Work is Worship

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">              <FONT SIZE=6 STYLE="font-size: 22pt"><I>	<FONT SIZE=5 STYLE="font-size: 20pt">WORK IS WORSHIP</FONT></I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=5><I><U><B>INTRODUCTION</B></U></I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I><FONT SIZE=5><U>Poet</U></FONT>;<FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">R</FONT>avindranath Tagore is a poet,philosopher,and teacher. He wrote poetry,drama and fiction in the Bengali language and was also a celebrated artist and musician.</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I><U>He won the<B> noble prize</B> for the literature in </U></I><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><U><B>1913</B></U></SPAN><U><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"> </SPAN><I>after the publication of 'Digitalizing English,a volume of spiritual poetry. In <B>1919 </B>he established at <B>Shantiniketan</B> a university for promoting cultural co-operation between the east and the west and named it <B>Vishwa-Bharathi</B></I></U></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><I><U>Quotations emphasizes importance of work or Karmayoag</U></I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>1]'<B>'work before you play''</B></I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="plan%20of%20work%20of%20worship_html_413a2cba.jpg" NAME="graphics4" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=138 HEIGHT=120 BORDER=0><FONT SIZE=4><I><B>2] work is food for noble mind</B></I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I><U><B>3] There is no shortcut to hard work</B></U></I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I><U><B>4]work without love is slavery.by M.Teresa</B></U></I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=5><I><U><FONT SIZE=5 STYLE="font-size: 20pt">New words</FONT>;<B>Chan</B>t-<FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">say a prayer in a singing voice</FONT></U></I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=5><I><U><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt"><B>Till(v)</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">-prepare and use land for growing crops</FONT></U></I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=5><I><U><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt"><B>Garment</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">-dress</FONT></U></I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=5><I><U><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt"><B>Deliverance</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">-final relase from rebirth</FONT></U></I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=5><I><U><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt"><B>Bead-</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt">a small round ball of wood</FONT></U></I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=5><I><U><B>WORK IS WORSHIP</B></U></I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="plan%20of%20work%20of%20worship_html_5859e41.jpg" NAME="graphics5" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=184 BORDER=0><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>Leave this<B> chanting</B> and <B>singing</B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal"> and</SPAN></I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">telling of</SPAN><B> beads!</B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">Whom dost th</SPAN>ou</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>worship in this lonely dark corner of a</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>temple with doors all shut? Open</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>thine eyes and see thy God is not before thee</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="plan%20of%20work%20of%20worship_html_150f7ca9.jpg" NAME="graphics6" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=151 HEIGHT=158 BORDER=0><IMG SRC="plan%20of%20work%20of%20worship_html_4bfe3c24.jpg" NAME="graphics7" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=183 HEIGHT=148 BORDER=0><IMG SRC="plan%20of%20work%20of%20worship_html_2d03e9ed.jpg" NAME="graphics8" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=162 BORDER=0><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="plan%20of%20work%20of%20worship_html_m63330e79.jpg" NAME="graphics9" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=275 HEIGHT=183 BORDER=0><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>He is there the<B> tiller</B> is tilling</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="plan%20of%20work%20of%20worship_html_mf22972b.jpg" NAME="graphics12" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=276 HEIGHT=201 BORDER=0><FONT SIZE=4><I>the hard ground and where the<B> path-maker</B></I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="plan%20of%20work%20of%20worship_html_m70f9bda1.jpg" NAME="graphics11" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=259 HEIGHT=194 BORDER=0><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>is breaking stones. He is with them</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>in sun and shower,and his</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>garment is covered with dust. <B>Put off</B></I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>thy holy mantle and even like him come</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="plan%20of%20work%20of%20worship_html_3169dad5.jpg" NAME="graphics14" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=299 HEIGHT=202 BORDER=0><FONT SIZE=4><I>down on the dusty soil!</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="plan%20of%20work%20of%20worship_html_m52c79509.jpg" NAME="graphics13" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=275 HEIGHT=184 BORDER=0><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I><B>Deliverance?</B> Where is this deliverance</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="plan%20of%20work%20of%20worship_html_m40cb5ff6.jpg" NAME="graphics10" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=222 HEIGHT=194 BORDER=0><FONT SIZE=4><I>to be found? Our master himself</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>has joyfully taken upon him the bonds of</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>creation; he is bound with us all forever.</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>Come out of thy <B>meditations</B> and</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>leave aside thy<B> flowers</B> and <B>incense!</B></I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>What harm is there if thy clothes </I></FONT> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>become<B> tattered</B> and <B>stained</B>?Meet</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>him and stand by him in toil and in </I></FONT> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="plan%20of%20work%20of%20worship_html_746abf11.jpg" NAME="graphics15" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=251 HEIGHT=201 BORDER=0><IMG SRC="plan%20of%20work%20of%20worship_html_m5de8f098.jpg" NAME="graphics16" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=236 HEIGHT=179 BORDER=0><FONT SIZE=4><I>sweat of thy brow. </I></FONT> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I><U><B>THEME OF THE POEM</B></U></I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I><B>Karmayoga</B>(socially productive and useful work)alone will help man achieve liberation from rebirth</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 16pt"><I><U><B>Best line of the poem which I liked most</B></U></I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>''Put off the thy holy mantle and even like him come down on the dusty soil!''</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I><U><B>SUGGGESTED BOOKS FOR FURTHER READING</B></U></I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>1]Vachana's of lord Basavanna</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>2]Vachana's of Sarvajnana</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>3]Vachana's of Allam Prabhu and Akka mahadevi</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal"><FONT SIZE=5>seven deadly sins</FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>wealth without work</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>pleasure without conscience</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>science without humanity</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>knowledge without character</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>politics without principle</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>commerce without morality</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>worship without sacrifice.</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>Mahatma Gandhi</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>MIND MAP</I></FONT></P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="plan%20of%20work%20of%20worship_html_6f4ba42c.jpg" NAME="graphics1" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=686 HEIGHT=58 BORDER=0><BR> </P> <P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR> </P> </BODY> </HTML>

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