Tagore: The Mystic Poets [Paperback]

Discover How Tagores Spiritual Life and Vision Can Enlighten Your Own

Rabindranath Tagores philosophical and spiritual thoughts transcend all limits of language, culture, and nationality. In his writings, the poet and mystic takes us on a spiritual quest and gives us a glimpse of the infinite in the midst of the finite, unity at the heart of all diversity, and the Divine in all beings and things of the universe.
from the Preface bySwami Adiswarananda

Rabindranath Tagore is one of the most influential mystic poets and teachers of the last century. Deeply spiritual and profoundly sensitive, his verse speaks to people from all backgrounds who seek a deeper understanding of self, country, creation, God, and love.

This beautiful sampling of Tagores two most important works,The Gardener and Gitanjali,offers a glimpse into his spiritual vision that has inspired people around the world. Poems fromThe Gardenerexplore youth and earthly love, while excerpts fromGitanjaliexpress divine love and Tagores difficulty in satisfying it.

Overwhelmingly mystical and lovely in its simplicity, this unique collection offers insight into Tagores heavenly desires, his ongoing quest forBrahama Vihara,the joy eternal, and illuminates the remarkable diversity that made him the most important bridge between the spirituality of the East and West in the first half of the twentieth century.