Go not to the temple to put flowers
Upon the feet of God,
First fill your own house with the fragrance of love.
Do not wait for the bell to sound at the hour of prayer,
But, when the moment is right,
Go within and meditate in the presence of God.
Go Not to the Temple by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Born: 25 May 1803, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 27 April 1882 (age 78 years), Concord, Massachusetts, United States.
The Poet” is an essay by U.S. writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, written between 1841 and 1843 and published in his Essays: Second Series in 1844.
Go not to the temple to put flowers
Upon the feet of God,
First fill your own house with the fragrance of love.
Go not to the temple to light candles
Before the altar of God,
First remove the darkness of sin from your heart.
Go not to the temple to pray on bended knees
Before the statue of God,
First stand in the soul’s altar,
And offer Him prayers of love.
Go not to the temple to worship
With hands uplifted in prayer,
First lift your heart in the temple of your own body,
And offer Him the worship of love.
Go Not to the Temple poem by Rabindranath tagore
Born: 7 May 1861, Jorasanko Thakurbari, Kolkata
Died: 7 August 1941 (age 80 years), Jorasanko Thakurbari, Kolkata.
The Poem Go Not to the Temple of ‘Deeno Daan’ is part of Kahini, an anthology of poems by Tagore written in 1900 (Bengali year 1307)
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