Tagore’s Genius Philosophy

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In this video I discuss Rabindranath Tagore’s philosophy, east versus west, art versus materialism, spiritually vs work and more. I will tell you about one of his best short stories. Finally his message on how to live your life free from consumerism. And I will read one os his poems.
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[@anuradhatiwari85]

Wow finally an Indian writer .we grew up reading his novels , poetry . Such a fond memories.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Awesome. I should read more of his poems.

[@omarsabih]

A Bengali writer. You cannot claim someone by drawing an artificial line on the ground.

[@animadas2306]

@@omarsabih I saw in that in somewhere it's written that Tagore is a *South Asian* Bengali writer 🗿😂😂

[@debjyotimandal6661]

@@omarsabih what? Isn't Tagore an Indian writer? What a shame? Erecting narrow domestic walls out of Tagore himself!

[@prasoonjha1816]

@@omarsabih Have you ever even read Tagore? At Tagore's time all of Bengal was part of India and he considered both Bengal and himself to be part of India. Also Bengali is not a nationality, it's an ethincity and Tagore was an Indian Bengali.

[@prajnaparamita9460]

আপন হতে বাহির হয়ে বাইরে দাঁড়া, বুকের মাঝে বিশ্বলোকের পাবি সাড়া। (Step out of yourself, the universe will respond within.) Tagore's vehement opposition to nationalism in the wake of India's freedom struggle and his inclination towards humanism , as you very aptly mentioned, shows nothing but a committed global citizen whose heart went out to even the dejected citizens of that little island during WW2 that subjugated half of the world at that time , including his own beautiful land. His contemporaries , including Bertrand Russell , considered his views to be 'vague'. Many philosophers consider his work to be Upanishadic but he was a mixture of both East and West. Not many understood the vastness that is India (and the world, evidently)as profusely as he did. I am fortunate enough to share my beautiful mother tongue, Bangla with such a great man. One request, make some videos on Ancient Sanskrit literature. Kalidasa, Bhasa, Shilabhattarika are pioneers. Also, you can read Dalit literature, coming from the lower caste people of India. You will not be disappointed 😊

[@tanveer3384]

love from BANGLADESH 🇧🇩

[@junebhattacharjee9669]

The Mighty Tagore has a good impact on my life we people of Bengal worship him 🙏🏼🇮🇳💐🙏🏼💐

[@MrBnm59]

Gurudev's short stories changed my life. Gitanjali, like Oriya poet Jayadev, used to write each stanza after meditations. Gurudev was a seer, never highlighted a lot. Robindra music, that molded our growing years, soft, soothing yet awakened. Thakurda, (Ramakrishna(, Tagor, Netaji from my hometown Cuttack leaving in Kolkata, Sri Arobindo who transformed my country. I threw up with there stories is Bibel for me. Banga Bhumi Pubyabhumi.

[@jeetray11]

Great short portrait of Tagore. I know him from my childhood and I am in my 50s now. There is no end to discovering him anew with every encounter. Kabuliwala was a short story we read in middle school - such a hauntingly touching story of empathy. Thanks for your work to share Tagore's genius with the open world out there.

[@Fiction_Beast]

It has taken KZbin almost a year to show this video to people. So i'm glad it resonated with you and reminded of your memories of Tagore. He was a great writer and philosopher.

[@jeetray11]

@@Fiction_Beast - need to clarify. It didn't remind me of Tagore. It reminded me of the short story Kabuliwala and my emotions after reading it in my childhood. Most of us Bengalis live Tagore. He comes to us almost on a everyday basis. I am into music and I could say in last 3 years I probably arranged 10 of his songs on different instruments. Most Bengalis listen to his songs almost on a daily basis. Sure with modern times the new generation is probably looking elsewhere - but it is probably still safe to say they know him well.

[@debjyotimandal6661]

@@Fiction_Beast You are doing great work! I will recommend your channel to all my literature-loving acquaintances! ❤👍

[@hotelcalifornia715]

Kabuliwallahs are not so kind and loving anymore! They kill their daughters if they try to educate themselves. Today they are gun toting opium wallas.😢

[@sadenb]

Tagore is rooted deeply in the wisdom of the Upanishads.

