Places of Pilgrimage

Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust - caretaker of Baba's Samadhi or tomb in India

Avatar’s Abode - the spiritual center Baba founded in Australia 

Meher Spiritual Center - the spiritual center Baba founded in America, also here and here and here (account required), with weekly offerings here 

Avatar Meher Baba Heartland Center - the spiritual center near Baba's accident site in America, with a Facebook page here 

Meher Mount - the spiritual center Baba visited in America, with a Facebook page here 

Meher Baba Travels - a guide to places Baba visited

Traveling with the Beloved - a guide to places Baba visited

Welcome Home - a guide to pilgrimage to Meherabad and Meherazad

Pune Baba Sites - lists of places associated with Baba in Pune, India are here and here and here

Baba Biographies 

Baba's "Universal Message" - click here for it in English or here for it in other languages

Lord Meher - a 20 volume biography written by Baba's mandali member Bhau Kalchuri (first edition w/pics here) 

Avatar Meher Baba Trust - a brief biography divided into fourteen sections

Meher Spiritual Center - a brief biography written for the "Universal Message" pamphlet distributed at the 1964 World's Fair 

The Awakener Magazine - a three page biography written by Darwin Shaw for the July 1953 issue of The Awakener Magazine

AvatarMeherBaba.org - a brief biography with a link to supplemental information

Meher Baba Information - a brief biography with quotations about Baba's silence

JaiBaba.com - a brief biography with information about Baba's Masters

Wikipedia - a collaboratively-written biography in forty-three languages

Encyclopedia.com - three biographies with links to further reading

Encyclopedia Britannica - a brief one page biography

Enlightened-Spirituality.com - a detailed chronology of Baba's life and an account of His way of working

God in Human Form - a one hour biographical video in eight languages

Avatar Meher Baba: Highlights of His Life, Work, and Message - a three part biographical video in English

Meher Baba, the Awakener - a nearly one hour biographical video in English

Baba Books

Digital Texts

Baba's Statements About His Words - quotes about the enormous spiritual gift Baba gives through His words 

Avatar Meher Baba Trust's Online Library - 303 digital books, booklets, and periodicals by and about Baba, with newer additions here 

Avatar Meher Baba Trust's Archives - letters to and from Baba and diaries kept by His mandali, with a searchable database here and 167 books and pamphlets here

Internet Archive - dozens of Baba books, including Baba's Akhand Jyoti (the Hindi version of His Discourses), Savak Kotwal's He Gives the Ocean, Murshida Ivy Duce's How a Master Works, and Journey to God: True Story of Smt. Girjadevi P. Khilnani 

Lord Meher - 20 volume biography of Baba written by Bhau Kalchuri (first edition with pics here) 

Discourses - Baba's book on practical spirituality

Meher Baba's Tiffin Lectures - source manuscripts for the book comprised of discourses Baba gave at Meherabad in 1926-7 

Creation and Its Causes - source manuscripts for the book comprised of discourses Baba gave to the Prem Ashram boys 

The Beloved, the Life and Work of Meher Baba - a 146 page biography of Baba written by Naosherwan Anzar

Meher Baba - The Awakener - download C.D. Deshmukh's explanations of Baba's teachings

Effort and Grace: Open Secrets in Meher Baba's Discourses - companion book to Baba's Discourses by Darwin Shaw here (open first post in conversation thread) 

The Divine Sense of Humour of Avatar Meher Baba - read volumes one and two here and here 

TrustMeher - letters from Baba and His mandali to Amiya Hazra, author of Memoirs of a Zetetic 

Intelligence Material - material related to the book Infinite Intelligence

Finding God in North Carolina - a history of Baba lovers in the American state of North Carolina

TexttoWav - free program that converts digital text to audio files. Instructions on its usage are near the bottom of this webpage.

Audio Texts

Discourses and Listen, Humanity - Baba's book on practical spirituality (here and here) and Don Steven's introduction to Baba

Finding God in North Carolina - a history of Baba lovers in the American state of North Carolina

Bookstores 

Avatar Meher Baba Bombay Centre - over 200 books and booklets for sale at the center, including Baily's Memoirs written by Baba's close lover Baily Irani

Meher Baba Books Los Angeles - over 200 books for sale, with a Facebook page here 

Sheriar Books - over 160 books for sale, with a Facebook page here. Click here and here to subscribe to and read its e-mail updates. An old catalog may be downloaded here. Some products in it may now be unavailable. 

Searchlight - over 60 books for sale

Meher Baba Association - 19 books for sale

Meher Baba Information - 19 books for sale 

Meher Nazar Books - Meherabad store selling books in 13 languages 

Meher Book House - online store based in India here and here 

Avatar Meher Baba Delhi Centre - lists addresses for books in India at the bottom

Avatar Meher Baba Hyderabad Centre - lists an address and phone number for books and magazines in India

Amazon - new and used Baba books, etc.

Amazon India - new and used Baba books, etc. 

Barnes and Noble - new and used Baba books, etc.

AddALL - used Baba books

eBay - new and used Baba books, etc.

New Books 

What's New at Sheriar Books - a list of 21 new books, booklets, calendars, and music 

Memoirs of Gulmai K. Irani, Meher Baba’s Spiritual Mother: How I Came in Contact with Upasani Maharaj and Meher Baba - here and here and here 

Pukar's Diary - record of extensive contact with Baba between 1957-60 (at bottom of list in red)

Meher Baba from Boyhood to Godhood - a biography of Baba from the earliest days here and here RECOMMENDED

Upasni Maharaj: A Perfect Master of India - a translation of the biography that Baba ordered to be written in Gujarati here and here

The Boys: Prem Ashram Days with Meher Baba and Ever After - tells the story of the Prem Ashram through three of its residents here and here and here

My Life with Meher Baba, the Avatar of the Age - Meherwan Jessawala's life with Baba here and here

Intimate Times with Meher Baba: Glimpses of the God-Man at Guru Prasad - Bal Natu's diaries kept by Baba's order

Glimpses of Guruprasad - Baba's doctor Hoshang Bharucha shares His memories of Baba at Guruprasad here and here and here 

Harry - the story of Baba's mandali member and chiropractor Harry Kenmore here and here and here 

Meher Baba's Tiffin Lectures - book comprised of talks Baba gave at Meherabad in 1926-7, with buying options here and here

Beloved Archives' Books - Meditations for a New Humanity and Teachings: Discourses of Meher Baba 

Fortunate to Love Him: Stories of My Life with Meher Baba - book by Baba's mandali member Khorshed K. Irani RECOMMENDED

The Joyous Path - book about Baba's sister and mandali member Mani, with buying options here and here

Slave of Love - book about William Donkin, whom Baba stated was in His inner circle, with buying options here and here

The God-Seeker - the diaries of Minoo Kharas, one of Baba's close lovers, with buying options here and here and here

The Real Treasure, volume 6 - stories about Baba's mandali, with buying options here  and here and here

Information

Meher Baba Travels - a list of books and magazines

AvatarMeherBaba.org - a list of recently published books is in the lower left corner in the "Recent Books" section

Avatar Meher Baba Bibliography - download an updated bibliography of Baba books

Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California Archive's Pamphlet Collection - images of pamphlet and book covers, etc.

