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This article is about religious followers of Meher Baba. For the town in Iraq, see Mandali, Iraq.
Some of Meher Baba's men mandali. L-R: Bal, Pankhraj, Jal, Pendu, Francis Brabazon, (...), Bhau, Eruch, Aloba
Mandali from the Sanskrit mandala meaning circle, connection, community[1], is a term that Meher Baba used for his closest disciples.
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Inner circle
Mandali are considered to include those close disciples that lived permanently or for extended periods with Meher Baba at his ashrams. However, not all of Meher Baba's mandali lived with him. According to Meher Baba the Avatar always has 10 concentric circles of 12 men and/or women each. The inner circle consists of 12 men plus two women, for a total of 122 mandali.[2] But Meher Baba also said, "Those who do my work are my mandali. If we were to list their names, it would fill a volume."[3] At another time Baba said, "By mandali I mean those who have been with me for several years, but ask for nothing... In short, I would say that the mandali means those whose intimacy I feel."[4]
Partial list of Meher Baba's mandali
Some of Meher Baba's women mandali. L-R: Katie, Mani, Mehera, Goher, Meheru, Arnavaz Photo by Win CoatesWomen mandali
Mehera Irani, Mani Irani, Dr. Goher Irani, Arnavaz Dadachanji, Mansari, Meheru Irani, Naja, Korshed, Katie Irani, Rano Gayley, Kitty Davy, Norina Matchabelli, Elizabeth Patterson, Countess Nadine Tolstoy, Delia DeLeon, Anita Vieillard.
Men mandali
Faredoon Driver known as Padri, Eruch Jessawala, Adi K. Irani, Ali Akbar Sharurzaman known as Aloba, Murli Kale, Pendu, Bal Natu, Jal Irani, Gustajee, Kalemama, Chanji, Dr. Ghani, Dr. C.D. Deshmukh, Francis Brabazon, Don E. Stevens, Harry Kenmore, Bhau Kalchuri, Quentin Tod, Charles Purdom, William Donkin, GSN Moorthy, Dr. H.P.Bharucha
References
- ^ Sacred Sanskrit Words: For Yoga, Chant, And Meditation, by Leza Lowitz and Reema Datta, Stonebridge Press, Berkeley, Ca. 2005, p. 123 ISBN 1880656876
- ^ Baba Words; The Master's Glossary, by Frank Davis (under the term "Circle") [1]
- ^ Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher, The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba, by Bhau Kalchuri, Manifestation, Inc. 1986. p. 4753
- ^ Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher, The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba, by Bhau Kalchuri, Manifestation, Inc. 1986. p. 4277
External links
- Mandali Members
- Photos of Meher Baba's mandali by Win Coates
- mandalihall.org (Audio recordings of Meher Baba's mandali members)
- List of followers, associates and acquaintances of Meher Baba
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