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Thesis Title : Buddhist Philosophy Found in Literary Works
of the Great Poet, Rabindranath Tagore
Researcher : Phawinee Boonjanda
Degree : Master of Arts (Buddhist Studies)

Thesis Supervisory Committee
: Phrasrisombhot, Dr. (Waranyu Sonchun), Pali VII,
B.A.(Religions), M.A.(Buddhist Studies), Ph.D.(Indo-Tibetan
Studies)

: Dr.Samart Sukhuprakarn, B.Eng.(Civil Engineering),
M.A.(Buddhist studies), Ph.D.(Buddhist studies)
Date of Graduation : May 11, 2018

Abstract

This research is documentary research with 3 proposes, first is to study
biography and literary works of Rabindranath Tagore. Second is to study the influence
of Buddhism on Rabindranath Tagore’s works, and the last propose is to study Buddhist
philosophy which is appeared in Rabindranath Tagore’s literary works. Studying from
primary sources which is Rabindranath Tagore’s literary works translated to Thai

language and also studies Buddhist philosophy from Tipitaka along with secondary
sources which are books, documents, and related researches. Then analyzes all data
and presents the results in form of descriptive.

The results reveal that:
1) Rabindranath Tagore was born in 1861 at Bengal, India. His family was in the
rank of Brahmin and wealthy family. In his childhood, he studied a variety of sciences
from his father, Debendranath Tagore. His father was well known as “great hermit”

because he is interested in sciences and meditation. Rabindranath Tagore at age of 13
started writing the poems. When he grown up, he was prominently interested on
religious philosophy and education. He was a researcher and a practitioner as he
welcomed to be vegetarian. His works are 20 poetries, 25 dramas. 25 short stories, 11

novels, 13 articles, many text books, more than 4,000 hand-writing letters, more than
2,000 songs, and painting work more than 2,000 pieces. Rabindranath Tagore won the
Noble Prize in literature in 1913 for his collection, “Gitanjali”. He was respected as a
poet laureate of Asia. He established Santiniketan school, Visva Bharati university and

Sriniketan college where is the assembly place of Western and Eastern cultures, giving
opportunity to these two cultures to learn and exchange their cultures, their opinions
under the atmosphere of friendship until the present.