Mehera-Meher - the website for a three-volume book about Baba and His beloved Mehera 

TrustMeher - information about dozens of Baba publications 

Google Books - information about hundreds of Baba publications

American Library of Congress - list of its Baba book collection

Open Library - provides buying and borrowing options on the right after clicking on a book title

WorldCat - library search tool appears at the bottom after clicking on a book title 

Goodreads - a list of books and ratings of them

Meher Baba Travels - a list of authors of Baba literature

Baba books may also be borrowed via an inter-library loan request at your local library.

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Baba Quotations

The Meher Baba Association - three of Baba's prayers, with His words about the benefit in reciting them here

TrustMeher.org - Baba's prayers in Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, and Telugu NEW 

Avatar Meher Baba Trust - messages and other writings

Avatar Meher Baba Anthology - quotations organized by subject

Baba Listserv - one quotation delivered daily via e-mail

Daily Messages - one quotation delivered daily via e-mail 

Life Eternal - quotations organized by subject RECOMMENDED

The Alphabet Board - 277 pages of quotations organized alphabetically 

Meher Baba Manifesting - quotations and theories about Baba's manifestation, with a Facebook page here 

Wikiquote - quotations and full messages

Meher Baba Says - Twitter feed and Facebook group with quotes here (account required) and here

Facebook - two profiles here and here with photos and quotes (account required) 

Avatar Meher Baba - a Facebook group with Baba's words and pictures 

Lord Meher - a Facebook group with Baba's words and pictures 

Meher Awakening - a Facebook group with Baba's words and pictures 

Meher Cares - a Facebook group with Baba's words and pictures 

Meher Baba, The Awakener - a Facebook page with Baba's words and pictures 

Eternal Beloved - a Facebook page with Baba's words and pictures 

Meher Baba's Divine Love - a Facebook page with Baba's words and pictures 

Breaking of Meher Baba's Silence - download quotations about Baba's silence

Baba Says: 108 Sayings of Meher Baba - a list of referenced quotations

Quotations about Sex, Lust, and Marriage - some of Baba's words on these subjects

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General

New Additions to Avatar Meher Baba Websites   Avatar Meher Baba Prasar Kendra   Avatar Meher Baba Trust   AvatarMeherBaba.org   Beloved Archives with 30 Baba artifacts here   Google Search   JaiBaba.com   Meher Baba Information   Meher Baba Travels   TrustMeher   Meher Archive Collective here and here   Wayback Machine (snapshots of past and present Baba webpages)   Search Avatar Meher Baba Websites   Meher Baba Family - Worldwide / Baba Zoom - up to eight daily Zoom meetings here RECOMMENDED 

Baba Videos

YouTube Videos

"If people, who have not seen Me personally, see Me through the medium of film, it will help in the process of liberating them from the bondage of Maya." (Baba in a October 8th 1954 letter)

YouTube Playlist - Over a hundred recommended videos, including many that have a large amount of film footage of Baba in them

All YouTube Videos - thousands of videos related to Baba

Recent YouTube Videos - videos related to Baba uploaded within the last month

Very Recent YouTube Videos - videos related to Baba uploaded within the last week

Most Recent YouTube Videos - videos related to Baba uploaded within the last day 

meherabadchannel - streaming live from Baba's Samadhi from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Indian Standard Time with prayers, artis, and devotional songs 

Avatar Meher Baba Meherabad Streams - live streams of programs from Meherabad 

Meher Channel - live online sahavas programs with music and videos every Saturday at 6 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. Indian Standard Time. A time converter is here. 

Meher Filmworks - over 20 videos of Baba's messages, etc. 

Meheram 7 - over 90 music videos and has live streams from Meherabad and Ahmednagar

Meher Baba Family - Worldwide - music videos and memories of mandali, etc.

Sheriar Foundation - over 60 videos about Baba and His mandali, etc.

Meher Baba Archives - over 500 videos of people sharing their experiences with Baba 

gsmcgilluk - over 150 videos of events at Meherabad and Meherazad 

Oklahuma - over 90 videos about Baba, His messages, and His sahavases, etc.

Michael Le Page - over 45 videos of Baba's mandali and lovers

Mischamuse - over 100 video slideshows of photos of Baba set to music 

Meherabad Moments - over 200 videos of music and more from Meherabad 

Avatar Meher Baba's Samadhi in Full High Definition - take a virtual tour of Baba's tomb while listening to Jane Brown's stunning rendition of Baba's "Gujarati Arti" RECOMMENDED

Google Videos - over a thousand videos related to Baba, almost entirely from YouTube. Search tools are above the list of videos.

Non-YouTube Videos

Scenes from Meher Baba's 1956 Tour of the United States - video of Baba with exquisite images and music

Amis de Meher Baba - many rare videos from this French Facebook page 

Meher Filmworks - complete versions of the movies You Alone Exist and God in Human Form, the latter film in eight languages

Avatar Meher Baba Trust - videos of Amartithi and Baba's birthday celebrations at Meherabad, etc.

vimeo - hundreds of videos related to Baba

Technobaba - seven free movies and six pay-per-download movies about Baba and His Master Upasni Maharaj 

Meher Baba Archives - official trailer for Meher Baba: Avatar of the Age and pay-per-view videos of Baba's lovers here 

Vignettes of Katie Irani's Life with Baba - Baba's mandali member Katie Irani shares about her life with Baba

DVDs

Meher Baba Books Los Angeles - over 70 videos for sale

Searchlight - over 40 videos for sale

Sheriar Books - 25 videos for sale 

Meher Baba Association - buy the extended and restored version of Pete Townshend's O Parvardigar 

Information

Meher Baba Travels - lists of films Baba saw, videos for sale, and film makers

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Baba Photographs

Meher Nazar Publications - over 14,000 photos of Baba and others, with photos by Darwin Shaw and his family here and photos of the mandali here 

MSI Collection - over 4,200 photos of Baba and others taken by His sister Mani

Zenfolio - over 2,000 photos of Baba and His close ones

Facebook - some Facebook Baba photos are here NEW

JaiBaba.com - over 117 photos of Baba 

Meher Baba Association - 114 photos of Baba 

Avatar Meher Baba Trust - 60 photos sortable by decade, with more photos here 

Wikimedia Commons - 59 photographs of Baba, His family, and His Masters, etc.

Sheriar Books - 34 photos for sale

Yandex - hundreds of photos of Baba, etc. Right click on an image to save it to a pc computer. 

entireweb - hundreds of photos of Baba, etc. Right click on an image to save it to a pc computer. 

Google Images - dozens of photos of Baba, etc. Right click on an image to save it to a pc computer.

Dogpile - hundreds of photos of Baba, etc. Right click on an image to save it to a pc computer. 

Bing - hundreds of photos of Baba, etc. Right click on an image to save it to a pc computer. 

Startpage - hundreds of photos of Baba, etc. Click on "Images" up top and then search for "Meher Baba." 

