{"id":1557,"date":"2008-05-07T06:14:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-07T06:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2008\/05\/rabindranath-tagore\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T15:13:14","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:13:14","slug":"rabindranath-tagore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2008\/05\/rabindranath-tagore.html","title":{"rendered":"Rabindranath Tagore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Rabindranath Tagore<\/a> was born on this day in 1861. Tagore was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for literature, in 1913.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of particular interest to me is how following his father, a leader of the Brahmo Samaj<\/a>, a Hindu-reform movement inspired in part by both English and American Unitarianism, Tagore would be closely associated with this spiritual movement for the whole of his life.<\/span><\/p>\n

(By the bye, as frequent visitors to this blog probably know, I\u2019m quite fond of Wikipedia, using it frequently as a first resource. I would add I rarely rely upon it as a final one. There is little doubt one needs to be cautious when using it. One way I\u2019ve found to weigh any particular article\u2019s veracity is to look at the \u201cdiscussion\u201d section. The more heated the more wary I become. The Wikipedia article on the Brahmo Samaj<\/a> is a fascinating example of the difficulties with this ubiquitous online resource, and how some due diligence is always called for. Just like in life, I suspect\u2026)
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from the Gitanjali<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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On the day when the lotus bloomed, alas, my mind was straying,<\/p>\n

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and I knew it not. <\/span>My basket was empty and the flower remained<\/p>\n

unheeded.<\/p>\n

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Only now and again a sadness fell upon me, and I started up from<\/p>\n

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my dream and felt a sweet trace of a strange fragrance in the<\/p>\n

south wind.<\/p>\n

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That vague sweetness made my heart ache with longing and it<\/p>\n

seemed to me that is was the eager breath of the summer seeking<\/p>\n

for its completion.<\/p>\n

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I knew not then that it was so near, that it was mine, and that<\/p>\n

this perfect sweetness had blossomed in the depth of my own<\/p>\n

heart.<\/p>\n

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I must launch out my boat. <\/span>The languid hours pass by on the<\/p>\n

shore\u2013Alas for me!<\/p>\n

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The spring has done its flowering and taken leave. <\/span>And now with<\/p>\n

the burden of faded futile flowers I wait and linger.<\/p>\n

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The waves have become clamorous, and upon the bank in the shady<\/p>\n

lane the yellow leaves flutter and fall.<\/p>\n

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What emptiness do you gaze upon! <\/span>Do you not feel a thrill<\/p>\n

passing through the air with the notes of the far-away song<\/p>\n

floating from the other shore?<\/p>\n

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