DIVINITY IN THE WRITINGS OF RALF WALDO EMERSON AND RABINDRANATH TAGORE

Dr. VIVEKANAND RAO

 Samsung Engineering, HR Administrator WQ-2 , Basra , Iraq

doi: https://doi.org/10.33329/rjelal.7119.35

Abstract

The religious thoughts and views of Ralf Waldo Emerson (1803-82) and Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) has been focused for this mundane society. They are from different cultures and belonged to different literary periods, their intellectual correspondence shows how both of them transcended contemporary religious traditions and established an original relationship with the Supreme Being that was a great effort towards divinity by both of them. In my opinion this comparative analysis, will provide us with insights into understanding religion and its root that will help to create peace across the globe. There are many issues due to different cultures, races and religions and we are unable to get along and to work together to solve problems such as racism, religious extremism, terrorism and ethnic conflicts. They taught people about the reality of life, the philosophy of divinity, the philosophy of oneness, self-reliance and the real way of life in this crucial phase of human life.AmericanTranscendentalism began its transformation of the American intellect through a circle of friends that was led by Emerson & and the awareness of divinity started by Tagore in India. They reformed the religious beliefs and awaken the individual’s realization of his own spirituality. These Transcendentalists drew upon the philosophies and religions of the world and show the path of the self in spiritual life. Their views talks regarding the importance of the individual in moral and intellectual development is “Self-Reliance” and the individual is identical with the world, and that world exists in unity with God.

Keywords – Emerson, Tagore, Self, God, Nature, Soul, Divine.

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