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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]]
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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.
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What harm is there if thy clothes become tattered and stained?<br>
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Meet him and stand by him in toil and in sweat of thy brow.<br>
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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.
<FONT FACE="Liberation Serif, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Poet Rabindranath
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Tagore is a poet,philosopher,and teacher. He wrote poetry,drama and
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'''Seven deadly sins by Mahatma Gandhi'''
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# wealth without work
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# pleasure without conscience
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# science without humanity
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# knowledge without character
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# politics without principle
<FONT FACE="Liberation Serif, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>He won the noble
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# worship without sacrifice.
'Digitalizing English', a volume of spiritual poetry. In 1919 he
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established at Shantiniketan a university for promoting cultural
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co-operation between the east and the west and named it
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'''Best line of the poem which I liked most:'''
Vishwa-Bharathi</FONT></FONT></P>
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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==
<FONT SIZE=5>Seven deadly sins:</FONT></P>
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# work before you play
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# work without love is slavery – M. Teresa
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<FONT SIZE=4>pleasure without conscience</FONT></P>
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# Chant-say a prayer in a singing voice
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# Till(verb)-prepare and use land for growing crops
<FONT SIZE=4>science without humanity</FONT></P>
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# Garment-dress
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# Deliverance-final release from rebirth
<FONT SIZE=4>knowledge without character</FONT></P>
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# Bead-a small round ball of wood
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<FONT SIZE=4>politics without principle</FONT></P>
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==Suggested books for further reading==
<FONT SIZE=4>commerce without morality</FONT></P>
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# Vachana's of lord Basavanna
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# Vachana's of Allam Prabhu and Akka mahadevi
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<FONT SIZE=5>Quotations which emphasize importance of work or
 
Karmayog:</FONT></P>
 
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<FONT SIZE=4>1] work before you play</FONT></P>
 
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<FONT SIZE=4>2] work is food for noble mind</FONT></P>
 
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<FONT SIZE=4>3] There is no shortcut to hard work</FONT></P>
 
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<FONT SIZE=4>4] work without love is slavery – M. Teresa</FONT></P>
 
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<FONT SIZE=5>New words</FONT></P>
 
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<FONT SIZE=3><B>Chan</B>t-say a prayer in a singing voice</FONT></P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">
 
<FONT SIZE=3><B>Till(v)</B>-prepare and use land for growing crops</FONT></P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">
 
<FONT SIZE=3><B>Garment</B>-dress</FONT></P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">
 
<FONT SIZE=3><B>Deliverance</B>-final release from rebirth</FONT></P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">
 
<FONT SIZE=3><B>Bead-</B>a small round ball of wood</FONT></P>
 
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<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="Work_is_Worship_html_5859e41.jpg" NAME="graphics5" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=184 BORDER=0><FONT SIZE=5><I><U><B>WORK
 
IS WORSHIP</B></U></I></FONT></P>
 
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<P ALIGN=LEFT 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=LEFT 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=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>worship in
 
this lonely dark corner of a</I></FONT></P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>temple with
 
doors all shut? Open</I></FONT></P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>thine eyes
 
and see thy God is not before thee</I></FONT></P>
 
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<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="Work_is_Worship_html_m70f9bda1.jpg" NAME="graphics11" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=259 HEIGHT=194 BORDER=0><FONT SIZE=4><I>He
 
is there the<B> tiller</B> is tilling</I></FONT></P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>the hard
 
ground and where the<B> path-maker</B></I></FONT></P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
 
</P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>is breaking
 
stones. He is with them</I></FONT></P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>in sun and
 
shower,and his</I></FONT></P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>garment is
 
covered with dust. <B>Put off</B></I></FONT></P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>thy holy
 
mantle and even like him come</I></FONT></P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>down on the
 
dusty soil!</I></FONT></P>
 
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</P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
 
</P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
 
</P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I><B>Deliverance?</B>
 
Where is this deliverance</I></FONT></P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>to be found?
 
Our master himself</I></FONT></P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>has joyfully
 
taken upon him the bonds of</I></FONT></P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><IMG SRC="Work_is_Worship_html_3169dad5.jpg" NAME="graphics14" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=299 HEIGHT=202 BORDER=0><BR>
 
</P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>creation; he
 
is bound with us all forever.</I></FONT></P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>Come out of
 
thy <B>meditations</B> and</I></FONT></P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>leave aside
 
thy<B> flowers</B> and <B>incense!</B></I></FONT></P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
 
</P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>What harm is
 
there if thy clothes </I></FONT>
 
</P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>become<B>
 
tattered</B> and <B>stained</B>?Meet</I></FONT></P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>him and
 
stand by him in toil and in </I></FONT>
 
</P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=4><I>sweat of thy
 
brow. </I></FONT>
 
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<FONT SIZE=5>Theme of the poem:</FONT></P>
 
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<FONT SIZE=5><FONT SIZE=4>Karmayoga </FONT><FONT SIZE=4>(socially
 
productive and useful work) alone will help man achieve liberation
 
from rebirth.</FONT></FONT></P>
 
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
 
</P>
 
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
 
</P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none">
 
<FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 16pt">Best line of the poem which I
 
liked most:</FONT></P>
 
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<BR>
 
</P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT 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>
 
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<BR>
 
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<FONT SIZE=4>Suggested books for further reading:</FONT></P>
 
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<FONT SIZE=4>1] Vachana's of lord Basavanna</FONT></P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none">
 
<FONT SIZE=4>2] Vachana's of Sarvajnana</FONT></P>
 
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none">
 
<FONT SIZE=4>3] Vachana's of Allam Prabhu and Akka mahadevi</FONT></P>
 
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Latest revision as of 15:16, 31 January 2013

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.

Work is Worship html m398d4bea.jpg

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?
Open thine eyes and see thy God is not before thee

He is there the tiller is tilling the hard ground and where the path-maker is breaking stones.
He is with them in sun and shower,and his garment is covered with dust.
Put off thy holy mantle and even like him come down on the dusty soil!

Deliverance? Where is this deliverance to be found?
Our master himself has joyfully taken upon him the bonds of creation; he is bound with us all forever.
Come out of thy meditations and leave aside thy flowers and incense!

What harm is there if thy clothes become tattered and stained?
Meet him and stand by him in toil and in sweat of thy brow.

Work is Worship html 150f7ca9.jpg

Work is Worship html m70f9bda1.jpg

Work is Worship html m5de8f098.jpg

Work is Worship html m52c79509.jpg

Work is Worship html 3169dad5.jpg

Theme of the poem

Karmayoga (socially productive and useful work) alone will help man achieve liberation from rebirth.

Seven deadly sins by Mahatma Gandhi

  1. wealth without work
  2. pleasure without conscience
  3. science without humanity
  4. knowledge without character
  5. politics without principle
  6. commerce without morality
  7. worship without sacrifice.


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

  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 – M. Teresa

New words

  1. Chant-say a prayer in a singing voice
  2. Till(verb)-prepare and use land for growing crops
  3. Garment-dress
  4. Deliverance-final release from rebirth
  5. Bead-a small round ball of wood


Suggested books for further reading

  1. Vachana's of lord Basavanna
  2. Vachana's of Sarvajnana
  3. Vachana's of Allam Prabhu and Akka mahadevi

Contributed by: Dundappa Talwar, GHS Malla.B, Shorapur