Sadhana: The Realisation of Life

by Rabindranath Tagore

Overview

Many have said that the Hindu religion is the only one that teaches its followers to respect all religions, not just their own. Recommended for all who seek truth, spiritual growth and self-realization in their lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781585093540
Publisher:	Book Tree, The
Publication date:	09/20/2012
Pages:	178
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.41(d)

About the Author

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was an Indian poet, composer, philosopher, and painter from Bengal. Born to a prominent Brahmo Samaj family, Tagore was raised mostly by servants following his mother’s untimely death. His father, a leading philosopher and reformer, hosted countless artists and intellectuals at the family mansion in Calcutta, introducing his children to poets, philosophers, and musicians from a young age. Tagore avoided conventional education, instead reading voraciously and studying astronomy, science, Sanskrit, and classical Indian poetry. As a teenager, he began publishing poems and short stories in Bengali and Maithili. Following his father’s wish for him to become a barrister, Tagore read law for a brief period at UniversityCollege London, where he soon turned to studying the works of Shakespeare and Thomas Browne. In 1883, Tagore returned to India to marry and manage his ancestral estates. During this time, Tagore published his Manasi (1890) poems and met the folk poet Gagan Harkara, with whom he would work to compose popular songs. In 1901, having written countless poems, plays, and short stories, Tagore founded an ashram, but his work as a spiritual leader was tragically disrupted by the deaths of his wife and two of their children, followed by his father’s death in 1905. In 1913, Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first lyricist and non-European to be awarded the distinction. Over the next several decades, Tagore wrote his influential novel The Home and the World (1916), toured dozens of countries, and advocated on behalf of Dalits and other oppressed peoples.

Table of Contents

The relation of the individual to the universe -- Soul consciousness -- The problem of evil -- The problem of self -- Realisation in love -- Realisation in action -- The realisation of beauty -- The realisation of the infinite.