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= WORK IS WORSHIP =
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]]
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.
=Poem=
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?
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
Open thine eyes and see thy God is not before thee<br>
He is there the tiller is tilling the hard ground and where the path-maker is breaking stones.
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.
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!
Put off thy holy mantle and even like him come down on the dusty soil!<br>
Deliverance? Where is this deliverance to be found?
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.
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!
Come out of thy meditations and leave aside thy flowers and incense!<br>
What harm is there if thy clothes become tattered and stained?
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.</nowiki>
Meet him and stand by him in toil and in sweat of thy brow.<br>
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==Theme of the poem==
Karmayoga (socially productive and useful work) alone will help man achieve liberation from rebirth.
'''Seven deadly sins by Mahatma Gandhi'''
'''Seven deadly sins by Mahatma Gandhi'''
# wealth without work
# wealth without work
'''Quotations which emphasize importance of work or Karmayog:'''
'''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!''
==Quotations which emphasize importance of work or Karmayog==
# work before you play
# work before you play
# work is food for noble mind
# work is food for noble mind
# work without love is slavery – M. Teresa
# work without love is slavery – M. Teresa
==New words==
# Chant-say a prayer in a singing voice
# Chant-say a prayer in a singing voice
==Suggested books for further reading==
# Vachana's of lord Basavanna
# Vachana's of lord Basavanna
