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− | Leave this chanting and singing and [[File:Work_is_Worship_html_5859e41.jpg| right]]
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− | telling of beads!Whom dost thou [[File:Work_is_Worship_html_4bfe3c24.jpg| left]]
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− | worship in this lonely dark corner of a
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− | temple with doors all shut? Open
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− | thine eyes and see thy God is not before thee [[File:Work_is_Worship_html_150f7ca9.jpg| right]]
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− | He is there the tiller is tilling [[File:Work_is_Worship_html_m70f9bda1.jpg| left]]
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− | the hard ground and where the path-maker [[File:Work_is_Worship_html_m5de8f098.jpg| right]]
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− | is breaking stones. He is with them [[File:Work_is_Worship_html_m52c79509.jpg| left]]
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− | in sun and shower,and his
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− | garment is covered with dust. Put off
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− | thy holy mantle and even like him come
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− | down on the dusty soil![[File:Work_is_Worship_html_3169dad5.jpg| right]]
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− | Deliverance? Where is this deliverance
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− | to be found? Our master himself
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− | has joyfully taken upon him the bonds of
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− | creation; he is bound with us all forever.
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− | Come out of thy meditations and
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− | leave aside thy flowers and incense!
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− | What harm is there if thy clothes
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− | become tattered and stained?Meet
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− | him and stand by him in toil and in
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− | '''Introduction:'''
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| Poet Rabindranath 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. [[File:Work_is_Worship_html_m398d4bea.jpg| right]] | | Poet Rabindranath 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. [[File:Work_is_Worship_html_m398d4bea.jpg| right]] |
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− | He won the noble prize for the 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 | + | He won the noble prize for the 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. |
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| + | =Poem= |
− | Seven deadly sins:
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− | wealth without work
| + | Leave this chanting and singing and telling of beads! |
| + | Whom dost thou worship in this lonely dark corner of a temple with doors all shut?<br> |
| + | Open thine eyes and see thy God is not before thee<br> |
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− | pleasure without conscience
| + | He is there the tiller is tilling the hard ground and where the path-maker is breaking stones.<br> |
| + | He is with them in sun and shower,and his garment is covered with dust.<br> |
| + | Put off thy holy mantle and even like him come down on the dusty soil!<br> |
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− | science without humanity
| + | Deliverance? Where is this deliverance to be found? <br> |
| + | Our master himself has joyfully taken upon him the bonds of creation; he is bound with us all forever.<br> |
| + | Come out of thy meditations and leave aside thy flowers and incense!<br> |
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− | knowledge without character
| + | What harm is there if thy clothes become tattered and stained?<br> |
| + | Meet him and stand by him in toil and in sweat of thy brow.<br> |
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− | politics without principle
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− | commerce without morality
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− | worship without sacrifice.
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− | - Mahatma Gandhi
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− | '''Quotations which emphasize importance of work or Karmayog:'''
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− | 1] work before you play
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− | 2] work is food for noble mind
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− | 3] There is no shortcut to hard work
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− | 4] work without love is slavery – M. Teresa
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− | '''New words:'''
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− | Chant-say a prayer in a singing voice
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− | Till(v)-prepare and use land for growing crops
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− | Garment-dress
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− | Deliverance-final release from rebirth
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− | Bead-a small round ball of wood
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| + | ==Theme of the poem== |
| + | Karmayoga (socially productive and useful work) alone will help man achieve liberation from rebirth. |
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| + | '''Seven deadly sins by Mahatma Gandhi''' |
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| + | # wealth without work |
| + | # pleasure without conscience |
| + | # science without humanity |
| + | # knowledge without character |
| + | # politics without principle |
| + | # commerce without morality |
| + | # worship without sacrifice. |
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| + | '''Best line of the poem which I liked most:''' |
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| + | ''Put off the thy holy mantle and even like him come down on the dusty soil!'' |
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| + | ==Quotations which emphasize 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 – M. Teresa |
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| + | ==New words== |
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| + | # Chant-say a prayer in a singing voice |
| + | # Till(verb)-prepare and use land for growing crops |
| + | # Garment-dress |
| + | # Deliverance-final release from rebirth |
| + | # Bead-a small round ball of wood |
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| + | ==Suggested books for further reading== |
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| + | # Vachana's of lord Basavanna |
| + | # Vachana's of Sarvajnana |
| + | # Vachana's of Allam Prabhu and Akka mahadevi |
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− | | + | Contributed by: Dundappa Talwar, GHS Malla.B, Shorapur |
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− | Theme of the poem:
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− | Karmayoga (socially productive and useful work) alone will help man achieve liberation from rebirth.
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− | ''Put off the thy holy mantle and even like him come down on the dusty soil!''
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− | 1] Vachana's of lord Basavanna
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− | 2] Vachana's of Sarvajnana
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− | 3] Vachana's of Allam Prabhu and Akka mahadevi
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