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Today’s offering is another book by Rabindranath Tagore, Thought Relics, which he also translated into English.

It is in the public domain and the full download is at the bottom of this post as a Word Document.

First, some excerpts:
SPIRITUAL life is the emancipation of consciousness. Through it we find immediate response of soul everywhere. Before we [...]

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At long last, I’ve come across an audio of
Sadhana- The Realization of Life
by Rabindranath Tagore
(the most popular post ever on this blog-
go here for the complete e-book download).
Now, I have the LibriVox, public domain audio book-
easier to read than a computer monitor.
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Special Bonus! Multi-lingual Tagore Poetry Jam!
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Look around on this site- I have many [...]

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Tagore has had a profound influence on my life.
I have provided excerpts before from works by Tagore. Today I would like to offer these 3 complete books for you to download, free. These are all in the public domain since 1992. They are:
Gitanjali,
Stray Birds and
The Hungry Stones

If you are new to [...]

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To download the entire book in DOC format (I can’t get
the uploader to insert any other formats),
click on the link at the bottom of this excerpt.
This is one of the top 3 most inspiring and influential
books I have ever read.
This translation is by the author.
This is a public domain work- save a tree and read [...]

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Kabir: 1398-1518

Notes from other sources-
Kabir ranks among the world’s greatest poets. In India, he is perhaps the most quoted author, with the exception of Tulsidas. Kabir has criticized perhaps all existing sects in India, still he is mentioned with respect by even orthodox authors. Vaishnav author Nabhadas in his Bhakta-Mal (1585) writes:
hindU turuk pramAn [...]

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Lao Tzu-
Labels
Labels
words, verbs and lines
serve to define
that which can be named
yet infinity cannot be charted
eternity cannot be corraled
uncircumferenced presence
centered everywhere, within without
cannot be defined
with the scribing of a line
bare of name
source of creation
bearing names
mothers gives birth
in the beginning one
from one to two
one becomes another
thus a mother
feeling separate
reaching outward
for union found within
reaching inward
union remains
movements [...]

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