To find more photos, change the search terms to "Meher Baba Love," "Meher Baba Beautiful," "Meher Baba Smile," etc. There are also more photos in the "Social Media" section under "Miscellaneous."

Baba Magazines  

Meher Baba Journal - download issues of the journal that Baba had started in the 1930s

The Awakener Magazine - read issues of this magazine that was started in the 1950s

Meher Message - read issues of the magazine that was started in the 1920s here and here 

Meher Gazette - read issues of the magazine that was started in the 1920s 

Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California Archives Print Libraries - 296 publications 

The Way and the Goal - download issues of this periodical produced by Dr. Harry Kenmore's Baba group

Love Street Breezes - download issues of this periodical, with a Facebook page here 

Love Street LampPost - read past issues of this quarterly magazine here and here 

Om Point - download issues of this quarterly circular 

Divya Vani - read past issues of this monthly English language magazine from India that was started in the 1960s here and here 

Beloved Baba - for information about this English language magazine from India, send an e-mail to editor_beloved (at) rediffmail.com. More info. is here.

Meher Pukar - information about this Hindi magazine can be found here and here and here

Avatar Meher - information about this Telugu magazine can be found here and here

Sri Meher Baba - download issues of this Telugu magazine

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Baba's Mandali 

Audio Recordings

Mandali Hall Talks - over 2,500 audio recordings of Baba's mandali and close ones, with alternate site here and podcasts here and here 

Mandali Talks - over 40 recordings of Baba's mandali

Meher Media - recordings of four of Baba's mandali

Avatar's Abode - recordings of five of Baba's mandali. Click on “The Sound” under “Australian Group” on the left to access them.

Information

Mehera Irani - videos, photos, audio recordings, and more

Mani Irani - videos, photos, audio recordings, and more

Katie Irani - the website for Baba's late mandali member Katie Irani

Bhau Kalchuri - videos, photos, audio recordings, and more

Eruch Jessawala - videos, photos, audio recordings, and more

Francis Brabazon - biographies of Baba's Australian mandali member are here and here and here 

Meher Baba Travels - information about many of Baba's close ones 

Wikipedia - definition of the word "mandali" and partial list of members. Click on select mandali members' names for biographies.

TrustMeher - information about nine of Baba's mandali

Meher Baba Melbourne - information about fifteen of Baba's mandali. Click on a mandali member's name on the right to access it.

AvatarMeherBaba.org - stories told by Baba's mandali

Meher Baba Dnyana - Baba quotations about His mandali

Meher Baba Library - letters, speeches, and audio recordings of nine of Baba's mandali and lovers

Google Search - a search on the topic of Baba's mandali

Photographs

Meher Nazar Publications - 506 photos of Baba's mandali

Meher Baba Pilgrimage - dozens of previously unpublished photos of the mandali

Sheriar Books - 20 photos of the mandali for sale

Win Coates - nine photos of Baba's mandali, Meherabad, and Meherazad. 

Meher Baba Melbourne - a slideshow of 19 photographs of Baba's mandali

Tony Howell - six photos of Baba's mandali and other close ones

Google Images - dozens of photos of Baba's mandali. Right click on a photo to save it to a pc computer.

Videos

Sheriar Books - over 35 DVDs here and over ten videos here  featuring Baba's mandali 

Meher Baba Archives - over 25 videos of Baba's mandali

Mandali Moments - over 20 videos of Baba's mandali

Vignettes of Katie Irani's Life with Baba - videos of Baba's mandali member Katie Irani are here and here

Meher Baba Library - over 100 DVDs featuring Baba's mandali and lovers for sale

Gateway Mediaworks - 24 DVDs featuring Baba's mandali and lovers for sale

YouTube - some videos related to Baba's mandali 

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Baba Commemorations 

Amartithi   Google Search   Images   Videos   Avatar Meher Baba Trust

Baba's Birthday   Google Search   Images   Videos   Avatar Meher Baba Trust

Silence Day   Google Search   Images   Videos

New Life Day   Google Search   Images   Videos

Baba's Perfect Masters 

Sai Baba   Biography   Google Search   Videos   Images   Books

Upasni Maharaj   Biographies here and here and here (1938 biography)   Google Search   Videos   Images   Books here (bottom left) and here and here 

Hazrat Babajan   Biography   Google Search   Videos   Images   Books

Narayan Maharaj   Biography   Google Search   Videos   Images   Books

Tajuddin Baba   Biography   Google Search   Videos   Images   Books

Meherabad and Meherazad

Information

Prayers and Artis from Baba's Samadhi - play and/or download an audio recording made at midnight on 1.1.2017

Avatar Meher Baba Trust - caretaker of Baba's Samadhi or tomb

Historic Meherabad - a history of Meherabad and downloadable walking tour

A History of Meherabad - a chronological history of Meherabad 

Tavern Talk - subscribe to the Avatar Meher Baba Trust's e-mail newsletter here 

In His Service - the Avatar Meher Baba Trust's print newsletter, with past issues here 

Meher Fund - learn about and help fund Meherazad's Meher Free Dispensary, with a Facebook page here 

Welcome Home - a guide to pilgrimage to Meherabad and Meherazad

Meherabad Diary - a diary of one of Meherabad's residents

Trust Family Bulletin - e-mail notices about events at Meherabad, etc.

Avatar Meher Baba's Samadhi - a Facebook page with posts related to Baba's Samadhi (account required)

Meherabad - a Facebook page with posts related to Meherabad

Andhra Rest House - a private hostel near Meherabad open year round (temporarily closed)

Iris Premiere Hotel - a three star hotel in Ahmednagar 

Hotel Raj Palace - a three star hotel in Ahmednagar

Google Search - a search on the topic of Meherabad

Google Search - a search on the topic of Meherazad

Goolge Search - a search on the topic of Baba's Samadhi

Photographs

Avatar Meher Baba Trust - photos of Amartithi and Baba's birthday celebrations, etc.

Meherabad Past and Present - photos of Meherabad from the 1930s onward

Meher Baba Photos - photos of Meherabad and Meherazad

Tony Howell - photos of Meherabad and Meherazad

GigaPan.com - a 360 degree interior image of Baba's Samadhi

"Bigger Tomb" over Baba's Samadhi - a proposed bigger tomb over Baba's Samadhi (mid-way down the page)

Google Images - hundreds of photos of Meherabad. Right click on an image to save it to a pc computer.

Google Images - hundreds of photos of Meherazad. Right click on an image to save it to a pc computer.

Google Images - some photos of Baba's Samadhi. Right click on an image to save it to a pc computer.

Videos

Avatar Meher Baba Trust - videos of Amartithi and Baba's birthday celebrations

YouTube - hundreds of videos related to Meherabad

YouTube - hundreds of videos related to Meherazad

YouTube - some videos related to Baba's Samadhi

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Baba Music

Recordings 

Baba's Artis - recordings and translations of six artis or devotional songs to Baba 

Avatar Meher Baba Hyderabad Centre - over 200 songs for playing and downloading

Meher Baba Music Stream - plays 750 songs in praise of our Beloved 65 NEW SONGS (THOUGH TEMPORARILY INACTIVE)

Sufism Reoriented - listen to 98 songs NEW

Meherabad Moments - play and download recordings of music and more from Meherabad 

Meher Radio - podcasts in five languages 

Mandali Hall - play over one hundred songs performed by various musicians 

Avatar's Abode Anniversary - over one hundred music videos for the anniversary of Baba's visit to Avatar's Abode 

Meher Songs - recordings and translations of some of Baba's ghazals and artis, etc. 

