
Dhammapada 1:1-2
“Mind is the forerunner of all actions. If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, happiness follows like a shadow.”
Genesis 1:3
“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.”
Bhagavad Gita 16:21
“There are three gates to self-destructive hell: lust, anger, and greed. Therefore, one must learn to give these up.”