... Armagnacs and the struggle among the Barons generally, some even siding with foreigners against their own countrymen (an Indian parallel we have in the story of Prithwiraj and Jayachand), poor Jeanne d'Arc lamenting over the 'much pity' that was in sweet France. There were several rival languages – Breton, Gascon, Provençal, besides the French of Isle de France. Apart from these provincial or regional... chaos. Well, all that was beaten down and smoothed under the steam-roller of a strong centralised invincible spirit of France, one and indivisible and inexorable, that worked itself out through Jeanne d'Arc and Francis the First and Henry the Great and Richelieu and Napoleon. But all nations have the same story. And it is too late now in the day to start Page 90 explaining the nature ...
... the Armagnacs and the struggle among the Barons generally, some even siding with foreigners against their own countrymen (an Indian parallel we have in the story of Prithwiraj and Jayachand), poor Jeanne d'Arc lamenting over the 'much pity' that was in Page 43 sweet France. There were several rival languages—Breton, Gascon, Provencal, besides the French of Isle de France. Apart from these... chaos. Well, all that was beaten down and smoothed under the steam-roller of a strong centralised invincible spirit of France, one and indivisible and inexorable, that worked itself out through Jeanne d'Arc and Francis the First and Henry the Great and Richelieu and Napoleon. But all nations have the same story. And it is too late now in the day to start explaining the nature and origin of nationhood; ...
... liberation, the struggle against the English in mediaeval France and the revolts which liberated America and Italy. He took much of his inspiration from these movements and their leaders, especially Jeanne d'Arc and Mazzini. In his public activity he took up non-cooperation and passive resistance as a means in the struggle for independence but not the sole means and so long as he was in Bengal he maintained ...
... prototype, the mighty Caesar, did not meet a different fate—he too fell— Page 108 O what a fall was there my countrymen! Then I and you and all of us fell down— A Jeanne d'Arc, another glorious creature, Deliverer of France, the sweetest thing that ever put on a human body, was burnt as a witch. Socrates had to drink the hemlock for having brought down heavenly knowledge... overwhelm the individual in his high status, who is declared not unoften the highbrow, an enemy of the people—although atonement is sometimes attempted at a late period (as in the case of the Christ or Jeanne d'Arc, for example). A way however was discovered in India by which one could avoid Page 111 this life's inevitable tragic denouement. It was very simple, viz., to rise up from the inert ...
... Even his great prototype, the mighty Caesar, did not meet a different fate – he too fell – 0, what a fall was there, my countrymen! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, ¹ A Jeanne d'Arc, another glorious creature, Deliverer of France, the sweetest thing that ever put on a human body, was burnt as a witch. Socrates had to drink the hemlock for having brought down heavenly knowledge... the individual in his high status, who is declared, not unoften, the highbrow, an enemy of the people – although atonement is sometimes attempted at a late period (as in the case of the Christ or Jeanne d'Arc). A way, however, was discovered in India by which one could avoid this life's inevitable tragic denouement. It was very simple, viz, to rise up from the inert ignorant unconsciousness, rise su ...
... up the timepiece and sees the time.” × In July 1945 Mother asked Pranab to take the Ashram children to the Salle Jeanne d'Arc to see Pinocchio . “After this, on two occasions I went with Mother to a cinema outside the Ashram. One was a film on Rodin, his life and sculpture, and the other a Russian film on the May Day ...
... to your education, your faith, your mental predisposition. There is only one truth, one reality; but the forms through which it may be expressed are many. What was the nature of Jeanne d'Arc's vision? Jeanne d'Arc was evidently in relation with some entities belonging to what we call the world of the Gods (or as the Catholics Page 17 say, the world of the Saints, though it is not... the higher mind and the supramental, the world that Sri Aurobindo calls the Overmind. It is the world of the creators, the "Formateurs". The two beings who were always appearing and speaking to Jeanne d'Arc would, if seen by an Indian, have a quite different appearance; for when one sees, one projects the forms of one's mind. To what you see you give the form of that which you expect to see. If the ...
... al or both? It means the Divine seen outside in things, beings, events etc., etc. Was Jeanne d'Arc's nature transformed even a little because of her relation with the two Archangels, the two beings of the Overmind? 15 I don't see how the question of transformation comes in. Jeanne d'Arc was not practising Yoga or seeking transformation. "You have no longer anything that you can ...
