Work is Worship
WORK IS WORSHIP
INTRODUCTION
Poet Ravindranath Tagore was a poet,philosopher,and teacher. He wrote poetry,drama and fiction in Bengali language and was also a celebrated artist and musician.
He won the noble prize for literature in 1913 after the publication of 'Digitalizing English,a volume of spiritual poetry'. In 1919 he established at Shantiniketan a university for promoting cultural co-operation between the east and the west and named it Vishwa-Bharathi. Quotations which emphasizes importance of work or Karmayog
- work before you play
- work is food for noble mind
- There is no shortcut to hard work
- work without love is slavery.by M.Teresa
New words
- Chant-say a prayer in a singing voice
- Till(v)-prepare and use land for growing crops
- Garment-dress
- Deliverance-final relase from rebirth
- Bead-a small round ball of wood
Theme of the poem
Karmayoga(socially productive and useful work)alone will help man achieve liberation from rebirth
Best line of the poem which I liked most - Put off the thy holy mantle and even like him come down on the dusty soil!
Suggested books for further reading
- Vachana's of lord Basavanna
- Vachana's of Sarvajnana
- Vachana's of Allam Prabhu and Akka mahadevi
Seven deadly sins by Mahatma Gandhi
wealth without work pleasure without conscience science without humanity knowledge without character politics without principle commerce without morality worship without sacrifice.
Contributed by: Dundappa Talawar, GHS Malla.B, Shorapur