Bhau
Kalchuri
DVD Documentary
Lord Meher

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Lord Meher
Speaker: Bhau Kalchuri
Date: July 1988
Time: 1 Hour 6 Minutes
Location: Los Angeles Sahavas
Bhau Kalchuri, the author of Lord Meher (biography of Avatar Meher
Baba), tells us his journey of becoming an author, playwright, and
ghazal poet. The journey starts in 1958 when Baba asked Bhau to
maintain a diary. Bhau protested that he did not have the time and
Baba said not to worry. Over the years, Bhau wrote speeches for
other mandali and was encouraged by Baba to write. Baba asked Bhau
to try to write a play in Hindi about BabaBaba, to write 100 songs,
and to translate the Everything and the Nothing from English to
Hindi with the caveat to make it interesting. From this caveat,
Bhau wrote God Alone Exist, as a prayer. Baba also taught Bhau the
art of ghazal writing. Baba said Bhau’s works were better
than Kabir’s.
In October 1968, Baba gave instructions to write a biography and
He wanted the life of the five perfect masters included in this
book. After Baba dropped the body in January 1969, Bhau collected
material for the biography. From September 1971 to December 1972,
Bhau wrote the Nothing and the Everything, Lord Meher, and other
books. Bhau worked 15-18 hours a day, writing like a machine, and
not thinking about what he was writing.
Bhau’s talk jumps from one period of time to another period
of time, so it is hard to get a chronological sense of the events
described in this video. What comes through loud and clear, in this
video, is Bhau’s passion and joy talking about his Beloved.
Kanji
Miyao
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