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Reasons for the exposure of corpses’. . 38 How the corpse and bones are to be disposed of 43 Whether departed souls can see AfharmazdandAharman 44 Where the souls of the righteous and wicked go - 46 The Daitih peak, the Xinvad bridge, and the two ‘Paths of departed souls 47 Whether the spirits are distressed when a righteous man dies 50 How the life departs from the body 51 Where a righteous soul stays for the first three nights after death, and what it does next . 53 . Where a wicked soul stays for the first three nights after death, and what it does next 55 The nature of heaven and its pleasures . 56 The nature of hell and its punishments . 57 Why ceremonies in honour of Srdésh are performed for the three days after a death 58 Why Srdésh must be reverenced separately from other angels 60 Why three sacred cakes are consecrated at dawn after the third night from a death . 61 How a righteous soul goes to heaven, and what it "finds and does there 63 How a wicked soul goes to hell, and what it it finds and suffers there y Ke) The position and subdivisions of hell 74 The two ways from the Daitih peak ; that of the righteous to heaven, and that of the wicked to hell . . 76 5. The continuance of mankind in the world till the resurrection 46 The preparers of the renovation of the universe 17 The contest of the good and evil spirits from the creation till the resurrection, and the condition of creation after the resurrection . 80 The effect of doing more good works than are fe necessary for attaining to the supreme heaven . . 120 Reasons for wearing the sacred thread-girdle . . 122 On the sacred shirt and thread-girdle, grace before and after eating, and cleansing the mouth before the aftergrace . 133 The sin of apostasy, and how to atone for it 136 The good works of him who saves others from apostasy 139