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Tagore's Spiritual Legacy

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From: Hinduism Today
Date: 20060630
Author:Hawthorne, Maitreya

Hawthorne, Maitreya
Hinduism Today
06-30-2006
Only late in life did fame find the Bengali writer, playwright, composer,
poet, philosopher and artist known as the founder of modern Indian
literature

IN HIS BOOK SADHANA, RABINDRANATH Tagore relates an experience of meeting
two Hindu ascetics. He asks them why they don't go out into the world to
preach the sacred word. One of the ascetics replies, "Whoever feels thirsty
will of himself come to the river. They must come, one and all." Certainly,
through the years, thousands of such ready souls have flooded to the river
of Tagore's outpourings. Each ...

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