It shows that Tagore is very concerned about the living conditions and education of his children.
Tagore believed that the disconnection between schools and the surrounding environment, or even conflicts between the two parties, would lead to spiritual emptiness in children. Especially during the few hours during which children receive education at school, if they are completely isolated from the surrounding world, it will be difficult to digest the abstract concepts learned in books.
Therefore, he suggested: "We should understand the current needs and take corresponding measures so that housework can also be done in schools. Rich subject content and vivid teaching methods can be organically combined. Schools can At the same time, we shoulder the dual burdens of imparting book knowledge and cultivating the soul.”
Here, Tagore clearly pointed out that schools bear the two important responsibilities of imparting book knowledge to children and cultivating the soul, and the cultivation of the soul requires the intervention of labor and labor education. He even suggested: "If conditions permit, the school should own a piece of farmland. Students do farm work, and the farmland provides the food needed by the school.
In addition, cattle can be raised, milk can be obtained, and yogurt can be produced. Students can participate in Raise livestock. In their spare time, they build gardens, weed, water, and erect fences.
In this way, they will have a close connection with nature not only emotionally but also physically.” If you simply intervene in nature, you will be connected with nature mainly in terms of emotions; if you intervene in nature through labor, you will be connected with nature in both emotions and activities. This kind of intervention will promote the cultivation of the relationship between children and nature and the cultivation of children's spiritual world.
Tagore’s thoughts:
Tagore was an optimist. He believed that the world was developing towards absolute good, and firmly believed that evil would eventually be transformed into good. The poet believes that the reason why we have pain is because we feel limited, but this is not fixed or final, and the same is true for joy.
Therefore, good and evil are not absolute existences, but they are real for finite us. They must be dissolved through karma in the "Bhāga Hymn", that is, through the practice of selfless good deeds. The activities of the Infinite are unified to obtain cosmic life or moral life.