Baba inquired, "Can any of you repeat the 101 Names of God [from the Avesta, the sacred book of Zoroastrians] with their meanings?"

No one could.

"If you repeat this prayer with love, no other prayer remains to be said. Anyone can repeat these names with love, irrespective of the religion he belongs to." 

He then commented, "The whole creation is a shadow and has no importance. It is my shadow. Your mind makes you feel that it is not a shadow, but real."

Baba continued, "There was a Muslim who would enter a tavern from the back door lest he be seen by anyone. He would drink wine until he got drunk. Then he would fearlessly come out of the front door and challenge anyone he met to a fight! Once his intoxication abated, he would sheepishly slink away home. This is not the sort of 'intoxication' one gets in loving God! Love's intoxication is continuous."

While they were gathered together, Baba turned to Dr. Bharucha and asked what he was thinking. He replied, "Baba, why don't you share your burden with us?"

In a serious tone, Baba stated, "The time is very near. You all will become bent like reeds from bearing the burden!"

Aloba was asked to recite a verse from Hafiz, which Baba translated: "The Beloved says to the lover, 'How long your friendship with me remains is what is important, and is what remains to be seen!' "

At 11:15 A.M., Baba asked the group to go for lunch. Twenty or thirty of the men were told to stay to play La Risque. A few days before, while riding in the car with some of the Bombay group, Baba had remarked, "Those who play cards with me are fortunate to rub their noses before me for, as I do not allow them to bow down at my feet, it is equivalent to that."

One day at Guruprasad in 1963, while only men were present, Baba causally began asking each of those present if they had ever had sexual intercourse. Those who were married answered, "Yes, with my wife." Baba further asked them if they had ever had sex outside of marriage, and a few of them admitted they had before they were married. "And what about later, with anyone other than your wife?" Some confessed to this also. Baba said, "Whatever you have done up until now, I forgive you. But henceforth don't repeat it."