Prof. Insler: I've not been at Stanford for 20 years. It's nice to see such a large audience here. At Yale, it's usually my colleagues who attend my talks. Perhaps it's the nice weather here in the Bay Area that I'm gettting a better crowd. Zoroaster is the Greek name and Zarathustra the Persian name. Zoroastrianism is the oldest enduring religion.

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Books on Zarathustra & Zoroaster at Amazon.com: • The Gathas of Zarathustra By Stanley Insler    Edited with Translation, Commentary and a Glossary    E.J. Brill, Leiden, 1975, 387 pp. • In Search of Zarathustra: The First Prophet    and the Ideas That Changed the World    By Paul Kriwaczek    Knopf, New York, 2003, 272 pp. • The Zoroastrian Faith: Tradition and Modern Research    By S. A. Nigosian    McGill-Queen's University Press (1993), 154 pp. • The Gathas of Zarathushtra: Hymns in Praise of Wisdom    Translated by Piloo Nanavutty    Mapin Publishing Pvt, Ltd. (1999), 192 pp. • The Zend Avesta of Zarathustra    By James Darmesteter    Holmes Publishing Group Ltd. (1984) • Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices    By Mary Boyce, Routledge, London (2001), 280 pp. • Textual Sources for the Study of Zoroastrianism    By Mary Boyce    University Of Chicago Press; Reprint Ed. (1990), 176 pp.

Web Sites on Stanley Insler:
• Yale University: Stanley Insler
   (Salisbury Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology)
• Stanley Insler
   (Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 122, April-June 2002)
   (Indic & Iranian Studies in honor of Stanley Insler on his 65th Birthday)
• Stanley Insler's Essays on Zarathustra
   (The Love of Truth in Ancient Iran; Zarathushtra;
   Zarathushtra's Genetic System; Zarathushtra's Vision)
• "The Love of Truth in Ancient Iran"
   (Stanley Insler, Chairman of Dept. of Linguistics,
   at Yale University, 1978-1989)
• Human Behavior and Good Thinking
   (By Stanley Insler, 1990)
• Zarathustra's Vision
   (By Stanley Insler, 1990)
• Fravahr.org: Stanley Insler
   (Salisbury Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology)
• Stanford University: Stanley Insler
   (March 13, 2006 Lecture: "Zarathustra: The Man and the Message")

Web Sites on Zarathustra:
• Zarathushtra— Zoroaster
   (Dedicated to promoting the Spiritual Philosophy of Zarathushtra & Zoroastrianism)
   (Spiritual, Informative, Books, Arts, Children, Community)
• Zarathustra, The Persian Prophet
   (By Hannah M.G. Shapero, Crystalinks & Encyclopedia Britannica)
• Wikipedia: Zoroaster
   (Zoroaster in History, Life, Historical Context, Date of Zoroaster, Teachings,
   Zoroaster in the Bahá'’ Faith, Zoroaster in the West, Bibliography)
• Vohuman.org: A Zoroastrian Educational Institute
   (Articles, Authors, Book Review, Community, Library, Essays)
• In Search of Zarathushtra
   (By Paul Kriwaczek, Vohuman.org, 2003)
• AVESTA: YASNA
   (Sacred Liturgy and Gathas/Hymns of Zarathushtra)
• The Hymns of Atharvan Zarathushtra
   (Translated by Jatindra Mohan Chatterji, 1967)
• 3,000 Years of Zoroastrian Culture is Celebrated
   (Kluge Center at Library of Congress, December 11, 2003)
   (Webcast of Lectures: Jehan Bagli, Stanley Inler, Farhang Mehr)
• An Introduction to the Gathas of Zarathushtra
   (Edited by Dina G. McIntyre)
• Zoroastrian garden
   (Zorastrianism can be seen as a religion based on a gardener's ethics.)
• Religion & Ethics: Zoroastrian
   (BBC: Basics, Urban Faith, Towers of Silence, Zoroastrianism In Our Time)
• Influence of Zoroastrianism on Judaism and Christianity
   (By Mark Willey, CAIS, Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies)
• Zoroastrianism & Free Choice
   (By Dr. Mehrborzin Soroushian, Vohuman.org)
• Iran Zamin: Zarathushtra (Zoroaster)/A>
   (Zarathushtra (Zoroaster), the Ancient Prophet of Persia)
• A Deeply Mystical Verse in the Gathas
   (By Purviz Kolsawalla, Ph.D., Sydney Australia)
   (Zarathustra asking Ahura Mazda for 10 mares & a stallion—
   metaphor for controlling his 10 senses and mastering his mind.)
• The Sumerian 'Tree of Life'
   (By Dr. Sam Kerr, Vohuman.org, July 11, 2005)