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Spiritual growth requires a lifelong commitment and sustained effort to discover God's divine presence within you. In this poem, Tagore expresses his commitment with the words, "I Shall Ever Try." More poems available here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeP4eulMEXiMyfYyZHYxsrSit5hVy8ytC
This poem comes from Tagore's Nobel-Prize-winning collection of English poems, "Gitanjali, Song Offerings." Like most of his English poems, Tagore based this one on an earlier Bengali version that was published in Naibedya (1901), but was not included in the Bengali version of Gitanjali (1910).
Tagore's heartfelt thoughts and prayerful moods are vividly portrayed in this lovely poem. The artwork that accompanies it here was painted by Tagore himself, who first took up painting at the age of 60. His works now hang in the galleries of important museums around the world.
This poem is set to music that was composed and performed by Swami Tadatmananda in 2003. Swamiji's great love and admiration for Tagore is apparent in his wonderful renditions. Swamiji's documentary on Rabindranath Tagore can be viewed here: youtu.be/P8HLIF32clU
Swami Tadatmananda is a traditionally-trained teacher of Advaita Vedanta, meditation, and Sanskrit. For more information, please see: arshabodha.org
Spiritual growth requires a lifelong commitment and sustained effort to discover God's divine presence within you. In this poem, Tagore expresses his commitment with the words, "I Shall Ever Try." More poems available here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeP4eulMEXiMyfYyZHYxsrSit5hVy8ytC
This poem comes from Tagore's Nobel-Prize-winning collection of English poems, "Gitanjali, Song Offerings." Like most of his English poems, Tagore based this one on an earlier Bengali version that was published in Naibedya (1901), but was not included in the Bengali version of Gitanjali (1910).
Tagore's heartfelt thoughts and prayerful moods are vividly portrayed in this lovely poem. The artwork that accompanies it here was painted by Tagore himself, who first took up painting at the age of 60. His works now hang in the galleries of important museums around the world.
This poem is set to music that was composed and performed by Swami Tadatmananda in 2003. Swamiji's great love and admiration for Tagore is apparent in his wonderful renditions. Swamiji's documentary on Rabindranath Tagore can be viewed here: youtu.be/P8HLIF32clU
Swami Tadatmananda is a traditionally-trained teacher of Advaita Vedanta, meditation, and Sanskrit. For more information, please see: arshabodha.org
