Adurbad-i Mahrspandan

Ādurbād-ī Mahrspandān ("Ādurbād, son of Mahrspand") was a Zoroastrian high priest in the reign of the Sassanian king Shapur II (309–379 AD). Quotes Abstain rigorously from eating the flesh of cows and all beneficent animals, lest you be made to face a strict reckoning in this world and the next; for by eating the flesh of cows and other domestic animals, you involve your hand in sin, and thereby think, speak, and do what is sinful; for though you may eat but a mouthful, you involve your hand in sin, and though a camel be slain by another person in another place, it is as if you who eat its flesh had slain it with your own hand. Sayings of Adarbad Mahraspandan, as quoted in Rachel MacNair, Religions and Nonviolence (2015), p. 88, adapted from R. C. Zaehner, The Teachings of the Magi (1956), p. 110. External links Category:4th century deaths Category:Religious leaders from Iran Category:Clergy Category:Philosophers from Persia Category:Zoroastrians Category:Vegetarians