“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

“This is a story that has touched our hearts ever since.”

Eruch Jessawalla tells the poignant story of Dr. Daulat Singh. He began the New Life with Baba, leaving behind his family and possessions, even missing a daughter’s wedding. One late night during the training period when all appeared to be sleeping, Baba suddenly woke Eruch. They walked around the camp and then found Daulat Singh sitting at a distance and quietly sobbing. Having broken the condition that one must be cheerful at all times in front of Baba, Baba then asked him to leave. But Baba also asked him to continue to live the New Life, which Daulat Singh did at a considerable cost.

Audio, 22:23
Mandali Hall, Meherazad, July 14, 1979
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded October 17, 2025

“He was here not only for us in the human form but also for the animals and the birds and all creatures.”

In this clear and heartfelt audio, Mani shares some memories of the New Life from her diary in an interview with Don Stevens. The recording includes the day Baba bowed down to 3,000 sadhus as well as her memories of July 25, 1950 in Satara, which Baba said was the “most eventful day of the New Life.” She then goes on to share more informally some of her general observations about the New Life, including how Baba included animals in the work He was doing.

Audio, 36:41
Mandali Hall, Meherazad, July 14, 1979
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded October 10, 2025

“Each one has to live the New Life….”

In this insightful audio clip about the meaning of the New Life, Eruch Jessawala shares that while he was living it with Meher Baba, he never thought about what it meant. It wasn’t until after Baba dropped His body, that he finally had an “ah hah!” moment. It was when a woman who wanted to commit suicide went to Baba in tears. He embraced her and instructed her to, essentially, commit suicide of the false self and then “To love Me and to remember Me, and that will be your life.” That’s when Eruch realized “That’s all. So that’s the meaning of the New Life.” Eruch then tells several other stories about the real meaning of suicide, which has nothing to do with the body, but living a life of love, remembrance of Baba, and accepting “all hardships, obeying all orders…without any question of why or what. All of this and keep a cheerful front all the time.”

Audio, 18:55
Mandali Hall, Meherazad, July 21, 1988
Courtesy of Mandali Hall Talks
Uploaded October 3, 2025