Religion of man according to tagore

The religion of man is in a sense the culmination of the journey of gurudeb rabindranath tagore in his quest for the real meaning of human life and mans relationship with the supreme being as well as society. The religion of man rabindranath tagore complete book. The religion of man rabindranath tagores spiritual. Dwarkanath tagore, his father, was a zamindar who owned several properties and businesses, trading in tea and jute, sugar refining, newspapers and shipping, among other things. I promised in my first post on the story of my tagore book that i would say more later about the issue of my having been brought up atheist, and how that might seem to make me an unlikely follower of rabindranath tagore, the poetseer, who wrote about religion and. This is his religion, which is working in the heart of all his religions in various names and forms.

A brahmo playwright and poet of global renown, tagore deals with the universal themes of. Tagore, in his essay on a poets school, called for educational institutions to have as their main task that of nourishing our faculties to give the mind its freedom, to make the imagination fit for the world that belongs to art, and to stir our sympathy for human relationships 12 according to that picture, the freedom of the mind and. The religion of man differs radically from most organized religions, in the way it defines god. The poet, rabindranath tagore, was born in 1861, at a time when the brahmo samaj was transitioning partly to new leadership and was himself eventually appointed by his father as a secretary to the organization as a young man in 1884, leading to his writing about rammohan roy on a number of occasions. The main theme of the religion of man is the divinity of humanity and the humanity of god. In this beautiful book, rabindranath tagore sets forth a new religion, which he calls the religion of man. By religion he didnt mean an orthodox set of principles but according to him. For it is evident that my religion is a poets religion, and neither that of an orthodox man of piety nor that of a theologian. Tagore calls zarathustra the first prophet of the religion of man. Religion only finds itself when it touches the brahman in man, tagore observes in the religion of man, otherwise it has no reason to exist. Tagores religion is based on the divinization of man and humanization of god. Relevance of tagores religious philosophy in the modern age.

It should be free and spontaneous in every individual. His spiritual vision, as he himself said, is imbued with the ancient spirit of india as revealed in. In his book, nationalism, tagore takes a blow on patriotism, which according to him amounts to nothing but a shallow feeling of pride that makes people feel as if. Tagores the religion of man 1931, which i had not been drawn to because its title is offputting to an atheist, and upton sinclairs the jungle 1906. According to him, nations are formed due to mans inherent need for collective organization, but ultimately nations become so powerful that man himself becomes only a tool serving the nation. It is this human aspect which forms the basis of religion. The religion of man rabindranath tagores spiritual journey. The religion of man was based on the hibbert lectures that rabindranath tagore delivered at manchester college, oxford, in may, 1930. According to chakravarti, spirituality for rabindranath tagore is the dynamic principle that touches every aspect of life and is the guiding principle thatleads human existence from partiality to fullness.

According to tagore, true reli gion means mans humanity. Its touch comes to me through the unseen and trackless channel as does the inspiration of my songs. A brief conversation between him and albert einstein, note on the. According to tagore, true reli gion means man s humanity. The day a conman met a clever man the religion was born, the religion has actually destroyed the humanity since ages, most of the wars fought due to religion and even to day what is. In his lectures on nationalism, tagore placed the concept of society above that of the modern.

Full text of the religion of man being the hibbert. What is religion and what it ought to be most of the religions of the world are book dependent. Then came my initiation ceremony of brahminhood when the gayatri verse of meditation was given to me, whose meaning, according to the explanation i had. Differentiating between science and religion, tagore says, as science is the liberation of our knowledge in the universal reason, which cannot be other than human reason, religion is the liberation of our individual personality in the universal person who is human all the same. While explaining the meaning of humanization of god, he said humanization of god doesnt merely mean that god is god of humanity it also mean that it is the god is in. This personal bonding, as tagore clarifies in the religion of man, paved the way for a much deeper consciousness. The religion of an artist, sitansu sekhar chakravarti explores the spiritual dimension of one who has been a poet, a novelist, an educator, and a social reformer. Sarvepalli radhakrishnan called tagore the greatest figure of the indian renaissance. He quotes extensively from the upanishads and the folk. The great indian poet and philosopher tagore on truth, human. Relevance of tagores religious philosophy in the modern age debnath sujit department of philosophy, tripura university,india abstract according to rabindra nath tagore in true religion there should not be any fixed limits around it.

