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


 * 1) work before you play
 * 2) work is food for noble mind
 * 3) There is no shortcut to hard work
 * 4) work without love is slavery.by M.Teresa

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 Theme of the poem
 * 1) Chant-say a prayer in a singing voice
 * 2) Till(v)-prepare and use land for growing crops
 * 3) Garment-dress
 * 4) Deliverance-final relase from rebirth
 * 5) Bead-a small round ball of wood

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

 Seven deadly sins by Mahatma Gandhi
 * 1) Vachana's of lord Basavanna
 * 2) Vachana's of Sarvajnana
 * 3) Vachana's of Allam Prabhu and Akka mahadevi

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