Active Virtue
Righteousness requires active engagement, not passive avoidance.
Zoroastrianism is an active religion. Merely avoiding evil is insufficient; one must actively promote good. The righteous person works to improve the world, not withdraw from it.
Do not merely avoid evil; actively pursue good.
This activist orientation distinguishes Zoroastrianism from passive piety.
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- What Zoroastrianism says about habit and discipline
Merely avoiding evil is judged insufficient; the righteous person must actively promote good. That rules out the quiet kind of discipline made mostly of abstaining, and it sets a harder test, since there is no point at which you have done enough.