Meher Baba

Meher Baba (1894–1969) was an Indian spiritual master.

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
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  Meher Baba's mother Shireen Irani
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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

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
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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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  1917, L-R: Meher Baba, Behram, Khodadad (Baba's uncle), Jal, Adi, Shireen (Baba's mother), Jamshed.

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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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 1922-1923
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  Meher Baba in 1922-1923
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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 1925, the year he began his lifelong silence
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  Meher Baba in Kamli coat and white head scarf, Ahmednagar, 1926
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  Meher Baba in 1928
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  Meher Baba in Toka, India 1928
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  Meher Baba, 1934
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  Meher Baba in Trimbak 1937
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  Meher Baba playing with his pet monkey Lucky, 1939
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  With monkey in Hassan, India, 1939
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  Meher Baba with a mast named Shariat Khan
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  Meher Baba washing a mast 1946
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  Chacha Mast with Meher Baba 1947
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  Meher Baba with Ali Shah
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  Meher Baba bowing to a mast in India
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  Meher Baba dictating a letter using his alphabet board, 1936
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  Meher Baba 1941
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  Meher Baba in 1945
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  Meher Baba in the New Life, November 1949
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  Washing the feet of the poor in India
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  Meher Baba seated on blanket
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  Meher Baba 1957

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
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  Second master Sai Baba of Shirdi contacted 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.

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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 designed by him in India in 1924
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  Meher Baba's flag flying at the Meher Spiritual Center, Silence Day, 2015
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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, date unknown
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  The Last Darshan, 1969
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  Tomb today
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  Alphabet board
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