The Golden Book of Praise - play and download over sixty songs from Francis Brabazon's songbook

Spotify - Baba songs and playlists (account required) 

MeherBabaMusic.com - renditions of Baba music by Larry Green 

SoundCloud - play over one hundred songs performed by various musicians 

SoundCloud Playlist - play over one hundred songs performed by various musicians 

Jamie Newell - 18 songs to play and download

TrustMeher - songs performed by Meera Kale, an Indian classical vocalist

Meher Baba Bhopal Centre - songs performed by Madhusudan and Meera Kale

broadjam.com - songs performed by Raymond T. Spagnuolo

Compact Discs, etc.

Sheriar Books - over 100 compact discs for sale. Click on a cd title to listen to sample tracks.

Meher Baba Books - over 70 compact discs for sale

Searchlight - over 45 compact discs for sale

Meher Baba Association - nine compact discs for sale

Amazon - compact discs and records for sale

eBay - compact discs and records for sale

Information

Meher Baba Travels - information about records, songs, and musicians

JaiBaba.com - musicians' webpages

AvatarMeherBaba.org - musicians' websites are listed in the lower right corner in the "Art & Music" section

Mischievous Peeps - translations and recordings of the "Gujarati Arti," "Meher Chalisa," and other songs, with a Facebook page here (entire website is temporarily not working)

The Songs of Francis Brabazon - a description of Francis's creative process and histories of his song collections 

The Ocean of Love - a history of this song and a performances of it by the composer, Bob Holdt

Minstrels of Love - a history of Baba music in the West

Videos 

YouTube Playlist - over one thousand music videos with shuffle play option

YouTube - a partial list of music videos   

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Baba Arts

Information

AvatarMeherBaba.org - artists' websites are listed in the bottom right corner in the "Art & Music" section

JaiBaba.com - a list of artists' websites

Meher Baba Travels - writers' websites and artists' websites and images

Meher Baba Association - artists' websites with descriptions of them

TrustMeher.com - artists' websites with descriptions of them

Meher Baba Art Connection - website showing and selling artists' work, with a Facebook page here 

Meher Baba Bhakti - writers' and artists' websites

Meher Baba Posters - vintage posters from the 1960s

Google Images - click here or here or here for images of Baba artwork. Right click on an image to save it to a pc computer.

Poetry - Digital Texts

Avatar Meher Baba Trust's Online Library - includes three of Francis Brabazon's books of poetry

Meher Sarod - a book of 170 poems written by Bhau Kalchuri 

Meher Roshani - a book of 117 poems written by Bhau Kalchuri 

HeartMind - poems by Meher Baba, Bhau Kalchuri, Francis Brabazon and others

JaiBaba.com - poems by Meher Baba, Rumi, and others

Poetry Chaikhana - poems by Meher Baba

Poetry Chaikhana - poems by Francis Brabazon

Ghamela Yoga - poems by Brian Darnell

Sweet Adoration - a collection of six poems

Poetry - Audio Recordings

Avatar's Abode - Click on "The Sound" under "Australian Group" on left to listen to Francis Brabazon read his poetry or go here 

Poetry - Books

Sheriar Books - over 40 books of poetry for sale here and here

Meher Baba Books Los Angeles - over 20 books of poetry for sale

New Humanity Books - over 100 books of Sufi poetry, poetry in praise of Baba, and Baba's ghazals 

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Baba Newsletters and Blogs 

Newsletters 

Meherabode Gazette and Meherabode Newsletter - media from the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California 

Weekly Reflections from Meher Baba Books - media from the Avatar Meher Baba Center of Southern California's bookstore 

Meherana Messenger - media from Meherana, the spiritual retreat in California 

Insight - for the Meher Baba Center of Northern California's newsletter, click on "Newsletter Archive" under "Community" on the left

Sheriar Foundation - the foundation's biannual newsletter, with a wonderful article on its books-to-prisoners program in the Winter 2013 edition

Meher Archive Collective - newsletter for archives center near Asheville, North Carolina 

Meher Baba Australia - over 200 issues of this newsletter started in 1983 

Blogs

On Sacred Ground - stories about Baba and His mandali 

Meher Mount's Story Blog - stories about Baba and His lovers 

Kendra's Notebook - summaries of talks given by Baba lovers are in the lower right corner

Divine Beloved - a blog about experiences at Meherabad and Meherazad, etc.

Meher Baba Words - a blog about Baba's words and other subjects 

Embedded with the Kali Yuga - meditations on Baba's teachings and those of other Masters 

All (Baba) Things Considered - columns by six Baba lovers 

Personal Baba Stories - 170 stories of people's experiences of Baba 

Meher Baba: The Twilight Songs - interviews with Baba lovers 

Baba News 

Baba and Baba-talk Listservs - daily e-mail notices of news, quotations, and talk

Google Alerts - e-mail notices about things related to Meher Baba and Meherabad, etc., published on the Internet 

Meher Baba Travels - over 75 news stories from the 1930s onward that mention Baba's name 

National Library of Australia - over 30 news stories from the 1930s onward that mention Baba's name

British Newspaper Archive - over 40 pay-per-view news stories from the 1930s onward that mention Baba's name

Newspapers.com - over 4000 paid-subscription-based news stories that mention Baba's name (one week free trial) 

GeneologyBank.com - over 700 paid-subscription-based news stories that mention Baba's name (one week free trial)

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Miscellaneous 

Social Media

Social Searcher - searches 11 social media sites

Pinterest - some posts related to Baba

Facebook - some pages and groups related to Baba are here 

imginn - some posts related to Baba on Instagram 

Tumblr - some posts related to Baba 

Apps

Android - five applications with Baba's prayers and songs, etc.

Apple - three applications with Baba's prayers and songs, etc. 

Podcasts

Mandali Hall Talks - here and here 

Google Play 

Download music, apps, audio books, and e-books 

Study

Meher Spiritual University - online courses about Baba's life, work, and messages

Recordings, etc.

Internet Archive - audio recordings of meetings, talks, and music, etc.

Meher Baba Library - audio recordings of Don Stevens talking about God Speaks and Ward Parks talking about Infinite Intelligence

Myrtle Beach

Meher Spiritual Center Newsletter - download newsletters from the center Baba founded in America

Avatar Meher Baba Circle of Friends' Circle News - sign-up form here for digital newsletter for Myrlte Beach community 

A Hidden Spiritual Retreat - local newspaper story about the center Baba founded in America

Meher Spiritual Center - blog post with nice description and pictures of the center Baba founded in America

Youth Sahavas - a Facebook page with pictures of the Meher Spiritual Center's Youth Sahavas, etc. 

