... meaning—as so many saints have said, sacrifice ego, anger, lust etc. to Kali, not goats or cocks. Page 414 Religious Fanaticism There is nothing noble in fanaticism—there is no nobility of motive though there may be a fierce enthusiasm of motive. Religious fanaticism is something psychologically low-born and ignorant—and usually in its action fierce, cruel and base. Religious ardour like ...
... his wife, went back to Thebes. In 1333 bc general Horemheb became Pharaoh. This was the end of the XVIIIth Dynasty – and of the City of the Sun, which he razed to the ground with the fury only religious fanaticism can inspire. It disappeared under the desert sands, and for many centuries there was nothing to be seen but a hill at a place called Tell el-Amarna. Modern historians have little or no u ...
... their fellowmen. If we leave spirituality alone (the domain of saints, sages, seers, Avatars) we shall see the recent resurgence of animosity among all sections of people on account of religious fanaticism, communal clashes, ethnic intolerance etc., is mainly and fundamentally due solely to economic causes the dwindling resources of the people one sect or another, of one country or another and ...
... "moderner" who yet spontaneously took to Yoga and developed into a fine devotee. Page 173 Suddenly he changed to an aggressive type, showing all the signs of an old-world religious fanaticism. The altered attitude first betrayed its symptoms in the way he dealt with the Master's handwritten corrections of the Jnana-Yoga chapters of The Synthesis of Yoga as they had appeared ...
... market-places, on roads, and street-crossings; in crowded public meetings the "National Proclamation" was passed with acclaim and the "Swadeshi Vow" was administered with something akin to religious "fanaticism". Priests are said to have refused to officiate at marriage ceremonies if either bride or bridegroom wore foreign (especially British) clothes. The picketing of shops dealing with foreign cloth ...
... and even a measure of calculated confusion.* But there was no doubt that the revolutionaries, at least an overwhelming majority of them, were young idealists who were ready in a spirit of religious fanaticism to put the country - India the Mother - above personal comfort, prospects or safety. They were resourceful too, fearless, reckless and occasionally even ruthless. By and by, two developments ...
... Allah"? This cannot apply to the Kashmiris who follow Abdullah and who are in a large majority, they are for his idea of a secular state. The others in Gilgit and elsewhere are not actuated by religious fanaticism but by political motives. The rest of the sentence should be modified accordingly; the people in the districts who have been rescued from the grip of the rebels have shown strong gratitude for ...
... the "past" seers and sages. 114 October 17, 1935 There is nothing noble besides in fanaticism—there is no nobility of motive, though there may be a fierce enthusiasm of motive. Religious fanaticism is something psychologically low-born and ignorant—and usually in its action fierce, cruel and base. Religious ardour like that of the martyr who sacrifices himself only is a different thing ...
... these replies to such questions? Yes. Blessings. Talk little, be true, act sincerely. 4 October 1971 To think that communism is the Truth is to make the same error as all religious fanaticism and puts communism on the same level as all other religions... very far from the Truth. × Seminars, lasting ...
... price of the goat—you might pride yourself on that sacrifice. There is nothing noble besides, in fanaticism—there is no nobility of motive, though there may be a fierce enthusiasm of motive. Religious fanaticism is something psychologically low-born and ignorant—and usually in its action fierce, cruel and base. Religious ardour like that of the martyr who sacrifices himself only is a different thing ...
... Alipur case," the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal wrote to the Viceroy, Lord Minto, "yet it is beyond doubt that his influence has been pernicious in the extreme." He added that with his "semi-religious fanaticism" Sri Aurobindo had spread seditious doctrines with greater success than almost anyone else. Minto himself later wrote to Morley, throwing off all masks whether of diplomacy or propriety: ...
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