The book further reinforced my observation that hinduism is nothing but spiritual humanism packaged in a form that can be practiced by the masses. By rabindranath tagore foreword by philip novak rhinebeck, new york. Featured audio all audio latest this just in grateful dead netlabels old time radio 78 rpms and cylinder recordings. He quotes extensively from the upanishads and the folk songs of the bauls. He wrote in 1932, while on a visit to iran, that each country of asia will solve its own historical problems according to its strength, nature and needs, but the lamp they will each carry on their path to progress will converge to illuminate the common ray of knowledge. He appreciates the intellectual triumphs of science, but he writes as a poet and philosopher. Full text of the religion of man being the hibbert lectures for 1930. Zarathustra, who spiritualized the meaning of sacrifice, was the first to address his words to all humanity, regardless of distance of space or time. In his religion of man, tagore sought to give a philosophy of man in which human nature is characterized by a concept of surplus energy that finds expression in. The most constructive, practicable, and humane conceptualization of a civic religion, according to nussbaum, was undertaken by rabindranath tagore, whose the religion of man 1931, unlike comtes religion of humanity, celebrated artistic creativity, the importance of the individual, and inclusiveness women as well as men, for example. Debendranath was born into a family of wealth and opulence. Romain rolland, referring to the orient and the occident, said that tagore contributed more than anyone else toward the union of these two hemispheres of spirit.

Religion, rabindranath tagore, william wordsworth, university of oxford, the. The religion of man by rabindranath tagore practical. The following year, they were collected in the religion of man public library. Rabindranaths father, debendranath tagore, adopted brahmmodharma and scrapped the rituals of sanatan hindu dharma. On july 14, 1930, albert einstein welcomed into his home on the outskirts of berlin the. A journey that began seventy years earlier with his birth in an affluent family that was all the same embroiled in the religious controversies of the day. After reading the whole conversation, i feel rabindranath tagore dominated einstein in such a way that einstein atheist called himself a religious man according to tagore definition of religion.

In his lectures on nationalism, tagore placed the concept of society above that of the modern nationstate. Spirituality of rabindranath tagore, ramakrishna and vivekananda. Rabindranath tagore natural environment global warming causes. Pdf tagores philosophy of religion reddivari manjula. Jul 29, 2012 rabindranath tagore was a great poet and profound thinker. It is not known whether it is rabindranaths own heart or the heart of india that is beating here. Only late in life did fame find the bengali writer, playwright, composer, poet, philosopher and artist known as the founder of modern indian literature. According to tagore the essence of religion is humanity. Conversation between einstein and tagorescience vs religion. It starts with mans universe, and ends with the four stages of life, with chapters in between such as, the vision, the music maker, spiritual freedom etc. The poet, rabindranath tagore, was born in 1861, at a time when the brahmo samaj was transitioning partly to new leadership and was himself eventually appointed by his father as a secretary to the organization as a young man in 1884, leading to his writing about rammohan roy on. Tagore, a nobel prize winner, the only person to compose national anthem of two countries india and bangladesh, was one of the greatest intellectual poet cum philosophers of.

A journey that began seventy years earlier with his birth in an affluent family that was all the same embroiled in the religious. After reading this article you will learn about the contribution of r. Lifes journey, for tagore, achieves its fulfillment through the creative interaction of an artist or a poet, and not through. I recently read some parts of the book the religion of man by rabindranath tagore. According to chakravarti, spirituality for rabindranath tagore is the dynamic principle that touches every aspect of life and is the guiding principle that leads human existence from. Dive deep into rabindranath tagores the religion of man with extended. The man of devotion is meek because he is conscious of gods right of love over his life and soul. The religion of man 1931 is a compilation of lectures by rabindranath tagore, edited by tagore and drawn largely from his hibbert lectures given at oxford university in may 1930. With this understanding of tagores concept of religion, we can now turn our attention to the principal characteristics that distinguish and mark the romantic period as it applies to our understanding of both religion and early english romantic poetry. He argues often that this is not a scientific, philosophical or even rational study. The religion of man is a compilation of lectures by rabindranath tagore, edited by him and drawn largely from his hibbert lectures given at. Sen identifying various stages in the evolution of tagores religious thoughts, beginning from about the 1880s, the book. Rabindranath tagore turns 150 today according to the bengali calendar. At the same time, there was a deep divide between hindus and muslims creating the impression.

Tagore through his vast body of immortal literary works taught us that the universe is a manifestation of god, and that there is no unbridgeable gulf between our world and gods, and that god is the one who can provide the greatest love and joy. Rabindranath tagore on a comparative study of religions 71 the british missionaries came to india under the command of the british colonial masters and their activities were a part of colonial politics. Rabindranath tagore on a comparative study of religions. The great indian poet and philosopher tagore on truth. The religion of man by rabindranath tagore, paperback. Rabindranath tagore was a great poet and profound thinker. Religion as a constant struggle for balance in the religion of man, in religion in modern india new delhi 1981 247 276.

