“If you want to be free, free you are”
Davana Brown, a long-time resident of Meherazad, lived amongst the Mandali for many years. In this recording from Mandali Hall, Eruch prompts Davana to share the story of a priest who came to Baba in search of a vision of Christ.
Audio, 4:24
Mandali Hall, Meherazad, India, August 6, 1989
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded 10/6/2023
“The company that affects our soul”
In this segment of a talk given at Meher Center, Adi K. Irani speaks about Baba’s Presence at the Center, and how, no matter where we are, He guides us on the journey to Himself.
Audio, 6:42
Meher Center Meeting Place, March 1970
Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California
For the full recording, click here
Uploaded 9/15/2023
“Blind slave of Krishna”
In this recording, Baba’s beloved Mehera tells a version of the inspiring and dramatic story of the poet saint Surdas. When Surdas confessed his love for a beautiful performer, she told him that he should love God the way he loved her. Surdas began the ultimate journey to fulfil her behest, finally developing a love that resounds through the ages.
Audio, 14:44
Meherazad, India, October 1972
Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California
For the full recording, click here and search PA-002A and PA-002B
Uploaded 9/8/2023
“Surrendering is the thing”
Faredoon Driver, nicknamed “Padri” by Baba because of his tall, priest-like stature, spent his life in service to the Avatar. In this selection of a recording taken at Meherabad in 1972, Padri discusses the spiritual path. He stresses that there are no shortcuts on the path to God, that it requires many, many lifetimes. We must surrender to Him, and, as Padri puts it, “He’ll take care of the rest.”
Audio, 4:58
Meherabad, India, September 1972
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded 9/1/2023
Click here to listen to the full audio recording (PA-026A).
Baba works on Mani
In this previously shared lively talk about speed typing for Baba, Mani tells a moving story that illustrates how Baba works on us. She says, “While He allows us the opportunity to do His work or to feel we are doing His work, He’s doing the real work on us.”
Audio, 9:22
Meherazad, India, July 25, 1987
Courtesy of the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California
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Uploaded on 8/18/2023
“Just a little and Baba helps”
Ali Akbar Shapurzaman, known as Aloba, first met Baba at the Prem Ashram spiritual school in 1927. The only student from the school to become a resident Mandali member, Aloba spent his life in service to Baba. In this excerpt of a talk at Mandali Hall, Aloba gives advice on doing Baba work and the process of sharing Baba’s love and name with others.
Audio, 7:55
Mandali Hall, Meherazad, India, August 4, 1987
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
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Uploaded 8/15/2023
“I’m thinking and meditating on Baba all the time”
Mehera Irani was Baba’s closest female disciple, of whom He said, “She is my very breath without which I cannot live.” In this excerpt of a conversation with Mehera in 1976, she shares with us a detailed account of how she remembers Baba throughout her day, providing us a shining example of how simple it can be to remember the Beloved when you see Him in everything.
Audio, 12:45
Mehera’s Verandah, Meherazad, India, March 6, 1976
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
For the full recording, click here and search DF-001B
“Can you imagine the force that it will generate?”
In this brief audio recording from Mandali Hall, Baba’s sister Mani reflects on the unique beauty and power of Baba children. As Meher Center prepares for its annual Youth Sahavas, Mani’s words feel particularly poignant as she says, “[The children] at one time would all be teenagers together, they’ll all be grown people together. Can you imagine the force that it will generate?. . . I love to think of that.”
Audio, 3:38
Mandali Hall, Meherazad, India, August 8, 1987
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded 7/20/2023
“Obedience to the Master is literal”
In his trademark style, Padri talks of His beloved with a might that only one trained in humility by his Master can command. In this audio, Padri is touring pilgrims around lower Meherabad. He shares stories about the Jhopdi, the table, Baba’s silence, the Manzil-e-Meem days and Baba’s arrival in Meherabad. As always, he reminds us of Baba’s stature as a king and that of His lovers as the Master’s slaves.
Audio accompanied by slideshow, 52:35
Meherabad, India
Courtesy of AMBCSC Archives and Meher Baba Library
Uploaded 7/14/2023
“The magnitude of His bounty”
Mani tells a story about Baba and His silence. One day at Meherazad, Baba sat on Eruch’s bed and asked him to take down a message about the breaking of Baba’s silence that was to be sent out in a circular to all His lovers. Baba simultaneously doodled a picture of two fish and a bird on a pad of paper lying nearby. Then He made a statement about His silence that Mani would never forget.
Audio, 6:08
Mandali Hall, Meherazad, India, July 1, 1994
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Full talk at MandaliHall.org, https://www.mandalihall.org/mani-940701
Uploaded 7/7/2023