Mysticism
ISSN : 2348 - 9715
ISSUE : 1, May 2014
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
Mysticism in Rabindranath Tagore’s GITANJALI
Mr. Rohit Bagthariya
P.S.Hirpara Mahila College- Jetpur
E-mail: rohit.bagthariya@gmail.com
Abstract
The best minds of India have always held mysticism to be the source and ultimate proof of the teaching of philosophy and of religion. The father of Hindu religion, the Vedic seers were mystics who embodied in inspired words what they saw in mystic vision. Tagore belongs to this line of mystic poets who have an inner vision and seek to convey the truths thus vision in the language of ordinary experience. Tagore’s mysticism is neither a creed nor a philosophy but a practical way of looking at the world with pure soul and the realization of the inherent unity in all. Mysticism is a striking feature in Tagore’s poetry, especially in Ginatjali, wherein he had the vision of unity or oneness in all things, of the one inseparable in the separate phenomena of the universe. He was not only a poet, but also a seer, a mystic. He lived life of inward excitement and passion and this emotional excitement of Tagore was due to his mystic or spiritual experience.
The chief traits of mysticism that Tagore describe in Gitanjali were: (1) God as a Father, (2) God as a Mother, (3) God as Child, (4) God as Lover, (5) God as beloved, (6) God as Master Poet, (7)
God as Master, (8) God as Friend, (9) God as King. Thus the researcher has tried here to redefine the mysticism in Tagore’s Gitanjali.
Key words: Mysticism, Tagore, Gitanjali.
Introduction:
“Mysticism in its simplest and most essential meaning is a type of religion which puts the emphasis on immediate awareness of relation with God, direct and intimate consciousness of
Divine Presence. It is religion in its most acute, intense and living stage. The word owes its origin to the Mystery Religions. The initiate who had the 'secret' was ca.”
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Dictionary of Philosophy
Mysticism thus emphasizes an
ISSUE : 1, May 2014
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
Mysticism in Rabindranath Tagore’s GITANJALI
Mr. Rohit Bagthariya
P.S.Hirpara Mahila College- Jetpur
E-mail: rohit.bagthariya@gmail.com
Abstract
The best minds of India have always held mysticism to be the source and ultimate proof of the teaching of philosophy and of religion. The father of Hindu religion, the Vedic seers were mystics who embodied in inspired words what they saw in mystic vision. Tagore belongs to this line of mystic poets who have an inner vision and seek to convey the truths thus vision in the language of ordinary experience. Tagore’s mysticism is neither a creed nor a philosophy but a practical way of looking at the world with pure soul and the realization of the inherent unity in all. Mysticism is a striking feature in Tagore’s poetry, especially in Ginatjali, wherein he had the vision of unity or oneness in all things, of the one inseparable in the separate phenomena of the universe. He was not only a poet, but also a seer, a mystic. He lived life of inward excitement and passion and this emotional excitement of Tagore was due to his mystic or spiritual experience.
The chief traits of mysticism that Tagore describe in Gitanjali were: (1) God as a Father, (2) God as a Mother, (3) God as Child, (4) God as Lover, (5) God as beloved, (6) God as Master Poet, (7)
God as Master, (8) God as Friend, (9) God as King. Thus the researcher has tried here to redefine the mysticism in Tagore’s Gitanjali.
Key words: Mysticism, Tagore, Gitanjali.
Introduction:
“Mysticism in its simplest and most essential meaning is a type of religion which puts the emphasis on immediate awareness of relation with God, direct and intimate consciousness of
Divine Presence. It is religion in its most acute, intense and living stage. The word owes its origin to the Mystery Religions. The initiate who had the 'secret' was ca.”
-
Dictionary of Philosophy
Mysticism thus emphasizes an