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Phiroz Mehta (1902 - 1994)
Born of Parsi Zarathushtrian parents, Phiroz Mehta was educated
at Royal College, Colombo, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he
read Natural Sciences and History. Later he studied the piano under
Solomon, giving recitals in India and Britain. He had many other
interests; astronomy, poetry and philosophy. His interest since
early boyhood in all the major religions of the world was not
confined to a theoretical study. Deeply concerned with discovering
through personal experience the Truth which is the Heart of
Religion, he practised both the outer and the inner disciplines of
several great religions.
During his lifetime he gave over three thousand lectures on
religion and Indian culture to learned societies, university
students, schools and conference centres in England, Holland,
Germany, India and at his London home.
He was the author of Early Indian Religious Thought, The
Heart of Religion, Zarathushtra: The Transcendental Vision,
Buddhahood, Holistic Consciousness and The Oakroom
Talks on Buddhism.
The Phiroz Mehta Trust, a registered charity, was founded in
1988, arising from the wishes of a group of students associated with
his work.
Phiroz Mehta always insisted that he was not to be regarded as a
guru or as a leader of any movement but essentially as a fellow
student. He regarded every person as being unique, discovering truth
through his or her own way of life.
The essence of Phiroz Mehta's own realisation is expressed in his
talks and in his books.
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