The Spiritual Training Programme
Bhau Kalchuri
Paperback, $5

The Trust's Spiritual Training Programme started in 1973 with the arrival of the first Spiritual Trainees. They, and the Spiritual Trainees who came during the next several decades, lived in close daily association with the Mandali. This association was the basis for the training of the first group of Spiritual Trainees. they lived at Meherabad (near the Samadhi), at Meherazad ( the resident place of Beloved Baba) or the Trust Office at Ahmednagar (where the Trust is administered). By working alongside us, this first group of Spiritual Trainees came to know what ways would be pleasing to Beloved Baba. They would hear stories from us about how we lived with Beloved Baba. But soon, the "shop" (as Baba called His own work) of the Mandali will be closed, and therefore, it is necessary that some guidelines for Spiritual Training be established to help you, the current Spiritual Trainees, and those of you who will come in the future....

...Before I get into the particulars of the Trust's Spiritual Training Programme, I want to bring up some points which are very important for you, as Spiritual Trainees, to understand: The Responsibility and Duty of the Beloved and the Lover; Divine Will and Divine Wish; Rituals and Ceremonies. These topics always bring up many questions and having a proper understanding of them will help you in your Spiritual Training.

— from the book