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'''Mandali''' from the [[Sanskrit]] ''[[mandala]]'' meaning circle, connection, community,<ref>''Sacred Sanskrit Words: For Yoga, Chant, And Meditation'',
by Leza Lowitz and Reema Datta, Stonebridge Press, Berkeley, Ca. 2005, p. 123 {{ISBN|1-880656-87-6}}</ref> is a term that [[Meher Baba]] used for his closest disciples.

==Inner circle==
Mandali are considered to include those close disciples that lived permanently or for extended periods with Meher Baba at his [[ashram]]s. 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.<ref>''Baba Words; The Master's Glossary'', by Frank Davis (under the term "Circle") [http://www.avatarmeherbaba.org/erics/glossc-d.html]</ref> 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."<ref>''Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher, The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba,'' by Bhau Kalchuri, ''Manifestation, Inc.'' 1986. p. 4753</ref> 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."<ref>''Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher, The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba,'' by Bhau Kalchuri, ''Manifestation, Inc.'' 1986. p. 4277</ref>

==See also==
* [[New Life (Meher Baba)]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.avatarmeherbaba.org/erics/mandmem.html Mandali Members]
*[http://www.mandalihall.org mandalihall.org] (Audio recordings of Meher Baba's mandali members)

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