Gitanjali, meaning “offering of songs,” is Rabindranath Tagore’s heartfelt gift to the divine, a collection of poems that weave love, devotion, and the soul’s yearning into melodies of the spirit. Tagore offers these songs as a humble surrender, each verse a flower laid at the feet of the eternal, blooming with the beauty of nature, the ache of human longing,…
Rabindranath Tagore has written some Buddhist-inspired works and he makes a very interesting point. Buddha’s Return (also known as Buddha’s Homecoming or Buddha’s Meeting with Yashodhara), a dramatic poetic piece by Rabindranath Tagore that captures the poignant moment when Gautama Buddha, after attaining enlightenment, returns to his palace and meets his wife, Yashodhara. And Yashodhara just asked him one question:“Was…
