Religion and Rabindranath

About the Book Religion is the language of the mind and the heart, contemplation and acceleration of excellence and ascent. To Rabindranath Tagore, it is more than that. It is self- realisation and, for that end-in-view, continual and unending Endeavour for the best and most illumined efflorescence of the Innermost One, the All Serene, who always pervades anywhere and everywhere. His unparalleled vision of religion in diverse forms encapsulating functions and festivals, joy and humanism, spirituality and creativity, mysticism and society, education and, above all, religion of religions is a perennial panorama of poignant promises and fullness.

A very significant and probing study, Religion and Rabindranath is a unique contribution to Rabindranath Tagore's philosophy of religion.

About the Author Mohit Chakrabarti, D.Litt.: Former Professor, Visvabharati University. Santiniketan-731235, India. Honored with National Award as Teacher Educator.

Credited with participation/ presentation/ acceptance of papers in international/ national conferences/symposia/seminars etc. like The World Assembly of Teacher Educators, The University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica; Beijing Normal University, Beijing: Institution of Education, Singapore: First International Conference on "Literature in Translation", Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; First International Symposium on "India and World Literature", University of Delhi, Delhi; Workshop on "Setting the Agenda for Change for Central Universities for the 21st Century, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

Associated with different Universities, National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) and educational institutions, Professor Chakrabarti has. recently acted as member, Teacher Education for Curriculum Renewal, National Focus Group on Teacher Education, NCERT, New Delhi. Consistent and prolific contributor to studies and researches on Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore. and Swami Vivekananda. Writer of books for children in Bengali and English.

Preface Religion is what prompts and accentuates one towards continual ascent and excellence. It is a vrata-a devotion and dedication par excellence-to be in perfect fusion with the All Best and All Serene inherent in oneself. To Rabindranath Tagore, religion is what one ought to be from what one is in order to be justified to the intrinsic vision of fullness and truth. The truth of the Eternal Man' as he conceptualizes dharma, points to the spontaneous efflorescence of one who aspires after being religious to expand and explore the unending horizon of humankind. From the conceptual points of view, he, therefore, places man as the focal point of religion encompassing truth, joy, love and other essential components of religion that profusely contribute to the poignancy and perfection of man as the embodiment of the All Serene. "Conceptual Framework of Rabindranath's Religious Philosophy" extensively deals with these ends-in-view.

"Religion and Functions and Festivals: Tagore and Quest" is an in-depth study of how Tagore makes and directs religion as one's very way of life sensible, meaningful and practical in day-to-day activities.

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