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tag name: Rabindranath Tagore type: Arts; People; Philosophy

web link: bahai-library.com/tags/Rabindranath_Tagore
related tags: – Polymaths; Bengal Renaissance; India; Literature, Indian

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this author Rabindranath Tagore
notes: Bengali polymath (1861-1941) who worked as a poet, writer (novels and short stories), playwright, composer (songs), philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renaissance.
SELECTED RESOURCES:
Secondary sources:
Sarwal, Anil (2025). Tagore and the Bahá'í Faith: Towards Creative Unity. Bahá'í Literature & Publication Trust, India.
Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli (1918). The Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore. This early introduction for a Western audience quotes most of the works listed below up to 1918, as well as the principal Upanishads and Kabir's poetry. Note that this book is influenced by an Advaita Vedanta interpretation of Tagore's works, but the footnote references indicate where Tagore's philosophy can be found in his own writings. To avoid bias, it is advised to read the full works rather than selected quotations out of context.
Primary sources:
(Tagore's works include many more titles and are available online; links can be found at the Wikipedia list page and the Gutenberg.org link at the end of this section):
Collection of lectures and papers:
Sadhana: The Realisation of Life (1913)
Personality (1917)
Nationalism (1918)
Creative Unity (1922)
The Religion of Man (1931)
Collections of poetry:
Gitanjali (1912)
The Crescent Moon (1913)
The Gardener (1913)
Fruit-Gathering (1916)
Stray Birds (1916)
Drama:
The King of the Dark Chamber (1910)
The Cycle of Spring (1922)
Red Oleanders (1924)
Novels and novellas:
Chokher Bali (1903)
The Wreck (1906)
Quartet (Chaturanga) (1916)
The Home and the World (1916)
Several of Tagore’s works of fiction have been adapted for the screen; these include Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World), and Chokher Bali.
references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Rabindranath_Tagore; www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/942

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2021-08-18. Two Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Mentioning Rabindranath Tagore. Abdu'l-Bahá, Universal House of Justice, Adib Masumian, trans. . — Letter describing the context and contents of two Tablets in which Abdu'l-Baha mentions Tagore, alon...
2012. Legacy of `Abdu'l-Bahá's Visit to America, 1912, The. Robert Stockman. — Overview of Abdu’l-Baha’s trip to the U.S. and Canada, its impact, his social action and public ...
1992/2015. Rabindranath Tagore: Some Encounters with Bahá'ís. Peter Terry. — 'Abdu'l-Baha is alleged to have met India's poet laureate Tagore in Chicago in 1912. This article ex...
1989. Traces That Remain: A Pictorial History of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Faith among the Japanese. Barbara R. Sims, Sheridan Sims, ed. . — Extensive history of Baha'i events and personages in Japan, 1914-1983.
1930. First and the Last Prophets of Persia, The. Rabindranath Tagore. — Summary of a speech given by Tagore in New York on December 7, 1930, highlighting divine unity in cr...

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1912-10-31 — `Abdu'l-Baha arrived in Chicago and gave a talk at the Plaza Hotel. The subject of this talk was The...

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tag name:	Rabindranath Tagore	type:	Arts; People; Philosophy
web link:	bahai-library.com/tags/Rabindranath_Tagore
related tags:	– Polymaths; Bengal Renaissance; India; Literature, Indian
author page: items by this author	Rabindranath Tagore
notes:	Bengali polymath (1861-1941) who worked as a poet, writer (novels and short stories), playwright, composer (songs), philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renaissance. SELECTED RESOURCES: Secondary sources: Sarwal, Anil (2025). Tagore and the Bahá'í Faith: Towards Creative Unity. Bahá'í Literature & Publication Trust, India. Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli (1918). The Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore. This early introduction for a Western audience quotes most of the works listed below up to 1918, as well as the principal Upanishads and Kabir's poetry. Note that this book is influenced by an Advaita Vedanta interpretation of Tagore's works, but the footnote references indicate where Tagore's philosophy can be found in his own writings. To avoid bias, it is advised to read the full works rather than selected quotations out of context. Primary sources: (Tagore's works include many more titles and are available online; links can be found at the Wikipedia list page and the Gutenberg.org link at the end of this section): Collection of lectures and papers: Sadhana: The Realisation of Life (1913) Personality (1917) Nationalism (1918) Creative Unity (1922) The Religion of Man (1931) Collections of poetry: Gitanjali (1912) The Crescent Moon (1913) The Gardener (1913) Fruit-Gathering (1916) Stray Birds (1916) Drama: The King of the Dark Chamber (1910) The Cycle of Spring (1922) Red Oleanders (1924) Novels and novellas: Chokher Bali (1903) The Wreck (1906) Quartet (Chaturanga) (1916) The Home and the World (1916) Several of Tagore’s works of fiction have been adapted for the screen; these include Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World), and Chokher Bali.
references:	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Rabindranath_Tagore; www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/942