14 August 1949 At the beginning of August 1949, Baba informed the mandali that he would be coming to Meherabad from Meherazad to “discuss and decide about the mandali’s future.” Five days of meetings were scheduled from 15 to 20 August. Arrangements were made in advance for the out-of-town lovers invited to the meetings to stay at Meherabad. They arrived on Sunday, 14 August 1949... »
13 August 1953 Baba dictates the Master’s Prayer in Dehra Dun. (Also known as the “Parvardigar Prayer.”) 13 August 1959 Baba warns his followers that Maya will make everything go against him and that they should be on guard and hold firmly to Baba’s daaman (hem of his garment). 13 August 2002 Ali Akbar Shapurzaman, known as Aloba, dies in Pune. Aloba, one of Baba’s men mandali, w... »
12 August 1949 On Friday afternoon, 12 August 1949, Baba returned with everyone to Meherazad; and as soon as he returned, “war drums” began sounding! Day and night, he began dictating to Eruch instructions about the mandali’s future, preparing for the meetings to be held at Meherabad in three days. 12 August 1956 The entire Melbourne group assembled around the L-shaped lounge at ... »
11 August 1925 Lord Krishna’s birthday was celebrated at Meherabad on Tuesday, 11 August. Baba and the mandali personally bathed the schoolboys. Bhikolya entertained all with a bhajan program at 8:00 P.M., followed by a kirtan. The actual “birth ceremonies” were done at midnight, after which pedahs were distributed and coffee was served to the mandali. 11 August 1932 Baba goes on... »
10 August 1926 On Tuesday, 10 August 1926, the Irani New Year was celebrated. All the mandali awakened early and bathed at five o’clock. The women mandali gave Baba a ceremonial bath. Afterwards, Baba applied attar (scented oil) to each of the men, and they had milk tea and grapes for breakfast. Cricket matches were held throughout the day. 10 August 1928 On 10 August, Mohan Shahane left the... »
9 August 1941 Baba appeared so weak that he could barely nod his head to give a “yes” or “no” to Chanji’s questions about the work. The mandali had never seen such an ebbing of Baba’s strength. “This was a very painful sight,” Chanji recorded. “In the past, Shree has often fasted, but never have we seen such weakness. Conditions in the world ar... »
8 August 1932 Baba arrives in Florence, Italy by car in the morning hours. Baba then visits a spot on a hill in the village of Borganto, where he says that St. Francis had a vision of Christ. 8 August 1948 Baba leaves Ahmednagar for Madras to contact masts. 8 August 1959 Baba departed for Meherazad with the men and women mandali on Saturday morning, 8 August 1959 in three separate cars. Many Poona... »
7 August 1927 Padri’s mother Freiny Masi met Baba at Meherabad on Sunday, 7 August 1927 and informed Baba that Colonel Irani had had their younger brother Rustom committed to a mental asylum. Baba assured Freiny Masi that there was nothing serious about Rustom’s temporary mental condition — but that if he was left in the asylum he would go insane! Baba had a letter written to Dinshaw M... »
6 August 1932 Baba reaches Assisi, Italy at 5 p.m. He is taken to a cave used by St. Francis on Mt. Subasio. Baba spends the night in the cave. 6 August 1936 Discussions on creating a trust were ongoing, and on 6 August, Baba stressed the importance to his four “pillars” of Meherabad — Adi Sr., Pendu, Padri and Vishnu — to carefully review the draft of the clauses of the proposed trust... »
5 August 1928 During a discourse on Sunday, 5 August 1928, Baba emphasized to Gustadji’s brother, Homi Hansotia, who had arrived in a Mohammedan outfit and announced that he had converted to Islam: Mukti [liberation from all future births and deaths] is not possible without surrenderance to a Perfect Master. The outer forms of religions, their rites, ceremonies, and shariat, are bindings, an... »