The Perfect Master The Life Of Shri Meher Baba

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Publisher : University-Press.org
ISBN 13 : 9781230577579
Total Pages : 30 pages
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Download or read book Meher Baba written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: New Life, Perfect Master, Baba O'Riley, Upasni Maharaj, Hazrat Babajan, Sufism Reoriented, Avatar Meher Baba Trust, Meredith Starr, Meher Baba's samadhi, Dhuni, Meher Pilgrim Center, Beyond Words, Meher Spiritual Center, 1969 Darshan, God-realization, Meherabad, Jai Baba, Involution, Mandali, Silence Day, Happy Birthday, O Parvardigar, Avatar's Abode, Meher Mount, Meher Baba's flag, I Am, Meherazad, With Love, Amartithi, Avatar Meher Baba Delhi Center. Excerpt: Meher Baba (Devanagari:, Urdu: ), (February 25, 1894 - January 31, 1969), born Merwan Sheriar Irani, was an Indian mystic and spiritual master who declared publicly in 1954 that he was the Avatar of the age. Merwan Sheriar Irani was born in 1894 and led a normal childhood, showing no particularly strong inclination toward spiritual matters. At the age of 19, a brief contact with the Muslim holy woman Hazrat Babajan began his seven-year process of spiritual transformation. Over the next months, he contacted four additional spiritual figures whom, along with Babajan, he called "the five Perfect Masters." He spent seven years with Upasni Maharaj, one of the masters, before beginning his public work. The name Meher Baba means "Compassionate Father" in Persian and was given to him by his first followers. From July 10, 1925 to the end of his life, Meher Baba maintained silence, and communicated by means of an alphabet board or by unique hand gestures. With his mandali (circle of disciples), he spent long periods in seclusion, in which he often fasted. He also conducted wide-ranging travels, public gatherings, and works of charity, including working with lepers, the poor, and the mentally ill. In 1931, Meher Baba made the first of many visits to the West, where he attracted many followers. Throughout most of the 1940s, ...