YouTube - videos related to the Meher Spiritual Center 

Goods

Zazzle.com - create and buy Baba items or click here to see items already created

Cafepress.com - create and buy Baba items or click here to see items already created

Etsy - various Baba items for sale 

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Baba Groups, Organizations, and Retreats

Argentina   here and here 

Australia   Melbourne   Sydney here and here 

Canada   Meher Baba Western Canada 

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Baba's Incredible Words on the Power of Prayer and Gaining Divine Love Through It RECOMMENDED

"But this I tell you too, that the one who asks for my love will be the chosen one." Baba in Lord Meher, online edition, p. 3513.

"Through repeated sincere prayers it is possible to effect an exit from the otherwise inexorable working out of the law of karma." Baba in Beams from Meher Baba on the Spiritual Panorama, p. 38. 

"Do not waste your precious life-span in differentiating and judging your fellowmen, but learn to long for the love of God....

Spare no pains to help others. Seek no other reward than the gift of divine love. Yearn for this gift sincerely and intensely, and I promise, in the name of my divine honesty, that I will give you much more than you yearn for.

I give you all my blessing that the spark of my divine love may implant in your hearts the deep longing for love of God." Baba in ibid., p. 3554.

"Ask for only one thing: my love." Baba in The Awakener Magazine, volume 22, issue 1, p. 66. 

"I want you [Consuella de Sides] to realize by actual experience. I, personally, tell you to do one thing. You can attend to your external duties, as you have been doing, but find some hours – one, two or three hours a day – when you could, all alone, devote yourself to what I will tell you to do now. 

In silence and in seclusion, all alone in one room, with all your heart, cry out, deep down in you cry and say, 'Baba, let me see God who is in me! Baba, let me see God in me!' Cry out with such longing that during these hours you want nothing else but to see God. And, Consuella dear, you will see him. Will you carry this out? You will then see God.

Do it honestly, as if your very life depended on it. Nothing more, nothing less. If you want to see God as he ought to be seen, do this, I tell you. You are so dear to me, and I will help you, but do it very honestly. Cry, cry, cry! God wants us to see Him, longs for it more than we long for Him. It is the truth. I know it. But He wants to be seen. How? With great longing and aspiration. Try it. You will have the longing if you try honestly. We must see him in this very body. So, will you try?" Baba in Lord Meher, Bhau Kalchuri, online edition, p. 3080. 

"[A] true hero longs intensely for the nectar of divine love and he is an exception. Such pure love is not found in the ordinary run of mankind. This love is not inborn; it is given and imparted by a Master." Baba in ibid., p. 758. 

"Try to create divine love within your heart by longing for God and you will have everything." Baba in ibid., p. 1185. 

"[W]hy ask God for temporary relief which has in its wake mere bindings? Ask God not for money, fame, power, health, children; But ask for His grace of Love, which would lead you to eternal bliss." Baba in "AVATAR MEHER BABA'S MESSAGES and an Episode at Vijayawada IN 1954 ANDHRA TOUR," p. 3, as found here. 

"The prayer God hears is the prayer of the heart, that raising of the heart, that suffering of the heart, that is what God pays attention to." Baba in The Awakener Magazine, volume 4, issue 2, p. 14. 

"Instead, if anyone prays to God, to me, purely and honestly, from however far away, and however slowly or softly, I, as God, immediately hear it, and a connection is established . . . . But your call [to the Qutub] should be from the innermost depths of your heart." Baba in Lord Meher, Bhau Kalchuri, online edition, pp. 1042-43. 

"God is just as soft as He is hard, as compassionate as He is harsh. Just remember that when you call on Him or invoke Him, if He is touched even once, the impossible then becomes possible and you become free. This is not an easy thing. However, during the forthcoming days, try to repeat God's Name wholeheartedly: then I and God will see to it." Baba in Glimpses of the God-Man, volume 3, Bal Natu, p. 133-34. 

"Constant prayer and selfless service are both vital in turning the mind away from worldly things and directing it toward spirituality." Baba in Lord Meher, Bhau Kalchuri, online edition, p. 1771. 

“Those who aspire to the final attainment should renounce everything and occupy themselves in prayer and meditation most of the time.” Baba in Sufism Reoriented charter, p. 7. 

"Intellectual disputations about God will not bring you any nearer to Him, and may take you farther away. But persistent, heartfelt prayers to Him will lower the veil that now envelopes you in darkness." Baba in The Sayings of Shri Meher Baba, p. 22. 

Baba's "A prayer for Baba lovers and mandali": "Beloved God help us all to love You more and more and more and more and still yet more until we become worthy of union with You and help us all to hold fast to Baba's daaman till the very end."

"My Name itself is a Prayer and repeating my name whole-heartedly is the greatest prayer that one can offerMy Name itself is a Prayer and repeating my name whole-heartedly is the greatest prayer that one can offer" (source unknown). NEW

"So merely to say 'I want to see God' or 'I want to realize God' is similar to an ant saying 'I want to become an elephant!' Mere words have nothing in them. The heart must thirst to seek God." Baba in Lord Meher, Bhau Kalchuri, online edition, p. 3296. 

"Every hour, every minute, one must crave for God as a drowning man craves for life. The longing for God brings about extreme unrest, a kind of mind-crushing torture, and this mind-crushing torture must be so strong that no thoughts except those of God enter the devotee's mind. This intense longing is very rare in this matter-ridden age. In order to generate this longing, the help of a Perfect Master is required in most cases. The grace of a God-realised Master works wonders, but one must, so to say, extort this grace from him." Baba in The Awakener Magazine, Vol. 17, issue 2, pp. 1-3 as found here. 

"When there is intense thirst for the remembrance of the Beloved, love is born, and one's only thought is of the Beloved." Baba in ibid., p. 5058. 

"What you must long for is the real want, and this real want alone must be your perennial want." Baba in Teachings: Discourses of Meher Baba, 2016, p. 279 

"Do not change the mode of your life, but make an effort with all your heart to create longing to be one with God. This longing will make you see the Self." Baba (to a professor He met in Rome) in Lord Meher, Bhau Kalchuri, online edition, p. 1522. 

"[T]he innermost essence of prayer . . . is adoring love for the Eternal Beloved." Baba in Beams from Meher Baba on the Spiritual Panorama, p. 76.

"When we remember Baba or say the prayers He has given us, in which He Himself participated hundreds of times, this is like picking up the phone to find that the connection has been made automatically. He has laid unseen spiritual cables through these prayers, connecting the hearts of His dear ones, enabling the easy transmission of our yearnings, sorrows, and joys, and His loving response is assured." Bal Natu in The Samadhi * Star of Infinity, p. 64. 

"Then [Baba] turned to me and His fingers moved swiftly, saying, 'Ask. What is it you want? Ask quick!' It was like Baba was saying, 'Right now I’m in the mood to give. Ask, and I’ll give you whatever you want.' I looked at Baba and said, 'I want to be with You, always.' Baba looked very happy with my reply. 'Granted!' He said and hugged me. . . . And my wish was granted too. I shall be for ever and ever thankful that I added the word 'always' at the end of my wish, 'I want to be with You—always.” As you can see, you have to be a bit of a lawyer when asking God for a boon. You have to make sure that you don’t leave out any clause in your favour.'" Mani Irani in God-Brother, p. 100-02. 

