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- ↑ Garuda Purana (1.86.10-11)
- ↑ Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher, The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba, Manifestation, Inc. 1986, by Bhau Kalchuri, p. 6018
- ↑ To Paul Brunton in 1930, Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher, The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba, Manifestation, Inc. 1986, by Bhau Kalchuri, p. 1349
- ↑ The God-Man: The life, journeys and work of Meher Baba with an interpretation of his silence and spiritual teaching, C.B. Purdom, 1964 p. 171
- ↑ Meher Baba's Highest of the High Declaration
- ↑ "Osho speaks on Meher Baba | Osho News".
- ↑ Adilakshmi Olati, "The Mother", page 4
- ↑ John Stratton Hawley and Vasudha Narayanan, The life of Hinduism, University of California Press, 2006, p. 174
- ↑ Noel Sheth, Hindu Avatāra and Christian Incarnation: A Comparison. 2002. Philosophy East and West (University of Hawai'i Press) pp. 98–125.
- ↑ Sathya Sai Baba "[..] Shiva and Shakthi together at Puttaparthi as Sathya Sai Baba [..] Let Me tell you one more thing: nothing can impede or halt the work of this Avatar." Discourse by Sathya Sai Baba delivered on the occasion of Guru Poornima Day, 6 July 1963
- ↑ Thorsén, Elin (2013). "Oneness of Different Kinds: A Comparative Study of the Oneness Movement in India and Sweden". GUPEA, University of Gothenburg. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ↑ Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, 1944, The Baháʼí Publishing Trust, pgs 94 & 95