... Holy City itself, pillaging and ravaging it, desecrating the basilica, —leaving their name as an immortal legacy to mankind for deeds of theirs. And centuries later, the little maid of Orleans, Jeanne d'Arc, was burnt alive, because she said that she saw the angels and heard their voices and conversed with God. And Mohammad—whose glory today rings reverberant in all the four corners of the globe—in ...
... France was being subjugated by England. Those were very anxious times, but in each instance the soul of the nation came forward and inspired the nation to react and go through the ordeal and survive. Jeanne d'Arc may be considered as the embodiment of France's national soul, as on a still earlier occasion that same soul embodied Page 57 in St. Geneviève. But a nation may fall on much more ...
... was being subjugated by England. Those were very anxious times, but in each instance the soul of the nation came forward and inspired the nation to react and go through the ordeal and survive. Jeanne d'Arc may be considered as the Page 198 embodiment of France's national soul, as on a still earlier occasion that same soul embodied itself in St. Genevieve. But a nation may fall ...
... Years War, the English claim to rule France was close to become a complete reality, the Capetian dynasty was saved by the inspiration and courage of an illiterate peasant girl. Her name was Jeanne d'Arc, and she was born in the year 1412, the daughter of a peasant proprietor—the most influential personage of the village of Domremy, on the Meuse. She was a pious child, unable to read or write, but... extracts from Joan of Arc by Mark Twain that we present here begin with Joan and her faithful companions waiting at Chinon to be received at a royal audience. adapted from the chapter "Jeanne d'Arc" in 700 Great Lives, edited by John Canning, Rupa 1984 Page 21 HOME ...
... Hamlet 10, 23, 38 Hebrides 103 Hecate 77 Homer 27 Horatio 23 I Ind 92 India 76, 78, 89, 91, 98, 104 Indra 31 Ionian 52 J Japan 92 Jeanne d'Arc 48 Jules Romains 39 Jules Supervielle 55 Juno 34 Jupiter 32 Jouve 76, 77 K Kali 78 Kalidasa 17, 18, 27, 32 Kanhu 83 Kanwa 8 King Lear ...
... 324 Indra, 208, 253 Indus Valley, 133 Ingres, 429 Inquisitors, the, 99 Iphigenia, 246 Iran, 46 Isaie, 394 JACOB, 397 Jagai-Madhai, 65, 73 Janaka,21 Japan, 421 Jeanne d'Arc, 116, 118, 198 Jehovah, 46, 98 Jung, 134-5, 139, 147 Jupiter, 25 KALI, 383 Kalidasa,210 Kant, 137, 139, 389 Kanwa, Rishi, 151 Kinnara, 47 Krishna, 9, 58, 76, 82, 93, 101 ...
... Divine or both? It means the Divine seen outside in things, beings, events etc. etc. Was Jeanne d'Arc's nature transformed even a little because of her relation with the two archangels, the two beings of the Overmind? [ pp. 17-18 ] I don't see how the question of transformation comes in. Jeanne d'Arc was not practising Yoga or seeking transformation. 5 January 1937 "You have no longer ...
... house with the torn windows Darkened by the ivy, And for that ancient column The landmark of the sailor. How can I get into this hutch? We are reminded of Jeanne d'Arc, the little maid who melted with great pity (grande pitié) at the sight of the misery stalking all around, ravaging her sweet France like a pest and which drove her in the end to a more than ...
... Darkened by the ivy, And for that ancient column The landmark of the sailor. How can I get into this hutch?2 ....................................................... We are reminded of Jeanne d'Arc, the little maid who ¹ "Santorin" a – Gymnopaedia, in Poems, by George Seferis translated from the Greek by Rex Warner (The Bodley Head, London). ² "The Return of the Exile", From ...
... head that you know. Moreover, I have explained this to you a little later in the vision of Joan of Arc ( Mother takes her book and reads ): "The beings who were always appearing and speaking to Jeanne d'Arc would, if seen by an Indian, have quite a different appearance; for when one sees, one projects the Page 27 forms of one's mind.... You have the vision of one in India whom you call ...
... liberation, the struggle against the English in mediaeval France and the revolts which liberated America and Italy. He took much of his inspiration from these movements and their leaders, especially Jeanne d'Arc and Maz-zini." Additionally, "Sri Aurobindo's position and practice in this matter was the same as Tilak's and that of other Nationalist leaders who were by no means Pacifists or worshippers of ...