"Love does not need any demonstration or show. It is a treasure to be kept secret from others. Prayer should be the lighting of the lamp of love in our hearts, and this will allow the lamp of love to perform the prayer of the Beloved. This lamp cannot be seen externally; it burns within to consume in its flame all bindings, freeing the lover to become united with the Beloved. Therefore, love Meher Baba and love so intensely that you forget your own self. There is no other experience for the lover to pursue. The true lover will experience Meher Baba's Avatarhood, his divinity, within his own heart during his manifestation." Bhau Kalchuri in Meher Baba Avatar of the Age Manifesting, p. 83. 

"[O]n the last day I suddenly found [one of the pilgrims] crying. 'What's the matter, Jane?' I asked, thinking to myself that she's probably crying because she's sad to be leaving here. But she looks up and blurts out, 'I should have asked for love. I should have asked for love.'

'What are you talking about?' I asked, and then she told me the whole story. That, just as that man had wanted a garland and Baba had given him one, so too she had asked Baba for a glimpse of Himself and He had given her that glimpse. 'But if I only had asked Him for love,' she said, 'then He would have given me that. Why did I ask for so little?' . . . 

If God never granted us our desires, it wouldn't matter much what we longed for. It is because He does give us what we ask for with all our hearts that we must be so careful. Of course, this is just words. We can say we want love, but it is not what we say that Baba listens to, but what our heart cries out. We may think we want to love Baba, but if we really wanted to love Him, He would give us this love. He is more anxious to give us the gift of love than we are to receive it. That is a fact.... 

But even if we can't honestly long for love, we can long to long for love. That much is always open to us. If our prayers for love are insincere and mechanical, we can at least pray to become more sincere when we pray. If we cannot run towards the Lord, at least we can walk, and if we cannot walk, we can crawl. And even if we cannot crawl, we can pray for the ability, someday, to be able to crawl. And we may find, to our surprise, that even crawling is not necessary, because the Lord Himself has come to us and is carrying us on His back." Eruch Jessawala in That's How It Was, p. 217, with full story here. 

"Please may I love you a thousand times more than I do now? I feel as cold and empty at times and if only I could be on fire loving you then perhaps I could forget my petty self a bit." William Donkin in a letter to Baba, as found in Slave of Love: The Life of William Donkin with Meher Baba, Bob Mossman, page number unknown. 

"Tears are prayers too, they travel to God when you can't find the words." Rumi (source unknown) NEW 

A video playlist on praying for divine love is here. 

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Baba's Words About the Power of His Samadhi

“It [Baba's Tomb] is a place of immense spiritual importance….” Baba in Glimpses of the God-Man, Vol. III, Bal Natu, p. 192.

"The discourse reading was stopped, and Baba granted permission to all to visit the Dome on Meherabad Hill. Baba stated that he had confined himself in it for a period of five months or so, during which time he was on tea and water only. He added, 'The place is of great spiritual importance, and I have ordered my mandali that when I drop my body, it should be buried there.'" Bhau Kalchuri in Lord Meher, Vol. 11, Bhau Kalchuri, p. 3964. 

“After his [a Perfect Master’s] death, he enjoys eternal bliss, and the power is there with him, but not the authority to use it. So wherever there is a tomb of a Master, there the power is; but it is the faith which becomes the medium and utilizes that power….” Baba in Ramjoo’s Diaries, Ramjoo Abdulla, pp. 147-148.

“Baba said it was important for anyone aspiring to have spiritual benefit to visit the Tomb time and time again to imbibe the impressions of the Impressionless One.” Eruch Jessawala in The Ancient One, ed. Naosherwan Anzar, p. 12.

"Those who are determined to bow down and worship here [at Baba's Tomb] will do so, will grow more and more in Baba's Love, will try their utmost to love Baba with all their hearts and will please all others in their own joy." Baba in Let’s Go to Meherabad!, Bhau Kalchuri, p. 3.

"This place (Meherabad) is the most important. It is the best for those on the spiritual path. Despite visiting other places for work, it is best to return here." Baba in Let's Go to Meherabad!, Bhau Kalchuri, p. 145.

"Baba later remarked about Meherabad, 'This place is the most important one. It is the best place to be for those on the spiritual path. Despite visiting places for my work, it is always best to return here.'" Bhau Kalchuri in Lord Meher, Vol. 3, 1988, Bhau Kalchuri, p. 854. 

"Up until the 8th of March [1927], Baba stayed in the Jhopdi, and then He moved His living quarters back to the wooden Table. It was there at that time that He said of Meherabad, 'I will occupy this Seat for twelve hundred years!'" Bhau Kalchuri in Let's Go to Meherabad!, Bhau Kalchuri, p. 81.

"You don't realize how fortunate you are…To sit near God's feet for just one second requires great luck, but you are sitting near my feet for so many hours. Fifty years from now, lakhs [hundreds of thousands] of pilgrims will visit Meherabad. People will not be allowed to go inside the Samadhi and bow at my feet. They will have to take darshan from the door…Even if people see my Samadhi from afar, they will consider themselves fortunate. Only later will you realize how fortunate you were to be near God's feet. This opportunity of sitting near my feet won't come again in your life...." Baba to Sheela and Mehernath Kalchuri in Growing Up With God, Sheela Fenster with David Fenster, p. 132.

"Special importance is attached to meditating in holy places where the Masters themselves have lived or meditated." Baba in "The Types of Meditation, Part I: The Nature of Meditation and its Conditions," Baba in Discourses, 1987, Meher Baba, p. 116.

"In 1938, while strolling on Meherabad Hill, Baba made a sweeping gesture and stated, 'The whole universe is mine, but this place is especially mine.'" Bal Natu, The Samadhi: Star of Infinity, p. 39. 

Baba's words about the importance of His Samadhi as told by Eruch Jessawala are here. 

“Meher Baba once conveyed to His close ones, ‘This [body] is only an overcoat that I’m wearing; this is not the real Me.’ That ‘Real Me’ of the Avatar’s presence is now manifesting itself in innumerable ways through the Samadhi. There the atmosphere is permeated with His divine presence, awakening hearts to His glorious love. To enter the Samadhi is to bathe in a clear pool of purity. It not only cleanses the impurities of mind and heart, but perfumes one’s entire being with His illuminating presence. The Samadhi is where Meher Baba responds to His lovers’ longing for the Avatar’s physical company. Whenever one has the rare fortune to visit there, either physically or in one’s thoughts, it performs a wondrous sanctification of one’s mind and heart. That little room holds the key that unlocks the human heart which sincerely calls on Him, the Eternal Beloved.” Bal Natu in The Samadhi * Star of Infinity, Bal Natu, pp. 76-77.

More of Bal Natu's reflections on the importance of Baba's Samadhi are here. 

