A great crowd of over 30,000 people marched through the city in the funeral procession. It was a few days before the Meherabad community were able to confirm the Master's passing through the newspapers.
On 22 August, in Tajuddin's honor, Baba asked everyone to fast for 24 hours. They were to bathe first and then gather in the school. When all had assembled at noon, Baba, finding those who chewed tobacco a bit out of sorts, gave them a little to enjoy, and to those who smoked, he gave beedies or cheroots (hand-rolled Indian cigarettes).
But he instructed, as part of the general day-long fast, "Until sundown, no one should think of either tobacco or cigarettes."
Gramophone records were played, and Angal Pleader expounded on passages from the Puranas and the life and teachings of Tajuddin Baba.
At six o'clock in the evening, Baba personally garlanded Tajuddin's photograph and then the photos of his other Masters, and then the mandali and everyone else paid their respects to the departed Perfect Master. Jalebis were distributed and all broke their fast with the sweets.
"O Tajuddin Baba," Age cried, "we bow to your love for Merwan! You knew he was the Heavenly Rose and gave him your crown."
It is a legend among Hindus, Tibetans and Muslims that Jesus lived and died in India. In the course of talking with the mandali at 9:45 P.M. on Sunday, 23 August, Baba confirmed this:
There is one secret about Jesus which the Christians do not know. When Jesus was crucified, he did not die; he entered the state of nirvikalp samadhi [the "I Am God" state without bodily consciousness]. On the third day, he again became conscious of his body and he traveled secretly in disguise eastward (with some apostles) to India. This was called Jesus' "resurrection."
After reaching India, he traveled farther east to Rangoon in Burma where he remained for some time. He then went north to Kashmir where he settled. When his work was finished on Earth, he dropped his body and entered nirvikalp samadhi. He was buried in Kashmir.
Saints in India have verified these facts about Jesus' travels. Mankind will soon become aware of them.1
The following day, a young Hindu about 20 years old appeared at Meherabad in a peculiar condition. He did not speak, but only smiled.
Footnotes
- 1.In India and Tibet, Jesus' legendary name is Isa Asaf. It is also recorded in the Koran (passage 4:157) that Jesus did not die on the cross.