
Meher Baba
Meher Baba was an Indian spiritual master who said he was the Avatar, or the total manifestation of God in human form. A spiritual figure of the 20th century, he had a following of hundreds of thousands of people, mostly in India, with a smaller number of followers in North America, Europe, South America, and Australia.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Pune
- Educated at
- Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research InstituteSt. Vincent's High School
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"You are a man. Is it necessary for you to tell others that you are a man? No. But if you are living among donkeys, you would vehemently declare that you are a man. In the same way, I am God, but I hav…"
"The only Real Renunciation is that which abandons, even in the midst of worldly duties, all selfish thoughts and desires."
"The Avatar is always one and the same, because God is always One and the Same, the Eternal, Indivisible, Infinite One, who manifests Himself in the form of man as the Avatar, as the Messiah, as the Pr…"
"To attain union is so impossibly difficult because it is impossible to become what you already are! Union is nothing other than knowledge of oneself as the Only One."
"Infinite consciousness is infinite. It can never lessen at any point in time or space. Infinite consciousness being infinite includes every aspect of consciousness. Unconsciousness is one of the aspec…"
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Timeline
1894
Born
Birth1969
Died
Death
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