“He’s the one who keeps everyone in a straight line”
In this delightful audio recording, Mani shares some of her more memorable experiences with children and their parents. Starting with a mother who named their daughter Meher and so never felt she could discipline her and moving on to several touching stories about children who had their own, special relationships with Baba. One standout, a young child didn’t want to be disturbed after saying her prayers because she was in the midst of telling Baba a joke!
Audio, 7:53
Mandali Hall, Meherazad
July 27, 1985
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded August 21, 2026
“What would have happened to our world, which is so full of noise…., if He had not kept silence?”
In this delightful audio clip, Eruch shares what Baba really thought about Silence Day. It may surprise you! Eruch also tells an anecdote from the first Silence Day after Baba dropped his body. A man came to Meherazad with an urgent message for the mandali, but he was so moved by their silence that he had trouble speaking and could barely get out a word.
Audio, 4:56
Mandali Hall
Meherazad, India
Autumn 1977
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded July 10,2026
“Baba was a perfect producer and re-producer of His thoughts through His gestures.”
On June 1, 1971, the Luck Brothers interviewed and filmed Eruch Jessawala in the Meher Nazar Compound, Ahmednager. In Part One, Eruch details how he became Baba’s interpreter. It was not easy and he struggled, but Baba was patient with him. In Parts Two and Three, Eruch talks about Baba’s compassion and care for the masts, the poor and the lepers. Baba had said to Eruch, “Love is the gift from God to Man.” He then shares a pivotal time when, after many years living with Baba, he received the conviction of Baba as The God-Man. Baba’s infinite, limitless love, patience and attributes were, Eruch remarks, “what convinced me of His Godhood”.
Video, 36:58
Meherabad, India, June 1, 1971
Courtesy of Meherabad Moments
Uploaded June 26, 2026
“Baba’s face is actually very beautiful and very clear”
In this touching and intimate audio, Mehera talks about taking care of Baba’s room as well as some of her times there and at other places with Him. They include stories about the chair Harry Kenmore gave to Baba, His love for His dog Mastan, and how she found Baba’s face in a collection of His hair at a time that she greatly missed Him.
Audio, 11:21
Meherazad, India
December 11, 1976
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded May 22, 2026
“The only gift we can give Him is our obedience”
Eruch Jessawala starts this talk on surrender and obedience with humor. He then goes on to distinguish the difference between surrender and obedience, noting that surrender is inherent while obedience is a gift one can offer the Baba. He then shares a story about the perfect mater Kabir and his disciple Kalyan to illustrate the difficulty of complete obedience. He ends noting that Baba encourages His disciples to simply begin by loving Him.
Audio, 18:10
Mandali Hall, Meherazad, India
Date Unknown
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded April 17, 2026
“Once the seed is planted, there is no going back”
In this recording from 1977, Padri, one of Baba’s mandali, answers the question, “How did it happen that you first contacted Meher Baba?” With a chuckle, he shares his first meeting with the Avatar (which was the result of his mother’s urging), and goes onto discuss how no one comes to the God Man without already being connected to Him. “It’s your past connections” he says, which draw you to Him.
Video, 18:47
Meherabad, India
November 24, 1977
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded 4/10/2026
“What greater experience can you want but loving Him?”
In this excerpt from Mandali Hall at Meherazad, Mani and Eruch talk about what it means to love Baba. They dive into how we can try please Baba, and how one should strive to always act and think as though they are in His presence.
Video, 4:22
Mandali Hall, Meherazad, February 1975
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
For the full talk, click here and select KG-002A
Uploaded 2/20/2026
“The Body that Housed Reality”
Meherwan Jessawalla, the younger brother of Eruch Jessawalla, shares his memories from January 31st 1969, when Meher Baba dropped His physical form. He describes the thousands upon thousands of pilgrims who streamed in to take Baba’s darshan “lying down,” just as Baba had promised, as well as the reactions of His mandali whose worlds were turned upside down. Throughout it all, he repeats again and again that loving and obeying the Lord is paramount, and reminds us how lucky we all are to have been blessed with the opportunity to love Him.
Video, 26:50
Meherabad, India, January 30th 2007
Courtesy of TechnoBaba Films
Uploaded 1/30/2026
“This giving of Baba’s, this bounty, this grace, this compassion, I think, is His real silence…”
In this short, touching audio, Mani and Eruch talk about Baba’s love for animals. It begins with the story of a wounded Hoopoe found during the Blue Bus Tours and ends with the tale of a young man on whom Baba bestowed His grace simply because he was tickled by his name, Moses. These stories are reminders of Baba’s infinite grace during this time of Thanksgiving.
Audio, 9:42
Mandali Hall, Meherazad
November 1972
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded November 21, 2025
“That fragrance of freedom was there which can’t be described – really free.”
In this frank and delightful talk, Mani and Eruch begin by clarifying some wording in the New Life Song. They also make it clear the song is “nothing but… the points that He gave…for people who want to join Him in the New Life. The song is composed of His orders,” Eruch says.
Mani and Eruch go on to share their delight in the freedom they felt at the time, being only bound to Baba. Mani also clarifies the real meaning of the word: “We have such a distorted meaning…: license, liberty, freedom – we think it means we’re able to do what we like, do what what we want, then it’s freedom, but not so.”
They also share some humorous stories, including the one about the time she and Mehera refused a ride because they were on pilgrimage, only to have Baba quickly put their “pride” into perspective. “Pride in a goodly thing is worse than any other kind of pride, I know it!” Mani says.
Audio, 19:21
Mandali Hall, Meherazad
August 2, 1990
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded October 24, 2025