A Catholic Priest Meets Sai Baba [Paperback]

Don Mario Mazzoleni (Author), Christian Moevs (Translator)

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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Italian

Product Details

• Paperback: 285 pages
• Publisher: Leela Pr; English ed edition (April 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962983519
• ISBN-13: 978-0962983511
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,587,019 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One heroic soul embodies the meeting of East and West, June 12, 1999

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nevadageo (Reno, NV USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Catholic Priest Meets Sai Baba (Paperback)

Myself a former seminarian and devoted Catholic, I identified deeply with the honest and compelling search for truth that Don Mazzolini shares in the first part of his book. When truth-seeking and his deep love for the Church begin to conflict, Don Mazzolini makes a poignant and powerful argument, carefully based in scripture, for openness of mind and heart to God's truth, wherever it should be found. This part of the book should be prayerfully read and studied by Christians of all denominations. The remainder of the book is a clear and loving description of Sai Baba, his teachings, and the effects of his work and message. If Sathya Sai Baba is an incarnation of God for our times, He has a clear message to embed in our heart and minds, and Mazzolini carries that message to the reader powerfully, personally and directly. It was with great sadness that I read of the proceedings which cast Don Mazzolini from the Church he loves so dearly, simply because he could not deny his conscience, which the Church herself says time and again we must follow, above all teachings and dogma she might offer to us. It almost tempted me to send my own letter of resignation to the Pope, yet Sai Baba himself would say, "No. Stay with and practice the religion of your birth and find there the universal truth of God." This book will broaden the mind and faith of those who read it with devotion.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful wonderful, November 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Catholic Priest Meets Sai Baba (Paperback)

The universality of Baba is seen in books by American screenwriters, Russian yoga teachers, Italian priests, Brooklyn nuns, San Diego psychiatrist, African Christian. The ocean of Baba can be entered through any one of these books. The translation is by a professor of Romance Languages at Notre Dame. Baba is the first person in history, to my knowledge, to have 30 million (or more) followers (AP said 20 million 15 years ago) who believe him to be an avatar.

12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sai Baba in terms of Christianity, October 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Catholic Priest Meets Sai Baba (Paperback)

Before I read this book I have many questions about the relationship within the teachings and life of Jesus Christ and Sai Baba's. Here, Mario Mazzoleni a catholic priest, tells his personal story with Sai Baba and why he sees in Him the same God that he met as a christian. In simply words, this open-minded priest also tells you the great teachings of Sai Baba. Another MUST-READ for any Sai devotee or anyone wanting to introduce in spirituality. Please, feel free to write me with comments and questions about this book or Sai Baba's teachings.