“You should remember that Beloved Baba’s form itself is in the Tomb. And whether you feel anything or not, His form enshrined there is like the sun that touches everything. Going to His Tomb-Shrine will help disperse the cloud-cover of your impressions so that one day you can feel the rays of love from His Divine Sun in your heart…going regularly will help you. Do not doubt this.” The Spiritual Training Programme, Bhau Kalchuri, p. 60.

“There is a spiritual intensity at Meherabad. The body of Avatar Meher Baba which is resting in the Tomb at Meherabad, is the body that housed Reality and anything that is in direct contact with Reality is naturally sanctified. So the effect of that body is that everything for miles around is sanctified…What you experience is the reflection of His presence in the atmosphere of this place….” Eruch Jessawala in The Ancient One, ed. Naosherwan Anzar, pp. 234-35.

“[Baba's Samadhi] is surcharged with Baba’s divine presence. Hence this place — the Power House — has become the center through which the Avatar’s ever-living Infinite Consciousness continues to function, radiating His unconditional love and compassion to one and all who visit Him.” Bal Natu in Glimpses of the God-Man, Vol. VI, Bal Natu, p. 89.

“His Tomb at Meherabad and His residence at Meherazad…are vast repositories of divine impressions whose effect on those who receive them is to awaken love for God.” Bhau Kalchuri in Glow International, February 2000, ed. Naosherwan Anzar, p. 2.

Baba's sister Mani stated, "Your bowing down at His feet is...an unburdening of your self, your impressions...which get merged into the Ocean that Baba is." Mani S. Irani in the "Mandali Moments: Pilgrimage" video at YouTube.

“The Tomb is next in importance to the proximity of the physical presence of the Avatar…. I stress one thing — never miss a chance to go to Baba’s Tomb.” Adi K. Irani in Just to Love Him, Adi K. Irani, pp. 88, 91.

"The last time that I was in India, I was--which was two summers ago--I was very particularly struck with the unique atmosphere, well I don't even want to call that atmosphere--I'm searching for a word--I can't call it an atmosphere in Baba's Tomb. It's Baba Himself, Baba's darshan. I felt that Baba's darshan is eternally present at Baba's Tomb, and the feeling that I had when I was in Baba's Tomb, and which I did not have in any moment in India. All of the moments when I was in Baba's Tomb I had this feeling, and none of the moments when I was out of Baba's Tomb when I was in India did I have that feeling, and it was the feeling, the same feeling, that I had when I was sitting with Meher Baba on October 4th, 1965...." Lynn Ott in "What is Special About the Tomb -- 1979." 

"I remember that in 1958, on two occasions, Baba took us--no, it wouldn't have been 1958, yes it was, no it was in '48, before I left India, and Baba took us up to the Tomb, and, all of us that were there, and He showed us the Tomb, He said, 'This is where I have asked that My body be buried when I drop it.' And He said, 'I want all of you when you come up to pay your respects to the Tomb to remember just two things: (One was) How you can give greater happiness to others at the cost of your own. (Secondly,) 'ow you can learn to love Me more and more. And when you go down from the Tomb, I want you to go with the firm resolve in your heart to carry out both those (you might call them) instructions.' And not only did He give those thoughts to the, they were read out for the Indian sahavas in 1958, but also when He came to Myrtle Beach He repeated the same desire that He wanted that all who went to the Tomb shouldn't think so much about what spiritual benefit they were going to get, in the way of the Samadhi or anything of that kind, but to remember just those two points...." Kitty Davy in "What is Special About the Tomb -- 1979." 

"It's been over ten years since Jean and I have been to India and to Baba's Tomb, and actually that was just a short time in 1969 after He had dropped His body. For me, it was like falling into Baba's arms physically in the Tomb. His presence was so intensely alive there. It was really there, that's the very least I could say, and judging from the response of so many we talked to who have been to the Tomb through the years, each one, almost without exception, has had a very deep inner experience with Baba as a result of going to the Tomb. I don't suppose any of us could explain just what happens, more than we could during Baba's physical lifetime, how He works, but there's something very special about it that makes it a unique place in the entire world for anyone to go to." Darwin Shaw in "What is Special About the Tomb -- 1979." 

“He has said just before He dropped His body, ‘Now the shop will be opened.’ / He has really opened His Wineshop in the Tomb, / and He is inviting humanity to come there to drink. / What a beautiful place His Tomb is — the Tomb is the Divine Treasure.

Oh humanity! / Don’t miss the opportunity to drink when the Wineshop is open. / The Beloved is distributing Wine ceaselessly without a break. / What a gift is given at His Tomb — the Tomb is the Divine Treasure!” Bhau Kalchuri from “The Tomb is the Divine Treasure” in Let’s Go to Meherabad!, Bhau Kalchuri, p. 144.

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Baba's Words About the Importance of Remembering Him

“Once the aspirant has the bliss of the darshan of a Master, that sight gets carved on his mind, and even when he is unable to establish frequent personal contact, his mind turns to the Master again and again in an effort to understand His significance. This process of establishing mental contact with the Master is essentially different from merely imaginative revival of past incidents. In the ordinary play of imagination, the recall of past incidents is not necessarily animated by a definite purpose, whereas in establishing mental contact there is a definite purpose. Owing to the directive power of purpose, imagination ceases to be a mere revolving of ideas and reaches out to the Master through the inner planes and establishes contact with him. Such mental contact with the Master is often as fruitful and effective as his physical darshan. The inward repetition of such mental contacts is like constructing a channel between Master and aspirant, who becomes thereby the recipient of the grace, love and light which are constantly flowing from the Master in spite of the apparent distance between them. Thus, the help of the Master goes out not only to those who happen to be in his physical presence but also to others who establish mental contact with him.” Baba in “The Place of Occultism in Spiritual Life, Part II,” Discourses, 1987, Meher Baba, p.188.

"If you are really keen about the Truth, try to meditate with love on the Divine Form of your choice, or remember the Name of God wholeheartedly. Then, with Divine Grace a fortunate one sees God face to face, everywhere and in everything, far more clearly and intimately than you see the things in this room now with your physical eyes." Baba in Darshan Hours, ed. Rick Chapman, p. 3. 

“Love for the Sadguru or Perfect Master is particularly important because it invites contact with the Sadguru. Through such contact the aspirant receives from the Sadguru impressions which have the special potency of undoing other past impressions, thus completely transforming the tenor of his life.” Baba in “The Removal of Sanskaras, Part III: The Wiping Out of Sanskaras,” Discourses, Meher Baba, 1987, p. 57.

“God is absolutely independent. The only way to approach Him is through love, constant repetition of His Name, and invocation of His Mercy.” Baba in Lord Meher, Vol. 18, 2000, Bhau Kalchuri, p. 5986.

“The company of a real saint, the service of humanity and the repetition of God’s name — these are the highest possible yoga and religious practice.” Baba in The Silent Word, Francis Brabazon, p. 278.

