Meher Baba
Meher Baba (1894 – 1969) was an Indian master who said in 1954 that he was the Avatar of the age.
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[edit] Parents
Meher Baba was born Merwan Irani in 1894 to Zoroastrian parents in Pune, India.
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Meher Baba's father Sheriar Irani, 1892
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Meher Baba's father Sheriar Irani, 1892
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Meher Baba's mother Shireen Irani, 1933
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Meher Baba's mother Shireen.
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Sheriar and Shireen Irani (parents of Meher Baba)
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Sheriar and Shireen Irani
[edit] Childhood
By all accounts he had a normal childhood.
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Meher Baba 5 years old (left) with sister Freiny and brother Jamshed, 1899.
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Meher Baba in 1910, age 16, wearing medal won as co-captain of his High School cricket team
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Meher Baba in 1910 closeup
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L-R: Meher Baba, Behram, Khodadad (Baba's uncle), Jal, Adi, Shireen (Baba's mother), Jamshed. 1913
[edit] Realization
In 1913 when Baba was 19 years old a short contact with a Muslim holy woman Hazrat Babajan began a seven year transformation.
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Meher Baba 1913 shortly after contact with Hazrat Babajan
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Meher Baba around 1913 after contact with Hazrat Babajan
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Meher Baba around 1914 during time with Upasni Maharaj
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Meher Baba 1910's
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Meher Baba 1910's
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Meher Baba 1910's
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Meher Baba 1915 when he was an unhappy director of a theatrical company
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Meher Baba 1921 near the end of his stay with Upasni Maharaj
[edit] As a Master
After this, in 1922, he established an ashram in Bombay, but in 1923 moved with his disciples to Ahmednagar, India where he established his permanent residence.
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Meher Baba holding an Indian banjo in 1922
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Meher Baba at Manzil-e-Meem in 1922
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Meher Baba in 1922
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Meher Baba with Gustadji in 1922. Baba's favorite photo of himself.
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Meher Baba in Meherabad 1923
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Meher Baba in 1924
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Meher Baba in 1925, the year he began his lifelong silence
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Meher Baba in Toka, India 1928
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Meher Baba playing with his pet monkey Lucky, 1940
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Meher Baba in 1941
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Meher Baba 1941
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Meher Baba 1941
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Meher Baba 1941
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Meher Baba 1941
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Meher Baba 1941
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Meher Baba 1941
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Meher Baba 1941
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Meher Baba 1941
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Meher Baba in the New Life, 1949
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Meher Baba 1962
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[edit] Masters of Meher Baba
Meher Baba had five spiritual masters who he said were the five 'perfect masters' of his time. The first was Hazrat Babajan of Poona who he said gave him God-realization when he was 19. He then spent seven years under the care of his primary teacher, Upasni Maharaj of Sakori, staying with him intermitently until the age 27. During this time he also contacted three other masters, Sai Baba of Shirdi, Tajuddin Baba of Nagpur, and Narayan Maharaj of Kedgaon.
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Hazrat Babajan, Meher Baba's first master, first contacted in May 1913.
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Second master Sai Baba of Shirdi January 1914.
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Upasni Maharaj, third master and the one Meher Baba continued to visit for seven years from Janurary 1914 to 1921.
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Tajuddin Baba, fourth master contacted by Meher Baba, 1915.
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Narayan Maharaj, last master contacted by Meher Baba, April 1915.
[edit] Related media
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Don't Worry, Be Happy inspiration card
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Don't Worry, Be Happy inspiration card
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Ancient One poster
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Meher Baba at Paramount Film Studio, Willesden, London in 1932
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Meher Baba's flag that he designed in India in 1924
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Table room Baba wrote in between 1925-1926
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Construction of the tomb dome, 1938 India
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Meher Baba's tomb constructed, 1938 India
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The Last Darshan, 1969
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Signature of Meher Baba (MS Irani)
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Signature of Meher Baba (Merwan)
