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 emphasizes importance of work or Karmayoag
- work before you play
- work is food for noble mind
- There is no shortcut to hard work
- work without love is slavery.by M.Teresa
====New words
- Chant-say a prayer in a singing voice
- Till(v)-prepare and use land for growing crops
- Garment-dress
- Deliverance-final relase from rebirth
- Bead-a small round ball of wood
=====Theme of the poem 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
- Vachana's of lord Basavanna
- Vachana's of Sarvajnana
- Vachana's of Allam Prabhu and Akka mahadevi
=======Seven deadly sins by Mahatma Gandhi 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