[@nibir1783]

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[@YooToob-ef8jq]

Please elaborate

[@firstnamelastname5761]

​@ooToob-ef8jq Upanishads are the explanatory texts of old Hindu religious texts known as Vedas. Whatever is spoken in Vedas, those philosophies are elaborated in Upanishads through discussions, question-answer formats, debates. That's why Upanishads are also known as Vedanta=Veda+Anta(anta meaning "end"). To say, at the end of each Vedic verses, Upanishad's discourses begins.

[@taufiquealamtusan]

Thank you for such a wonderful video on Rabindranath Tagore. It is quite difficult to give room to a man in such a small space of time whose works comprise nearly thirty big volumes. Apart from all these he composed more than two thousand songs, unparallel in both their lyrics as a philosophy and in their heart-appealing melodies. His sense of humour was very high. He was an ever curious man, there is no field in the world of knowing where he did not poke his interest into. He was one of the greatest humanists of all time. In one of his songs, 'Apon hotey bahir hoye baire dara......' meaning 'When you come out of your own self and stand aside, You can feel a cosmic throb inside your bosom.'

[@priyashmukherjee]

*FOR ME HE IS THE GREATEST POET*

[@vaibhavnayak5890]

great channel my friend.I was finding a channel on world literature by a non academic reader.And please make more videos and read ancient indian stories(Translation by AND haksar are great). Thank you.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you, I will

[@tryo3000]

"নয়ন তোমারে পায় না দেখিতে, রয়েছ নয়নে নয়নে। হৃদয় তোমারে পায় না জানিতে, হৃদয়ে রয়েছ গোপনে।"

[@nibir1783]

Brahma

[@mystery15]

I used to read kabuliwala again nd again during my childhood.. I loved this story.. Without getting it

[@Namrata_shukla07]

Wow!! R N Tagore an epic creator his creations create a sense in everything and everywhere.😍

[@avnish054]

Thank you so much for this great video 😊

[@homosapien4067]

I love you you for doing this!!!

[@michaelmilson7538]

Tagore has been my favortie poet and a personal hero of mine for many years now. Reading his poetry has worked better than therapy. I love that man truly

[@CatApocalypse]

It's interesting to see his comparison of Eastern and Western views on nature, as I saw a similar comparison made in a (nonfiction) book I'm reading at the moment, though between Indigenous cultures of America and Western/European views instead! Indigenous cultures here generally have a relationship with nature based on gratitude and reciprocity. The book is Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. It's nonfiction and spends a lot of time discussing plants, but also broader cultural and human values.

[@Fiction_Beast]

I always reading your comments. You always make really great connection between different books and ideas. Yes, you're right one of the thing that is very similar around the world is this idea that we are from nature and part of nature so there is no separation between humans and the natural world. I think in the west, this separation is very apparent and has a religious explanation that we are not from this earth and have come from the garden of eden. Of course even if you don't believe that today, it somehow filters its way through and influence your outlook in some ways.

[@CatApocalypse]

@@Fiction_Beast Aw thank you! I enjoy the discussions you bring up in your videos! And yes, Braiding Sweetgrass touched on the differing religious sources, too. It's interesting to hear that her people's cosmology involved a woman that came to the world a stranger, too, but she was received by the natural denizens warmly and returned their gifts with her own by planting seeds, forging a relationship of caring responsibility between nature and humanity.

[@debjyotimandal6661]

Tagore discussed it in detail in Sadhana and his essay Call of the Forest.

[@seegxyber4803]

Thank you.

[@rishitachakraborty8041]

Tagore is "Gurudev" for us🙏🏻

[@bhaskarjyaachatterjee]

Yes

[@nishkarshtembhekar7835]

Loved it !

[@lewakar]

7:05 "They didn't consider Indian as equal and mingle with them" well imperialism is that, it's not the West-East thing when Chinese as a Eastern has a superiority to other minority and neighbor states

[@marcosm5183]

Why am I just now being introduced to such gorgeous genius?!

