Herbert Vetter, editor of The Heart of God, a collection of the prayers and poems of Indian philosopher Rabindranath Tagore, discusses the power of spirituality that Tagore evoked in his writings. Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) is considered the most important poet of modern-day India. This new collection of Tagore’s poetry represents his simple prayers of common life, prayers that are seen as transcending time and that speak directly to the human heart. Do Tagore’s poems have special meaning in our secular age? Is Tagore an exemplar of power?
Recorded at Cambridge Forum in 1998.
Speakers
Herbert Vetter
During his tenure as Minister at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist in Cambridge, Herbert Vetter founded and hosted Cambridge Forum (1967-2000,) started the online Harvard Square Library, and edited writings by James Luther Adams, Charles Hartshorne, and Rabindranath Tagore.