“I am in everybody’s heart, but I am sleeping there. It is my old, old habit. In order to awaken Me, you should always call out to Me and say ‘Baba, Baba, Baba’ continuously. Then I who am sleeping in your heart will not find any pleasure in remaining asleep. Let alone sleep, I shall not find time even to doze. I shall then slowly be awakened in your heart by hearing your constant calls. Once I am awake in your heart, you too will awake and remain awake forever. Therefore, repeat My name constantly and awaken Me in your heart so that you become awake for all time.” Baba in The Ancient One, ed. Naosherwan Anzar, p. 173.

“I want every lover of mine to repeat my name with every breath. The repetition should be continuous and such that even in sound sleep it should continue like your breathing. Then there is some possibility of experiencing a glimpse of me. Never worry about thoughts while repeating my name. Do not check them because when you repeat my name, the thoughts will not create binding for you — good or bad.” Baba in Lord Meher, Vol. 13, 1998, Bhau Kalchuri, p. 4818.

“God is present right here and now, in you all and in me. So let us take his name sincerely and wholeheartedly so that He Who is within us is touched. Do not speak aloud when the names are repeated. Only repeat silently and think that He is within us and hears us all.” Baba in ibid., Vol. 11, p. 3946.

“If you stop worrying, God has to begin to worry for you! Remember Him wholeheartedly; leave your troubles to Him. Then you will be free to remain cheerful.” Baba in ibid., Vol. 10, p. 3562.

“I am God, 100% so!...[T]hink only of me and constantly repeat my name.” Baba in ibid., Vol. 18, 2000, p. 6097. 

"Beloved Baba has told us that in this Advent, He has given no mantra or practice. He said that there is great power in His Name. He said that His Name has more power than Himself! Even He, Himself, repeats His Name. The power in His Name protects one from all the allurements of the world and at the same time clears all the muck within one of lust, greed and anger which otherwise would be impossible for one to get rid of. So His Name is like a double-edged weapon of protection and defense—defending one from the allurements of Maya and clearing the muck of Maya’s weapons of lust, greed and anger" Meherwan Jessawala in the December 2016 In His Service newsletter. 

"Baba’s Name… is what Baba asked us to repeat. Especially in the last months of His Ministry; He was constantly telling all of us: practice taking My Name as continually as possible. He said once: there is power in My Name; there is more power in My Name than even Myself, and even I repeat My Name. 

That’s how much importance He gave to the repetition of His Name. So… you have to begin mechanically; you have to make the effort to keep repeating His Name throughout the day whatever you are doing. It doesn’t take any effort to take His Name, no price to pay, no scriptures to go over....

Repeat His Name in your daily life. Don’t set aside time for it . Its not a ritual, it’s a way of life that happens. It will become a sort of support for you. When you have to face someone or some occasion, when you have to say something or speak out. Just keep repeating His Name and face the crowd and He takes over… He takes over…

Learn to do that. But it takes effort; in the beginning you have to make the effort to do this. Later on it becomes a habit, then automatically you keep repeating His Name." Meherwan Jessawala in unknown YouTube video, as quoted in March 2023 Meher Baba Sydney Noticeboard. 

“Repeat my name every second, every moment! If it becomes so natural in your subconscious, automatically it will come out during moments of difficulty to help and save you.” Baba in ibid., Vol. 18, 2000, pp. 6130-31.

“[W]hen you feel angry or have lustful thoughts, remember Baba at once. Let my name serve as a net around you so that your thoughts, like mosquitoes, may keep buzzing around you and yet not sting you…You can also entrust your mind to me by remembering me or repeating my name in your heart as often as you can. Remember me so often that your mind is at a loss to find other thoughts to feed on.” Baba in Listen Humanity, ed. Don E. Stevens, 1982, pp. 44-45.

“I say with my Divine Authority to each and all that whosoever takes my name at the time of breathing his last comes to me [gains liberation or infinite and eternal bliss]; so do not forget to remember me in your last moments. Unless you start remembering me from now on, it will be difficult to remember me when your end approaches. You should start practising from now on. Even if you take my name only once every day, you will not forget to remember me in your dying moments.” Baba in “My Wish,” Lord Meher, Vol. 15, 1999, Bhau Kalchuri, p. 5418. The source for the meaning of the phrase “comes to me” is Baba in ibid., pp. 5444-45.

"Some persons may be so constituted that they can readily take to the second stage of Bhakti Yoga, without having passed through the first stage. But whether the devotee has or has not passed through the first stage, in the beginning of the second stage, he has to make vigorous efforts in thinking about the Almighty as much as possible. The efforts must be continued until he becomes above efforts; and he becomes above efforts only when worship from the heart becomes his second nature. He who can naturally worship from the heart without finding it necessary to make artificial efforts, may justifiably be said to have attained to higher Bhakti.

Let it be noted that it is not necessary for a man to stop carrying out his worldly duties an obligations, to achieve or to practice this higher Bhakti. He may conduct his business or follow his profession, he may lead the family life and look after his necessary external requirements; but amidst all his worldly engagement he should ever be alert on the Lord. The more he can remember the object of the heart-worship, along with the routine work of his everyday life, the better for him. Besides reiterating the name of the Almighty in the ordinary manner, the seeker of the subjective, spiritual sidelight in the second, more advanced stage of Bhakti Yoga should make it a rule to retire into a dark room all alone for about a couple of hours every night. During this period of retirement he must try to avoid all thoughts save that of "I want you, O Lord," and repeat continuously any one of the names of the Almighty which he has adopted for the purpose of Nam-Samaran.

This is the best course open for those who neither feel satisfied with objective worship, nor can afford to renounce all for God. If sincerely followed, this intermediate practice is bound to bear fruit sooner or later and provide the aspirant with the subjective "glimpses" of the great Reality in some way or another. For instance, one may be able to see or hear without using the gross organs of sight and sound; or perhaps even get established on the Path itself." Baba in The Path of Love, 1986, Meher Baba, pp. 62-63.

“[I]t is possible for everyone, belonging to any creed and to any station in life, to practice Bhakti Yoga or the true art of worship in its first stage. The act of worship should spring from the heart. Let it be borne in mind that worship from the heart presupposes great efforts. It cannot be evoked with a mere wish. If one decides upon practicing true Bhakti, one has to make heroic efforts in order to achieve fixity of mind, for contrary thoughts are very likely to disturb one’s mind. It is because the average person’s frame of mind is averse to remaining unchanged for any considerable period of time, that repeated efforts to evoke deep devotion are essential….” Baba in The Path of Love, 1986, Meher Baba, p. 61.

"To take my name wholeheartedly is my worship." Baba in Lord Meher, Bhau Kalchuri, online edition, p. 5741. 

"Only my name can free you from all this bondage." Baba in Lord Meher, Bhau Kalchuri, online edition, p. 3832. 

"Only repetition of my name will suffice to free the world from its entanglements." Baba in Lord Meher, Bhau Kalchuri, online edition, p. 3832. 

“Jehangu Sukhadwalla, Baba's niece Gulnar's husband, was working at the Poona airport. One evening as he was riding home on his scooter, he hit a pothole in the road and his brakes jammed. He was flung to the far side of the road, and his scooter went flying in the opposite direction. He emerged unscathed, and he attributed it to his crying out Baba's name with all his heart.