[@sharontheodore8216]

Simply lovely where philosophical concepts were transformed into visual beauty. Amazing.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Insatiableviel007]

Tagore in India (or Asia) is one of the most influential and great authors. His poems, short stories, novels, plays are tremendous and those that I regularly come back to. You would read his "Sesher Kobita" (the last song) and "Gora" (the fair one) his masterpiece novels and some of his great plays. Although much is lost due to the english translation (of a non-european language and huge cultural differences) then also it's worth reading his works since great literature is always above cultural borders.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thank you for those recommendations!

[@gauravk2933]

these quotes made my day... All of them are inspiring and I loved them all #quoteshut

[@soumyajitbhowmick3942]

Nice video describing Rabindranath's multi facade creations in nutshell. Thanks.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Glad you liked it

[@learngrow6074]

Tagore was deeply influenced by upanishads and gurbani since his childhood, that reflects very much in all his works.

[@YuliaGrushevskaya-bi6he]

😊very interesting thanks to Wayne Dayer i am here to discover this amazing man

[@akashsinha955]

Waaoww...feels good to hear as a Indian..... thanks to you.

[@Fiction_Beast]

My pleasure 😊

[@kalakritistudios]

"We don't know someone until we know them." 5th Horseman of Anime Subtitles

[@chanchan6507]

Tegore is as much needed today as 100 years ago when cultures collide and wars rage. Tegora had conversed with Einstein in his Princeton office about truth and beauty, I still cannot figure out who is more right? Tegora views beauty and truth as human concept, Einstein agrees with him on beauty, but not on truth.

[@donaldkelly3983]

Tagore is another writer I need to catch up on. I like to think I'm well read, but all I know of him is the film version of The Home and the World.

[@Fiction_Beast]

I read the novel. I'm keen to know how it was turned into a movie.

[@prajnaparamita9460]

@@Fiction_Beast The film was directed by the Oscar winning Bengali director Satyajit Ray. You can go through his biographies or cinema books written by Ray to understand how it was made. It had one of the best actors of Bengali theatre and cinema.

[@vikramkaushal2806]

Awesome ❤

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thanks 🤗

[@augustycizauzo6372]

Just read Gitanjali. It was absolutely amazing.

[@sibyl33amar90]

how did i not know this was here and thank u universe. Soirituality ana materialism . The roots run so deep of each tree . “ the leaves tremble “ Let them tremble ❤ “ barrier vanished “ x1111 sig. love past freedom . knowledge is free

[@Vedantt29]

This man is unmatched. Yes i am saying this while writing in English.

[@skraidantysprotezai9007]

💝

[@Subhabrata]

"জল পড়ে, পাতা নড়ে..."

[@brpragyanchaitanya9442]

Till you understand joy as pleasure and pleasure as opposite of pain, it is not possible to attain joy. Pleasure and pain are at same level, have same frequency and are two sides of the same coin. They come together and go together. And till we love pleasure, we cannot get rid of pain. And till we loath and reject pain, we will have to sacrifice pleasure at the same altar. Joy is what remains when both pleasure and pain are given up. Because both pleasure and pain are adventitious while joy is your real essence, your own Being, it's You.

[@joyghoshal]

❤️❤️

[@suprovo5117]

Do one for munshi premchand.

[@CyberLyan]

he is so popular in china as well

[@mrcoffy1]

I loved his "the woman and the house"!

[@Fiction_Beast]

Great! I like his down to earth style.

[@lewakar]

there's Chinese script for that 安 (an, peaceful) as a women 女 in a house 宀

[@solahumada9822]

In love

[@augustycizauzo6372]

Tagore on the shelf next to Hardy. Based.

[@nabard100]

Thanks for doing this video. You should probably cover Premchand.. among more recent writers can be Vinod Kumar Shukl, Perumal Murugan, Kevampu, Vijay Tendulkar, Arun Kolatkar.. I have tried to cover diverse set of languages (from India) and formats in recommendations. I can go on and on. Will hope to see more videos from you.

[@Fiction_Beast]

I'm very new to Indian literature, Tagore taught me a lot. Great recommendations! Thank you so much.

[@moongrass217]

Tegore is the soul of Bengali ethos.