Tagore pursues this theme through endless variations. A brahmo playwright and poet of global renown, tagore deals with the universal themes of god, divine experience, illumination, and spirituality. Select discourses, addresses, this work focuses exclusively on rabindranath tagores sermonsaddresses and miscellaneous prose writings in bengali. The religion of man is a 1931 compilation of lectures by rabindranath tagore, edited by him and drawn largely from his hibbert lectures given at oxford university in may 1930.

Aug 03, 2018 as he recounts in the religion of man. Religion of man by rabindranath tagore, 9780972635783, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Although he was not educated in any college or university, he was clearly a man of learning. Jan 30, 2019 tagore believed that true knowledge is that which perceives the unity of all things in god. In his religion of man, tagore sought to give a philosophy of man in which human nature is characterized by a concept of surplus energy that finds expression in creative art. The mysticism of rabindranath tagore learn religions. According to him, religion serves the purpose of bringing man into close contact with the supreme. He emancipated religion from the exclusive narrowness of the tribal god, the god of a chosen people, and offered it the universal. Iv india holds sacred, and counts as places of pilgrimage, all spots which display a special beauty or splendour of nature. The ideas he presented were the culmination of many years of. Man must always be a musicmaker and dreamer of dreams. In his book sadhana, rabindranath tagore relates an experience of meeting two hindu ascetics.

According to tagore, there is a shaping spirit of life that introduces more and more. In interpreting the philosophy and message of rabindranath tagore, the book interprets the indian ideal of philosophy, religion, and art, of which his work is the outcome and expression. Nationalism for tagore was an evil that slowly gnawed away at the vitals of human civilization. Religion develops human consciousness and enables it to realize the eternal spirit, through science, philosophy, literature, and the arts.

Sen identifying various stages in the evolution of tagore s religious thoughts, beginning from about the 1880s, the book. The spirituality of rabindranath tagore, ramakrishna and. My hunch is this question is also a product of a kind of thinking that attributes belonging to a. My religious life has followed the same mysterious line of growth as has my poetical life. The religion of man by rabindranath tagore practical philosophy.

In his work the religion of man the hibbert lectures for 1930. Tagore had difficulty as a young man with the institution of his fathers and familys church. Rabindranath tagore tagore whose legacy has inspired writings as diverse as physicist alan lightmans poetic ode to science and philosopher martha nussbaums investigation of our political emotions begins the opening lecture, mans universe. Jan 04, 2016 i recently read some parts of the book the religion of man by rabindranath tagore. The personal man, according to tagore, is the highest in man, the eternal man, the complete man in this real ization of the unity of beauty, trut h and goodness. So its a moment for all of us to feel proud about the man who won asia its first nobel, who composed songs which we cannot stop listening to, wrote poetry we never forget and the man who gave the country our national anthem. Tagores spiritual legacy magazine web edition aprilmay.

Not that india denied the superiority of man, but the test of that superiority lay, according to her, in the comprehensiveness of sympathy, not in the aloofness of absolute distinction. The names of these chapters themselves suggest tagores deep thinking as to how he viewed religion. A brahmo playwright and poet of global renown, tagore deals with largely universal themes of god, divine experience, illumination, and spirituality. The religion of man is a 1931 compilation of lectures by rabindranath tagore, edited by him and drawn largely from his hibbert lectures given at oxford. The individual man must exist for man the great, and must express him in disinterested works, in science and philosophy, in literature and arts, in service and worship. I ask once again, let us, the dreamers of the east and the west, keep our faith firm in the life that creates and not. Man s abiding happiness is not in getting anything but in giving himself up to what is greater than himself, to ideas which are larger than his individual life, the idea of his country, of humanity, of god. In sadhana, he writes, this is the ultimate end of man, to find the one which is in him, which is his truth, which is his soul. Lets see a picture of a text which addresses this issue in detail, and which seems to be the working of a particular it cell. Jul 09, 2016 in the closing days of editing this essay, i read two books. The book further reinforced my observation that hinduism is nothing but spiritual humanism packaged in a. Rabindranath tagore 18611941 was the youngest son of debendranath tagore, a leader of the brahmo samaj, which was a new religious sect in nineteenth. Rabindranath tagore was an indian writer and philosopher.

Tagore believed that true knowledge is that which perceives the unity of all things in god. A remarkable meeting of minds on the edge of science and spirituality collision and convergence in truth and beauty. But by the time he was 18, debendranath developed a sense of detachment while continuing his dealings with worldly affairs and carrying. An important emphasis that tagore lays upon is the religion for every man to achieve and arrive at his true nature.