“A blessed hypocrisy”
In this snippet of a chat in Mandali Hall, a pilgrim reads out a poem by Rumi entitled “The Man Who Looked Back on His Way to Hell.” This sparks a conversation about Baba’s statement that God never forgives hypocrisy—with Eruch telling how Baba, in His compassion, became a hypocrite Himself!
Audio, 8:49
Mandali Hall, Meherazad, India, 1980s
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Full talk at MandaliHall.org, number EF-006A
Uploaded 6/23/23
“We were like sardines packed in a tin”
In December of 1938, Meher Baba and a group of His followers set out on a series of overland tours across India and Sri Lanka, in what came to be known as the Blue Bus Tours. Katie Irani, one of Baba’s Eastern mandali, was invited by Baba to join the tours when she was only 18 years old. With all her usual humor and charisma, Katie shares with us tidbits of what life was like on the Blue Bus.
Audio, 5:57
Mandali Hall, Meherazad, India, November 30, 1999
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Uploaded 6/15/2023
“I also know your thoughts you will think tomorrow”
In this snippet of a longer recording, Adi K. Irani talks about being honest with Baba. He shares with us an incident from his early days at Manzil-e-Meem in the 1920s, when Baba caught Adi and Dr. Ghani lying to Him. He uses this story to illustrate the futility of lying to God, when He knows our minds and hearts better than we ever could.
Audio, 5:14
United Kingdom, July 9, 1976
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Full talk at MandaliHall.org, number KG-068B
Uploaded 6/9/2023
“One’s love should be like Mira’s love”
During an afternoon at Meherazad, Baba’s beloved Mehera tells the story of Mirabai, a lover of Krishna. She describes the constant, whole-hearted devotion that eventually brought Mirabai to the arms of her Beloved—and then talks about how to give Baba our own love.
Audio, 17:34
Meherazad, India, 1972
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Full talk at MandaliHall.org, number PA-002A
Updated 5/19/2023
“I will have a good night’s sleep leaving everything to Baba”
In this recording, Eruch delves into the question of pleasing Baba as a business person, and how to handle the elements of dishonesty that are often unavoidable when striving for success. He stresses that Baba wants us to succeed, that He would be displeased by one who did not put all their efforts into making smart financial decisions, even at the cost of someone else losing. But that also, it is all illusion, and one must keep their conscience clear and their focus on God.
Audio, 12:35
Mandali Hall, Meherazad, India, February 22, 1981
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Full talk at MandaliHall.org, number KG-157A
Uploaded 5/12/2023
“He has got only one aim for you”
In this brief snippet from a talk given at Meher Center in 1970, Adi K. Irani talks about how the spiritual planes are just another part of illusion—and how our only and constant aspiration should be Reality.
Audio, 2:46
Meher Center, March 1970
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Full talk at MandaliHall.org, number KG-017B
Uploaded 5/5/2023
“Just to see Baba’s enjoyment”
In this recording from Mandali Hall, Baba’s sister Mani share stories of making Baba laugh. With all her usual enthusiasm and charisma, Mani talks about how much Baba loved humor, and the great delight everyone got from witnessing Baba’s own enjoyment and silent laughter. Toward the end of the recording, Baba’s nephew Sohrab jumps in to help Mani tell the tale of when he impersonated Baba at a darshan program in Guruprasad, a story shared in the Twins’ talk from a recent offering with a splendid new perspective offered by Mani.
Audio, 4:54
Meherazad, India, August 15, 1987
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Uploaded on 4/21/2023
“He will never let you drown”
Rhoda Dubash grew up in an anti-Baba family, and it was only after her marriage to Adi Dubash that Baba wormed His way fully and irrevocably into her heart. In this recording, she talks about the importance of sticking to Baba and only to Baba, accepting everything as His will. She says that Baba will never give us more than we can take, and He is with us through every moment of our lives.
Audio, 7:07
Meherazad, India, August 5, 1989
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Uploaded 4/14/2023
“To be in the presence of Christ”
This audio recording is a brief, luminous description of Darwin and Jeanne Shaw’s meeting with Baba at the Shelton Hotel during His visit to New York in 1934.
Audio, 3:41
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Uploaded 4/7/2023
“Live in the world but don’t be of the world”
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 recording, Aloba discusses the importance of remembering Baba, and offers us metaphors and concrete examples of how to keep Him at the front of our hearts and minds.
Audio, 9:58
Mandali Hall, Meherazad, India, August 4, 1987
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