“Hold fast to My ‘daaman,’ whatever the trials and difficulties you may be passing through. Think of Me more and more and all your worries will dwindle into nothing, for they really are nothing…” — Avatar Meher Baba

A sadra (also sadhra) is a thin muslin shirt traditionally worn by Zoroastrians. Meher Baba adapted the sadra into an ankle-length garment which He regularly wore.

Meher Baba always wanted to wear the same, well-worn sadras, as they were soft. He did not like a new one, which would be stiff.

One of His women disciples, Meheru Irani washed Meher Baba’s sadras, and she had to be careful when washing them, as they were so sheer from wear.  

She hung the sadra up to dry and often thought, “This is Baba’s daaman [the hem of His sadra]. Baba says for us to hold on to his daaman, but the threads are so thin.  I don’t know if it will hold even one of us!”

But then Meheru reasoned, “The threads are his and All-powerful.”

“You have no idea what just one scrap of My sadra will mean to the world in the future.” – Avatar Meher Baba