[@hayatkaidi7889]

I wonder how many books you have read so far 😅. I sometimes get reading slumps 😢. May you please share your way of reading without pausing. 🙂.

[@Fiction_Beast]

Too many. That’s a good idea.

[@mysterystuff6455]

Listen to rabindrasangeet .."songs by Rabindranath" you will enjoy...for sure

[@debjyotimandal6661]

Great video! Thanks! ❤👍 There is a great movie on Kabuliwala in KZbin by Tapan Sinha.

[@grzegorzvlog1223]

Maybe something from polish writers?

[@Fiction_Beast]

Pan Tadeusz -The Last Foray in Lithuania by Adam Mickiewicz (National Epic of Poland) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWfCen6Qf9Vra9k

[@suvbhroroy2951]

From Kolkata.....

[@Fiction_Beast]

Is there a Tagore museum or house in the city?

[@rishavchakraborty5222]

@@Fiction_Beast yes, there is Jorashako Thakur Bari, the place where Rabindranath Tagore was born and brought up.

[@sagnik0397]

​@@Fiction_Beast There's a house of his in Kolkata, also one in Kalimpong which was his leisure house in hillstation in west Bengal, he also has a house in Bangladesh.

[@abmitboz]

Tagore's family were Brahmo not Hindu....they were part of Brahmo Samaj founded by Raja Mohan Roy......Brahmo Samaj was based on Sanatana Dharma and ancient Hindu texts.....

[@Fiction_Beast]

Thanks for enlightening me. I didn’t know that.

[@debjyotimandal6661]

The Bramhos were a liberal Hindu sect. Tagore has clearly stated this.

[@Cash_2854]

Brahmo Samaj was Hindu, they just seperated themselves from the orthodox society

[@anymanu7579]

Modern Hindus are infact more Brahmo than orthodox beings.

[@Vedantt29]

​@@Fiction_Beastyour fact was spot on.

[@awesomelovable3528]

Did Tagore read about Nietzsche and Schopenhauer? Because all of them greatly emphasize art as replacement for religion and herd mentality.

[@Fiction_Beast]

I don’t know for sure but it seems so. Both Germans were deeply influenced by Indian philosophy so it makes it very likely.

[@MissAlive1]

Tagore is the god of lonely souls.

[@Vedantt29]

You should have got more likes. But then again, it is what it is.

[@Ksl9393]

Very less lonely people here 😢

[@Vedantt29]

@@Ksl9393 too much of loneliness and too much of crowd is equally disturbing.

[@Chibob55]

religion dehumanizes us apes

[@solahumada9822]

Can i marry the owner of this channel?

[@fistbomb3368]

Why not! 😂

[@xyzllii]

The speech in this is far too rapid. We don't get a chance to digest the words. Rush. Rush. Rush.

[@bivaschaudhuri7023]

Through his own suffering tegore discovered the real meaning of human. As human you will suffer and you will be the cause of suffering for others.

[@adarshh_108]

Show right map of india. P.O.K is part of INDIA

[@odd-a-city]

Bengalis and Indians killed the words of Tagore... Today right wing people use his image

[@satyamevjayate786]

If he did not believe in NATIONALISM, why did the last few words in his poem, he implores Father to awaken his country where the mind is without fear and head held high????

[@Fiction_Beast]

He saw nationalism as a dangerous force. He believed in universalism

[@debjyotimandal6661]

Tagore didnt think that nations should not exist or function separately! He believed nations should not be antagonistic towards other nations. On the contrary should help each other.

[@angshudeepmajumdar734]

For tagore, there is a difference between patriotism and nationalism. And he places humanism over nationalism.

[@Cash_2854]

There is difference between nationalism and patriotism Nationalism is the pride for the country Patriotism is the love for the land

[@sonusarkar8326]

Thanks for the information 😊

[@darkwolf2275]

Wrong information.. Srilankan national anthem was made by Madhava.. not Tagore.. And he didn't hate nationalism.. leftists people like you called him burjua.. This is not 1970, this is 2024.. we all have access to the internet, and we can learn proper history.. not the leftist made fake one.. And Japanese people like tagore..

[@UserA09100]

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