Ameretat - Immortality
The divine attribute of immortality and eternal life.
Ameretat represents immortality and deathlessness. It is the ultimate destiny of the righteous soul after the final renovation of the world. Associated with plants, it symbolizes eternal renewal and life.
Those who follow Asha shall know Ameretat.
Immortality is the reward of the righteous.
Avesta
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- What Zoroastrianism says about time
Immortality is one of the divine attributes and one of the things creation is meant to end up with. It belongs to the finished state rather than to an escape from the world.
- What Zoroastrianism says about illness and the body failing
Ameretat, deathlessness, stands beside Haurvatat among the Amesha Spentas and is associated with plants and eternal renewal. Health and immortality are named as the same kind of thing, which is the tradition's way of saying that wanting your body to keep working is not a low desire.