In 1912, Tagore wrote these words for a lecture series at Harvard University. They later were incorporated in a book called "Sadhana - The Realization of Life." In the late 1930's Swami Ramananda visited Tagore in India. Tagore mentioned it was his hope that this book could become a spiritual teaching text in America. Swami Ramananda not only returned to America to found a Society named Sadhana, but also conducts a series of classes specifically using this text. Tagore's "Sadhana" serves as one of the corner stones of The Teachings of the Sadhana Society.
Tagore was the first Asian to receive the Noble Prize in Literature. Despite this highest accolade of academia, he believed that Nature is the best teacher. In 1901, he inaugurated a school where the classes were held outdoors in the tradition of the forest hermitages, where learned sages lived with their disciples and taught them the practices of simple living and high thinking. Swami Ramananda began carving pathways to sacred shrine sites on Sadhana Mountain over ten years ago. The transmission of Tagore beckons you as you walk these sacred paths.