... 4 Inquisition, the, 123 Isis, 220 Islam, 55-6, 110 Israel, 219 Italy, 89, 244 JANAKA,396 Japan, 70, 160,209 Jayachand,9O Jeanne d'Arc, 90 Jeans, Sir James, 317-18, 332-3 -Physics & Philosophy, 317n Jehovah, 220 Johnson, Samuel, 212 Junkerism, 88, 89 Juno, 220 KABALA, 151, 214 ...
... 228-9, 231, 235, 239, 244, 250, 253, 255, 257, 259-61, 267-9,274,276,.280-1,284,289-92, 297-8 Indra, 13, 22, 28, 42, 44-5, 180 Iqbal, 62n Isaiah, 118 Italy, 253 JAPAN, 228, 253 Jeanne d'Arc, 192 Jerusalem, 115, 122-3 Joyce, 88 Jouve,216-17 Judas, 120 Jung, III Juno, 182 Jupiter, 108, 180 KALI, 24n., 218 Kalidasa, 39, 85, 98, 176, 181 -Shakuntala, 162 Kant ...
... preparation for Yoga; tapasyā and surrender (prapatti); union with the Divine, and service to humanity; equanimity, perfect calm and peace; visions true and false; visions and spirituality; Jeanne d'Arc's visions; meditation and surrender; freedom and karmic fatalism; what books to read, and how; function of the intellect; hostile forces; reason and faith; cause of natural disasters; vampires... very important, except that they at least signify a conservation, not a dissipation; our superficial as also the deeper parts have been fully engaged in the work in progress. But visions like Jeanne d'Arc's certainly come from the overmental Gods or "formateurs", form-makers, and one should learn to be sensitive to their communications and their implications. Page 307 There is, however ...
... consciousness is not lacking in the capacity to answer the mystical call. A certain side of it is mystically perceptive, the side which turns with instinctive enthusiasm to the Figure of Jeanne d'Arc and does not feel alien to Pascal with his "reasons of the heart that Reason does not know" and his Pensées that all Europe has hailed as one of the most penetrating spiritual apologias ...
... July of 1945, I am not sure of the date, at about nine o'clock in the evening, Amrita-da sent for me. When I went to him, he said: "Pranab, Mother wants you to take the children to Salle Jeanne d'Arc for a filmshow tomorrow morning." In those days, there was no arrangement for showing films in the Ashram. There were no more than thirty or forty children. I listed the names of the ...
... little time left. On 2nd December 1946, she came to the Playground for the first time to see the physical demonstration in the afternoon. That year our cultural programme was held at Salle Jeanne d'Arc in the morning. Mother did not go there but she had seen it little by little in bits every day in the I room above the Meditation Hall when children used to go to her at midday. Gradually she ...
... patriotism, the glory, the deliverance, and equally the shame of her country.... Angel, maiden, warrior—she has become a fit blazon for the soldier's banner.") adapted from the chapter "Jeanne d'Arc" in 100 Great Lives, edited by John Canning, Rupa 1984) Joan's signature as found on a few rare documents Page 94 (An essay written in 1904 by Mark Twain is given below... The others * We : a small group of mostly young men who have accompanied Joan in her journey from Vaucouleurs to Chinon to meet the King. Among them are two brothers of Joan, Jean and Pierre d'Arc, the narrator, Louis Le Come, childhood friend of Joan (later, her page and secretary), and two members of the nobility, Jean de Metz and Bertrand de Poulengy who were touched very early by Joan's ...
... such a magnificent civilisation, wished their women to sit at home spinning wool and be the wives and mothers of brave warriors. They could not go out into the world. Then, there is the story of Jeanne d'Arc who was burnt alive - for several reasons, one of them being that she dared to fight on the battlefield dressed as a man! And then, with time, various notions such as - 'Woman leads man to Hell... injunctions." "It is strange that in spite of being a woman, she took such an active part in the Revolution," remarked Smita. "Why should it seem strange? The world has known several such women. Jeanne d'Arc was one such example, indeed a shining one. Haven't you read about her? And the history of the French Revolution? And in the history of our own country, there have been innumerable fearless, warlike ...
... liberation, the struggle against the English in mediaeval France and the revolts which liberated America and Italy. He took much of his inspiration from these movements and their leaders, especially, Jeanne d'Arc and Mazzini. In his public activity he took up non-cooperation and passive resistance as a means in the struggle for independence but not the sole means and as long as he was in Bengal he maintained ...
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