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There is an Iranian Mazdayasni tradition, which states that Zarathustra founded a missionary school. As a matter of fact several of the teachers at this school are mentioned. This missionary school was supposed to be active for some 300 years after the Manthran's death. At that time some catastrophe, possibly the fall of the Kayanian dynasty, closed the school. According to the tradition, many missionaries were sent to all corners of the world to spread the Manthra. Whether this tradition is true or not, we have no way of ascertaining today.
However, we do know of similarities and influences, that Mazdayasna shares, or has had on other faiths. In the East it seems to be more a case of similarities, some uncanny, between Mazdayasna and the Oriental religions. Early Hinduism and the old Aryan Prue Zarathushtian religion are practically the same. Afterwards, they did part ways, but they share a set of similar cultural assumptions. There is Rta and its almost duplicate, Asha. There is Karma and there is the Principle of Return in Mazdayasna, which is a part of Asha. Both religions highly value Fire and both use the Kushti (girdle or cord).
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