Concept of Hinduism in T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets in the Perspective of Gita

ABSTRACT

Religion has a difficulty since it is an issue of faith. It is therefore far easier to argue against a belief system to which one assigns no significance. No matter how one wants to spin it, political opinions are ultimately nothing more than personal "belief systems." The political and religious aspects of a society are depicted in literary works since they are manifestations of that society. Errors are prevalent in our conception of an autonomous material universe of objects, people, and processes. Real and unreal are interchangeable in our minds. The well-known snake-and-rope metaphor supports this. Our eyes are trained to see snakes lurking in the shadows, yet closer inspection shows that it is just a coil of rope. We are entangled in a web of illusion in the darkness of ignorance, and our everyday world of appearances is like a snake to us. When we are enlightened, we are able to see more clearly. Craving, according to Hinduism, is the foundation of human beings never-ending misery in a world in perpetual flux. According to Hinduism, Krishna says, "All is clouded by desire; as the fire by smoke, as a mirror by dust, as an unborn infant by its covering." Wisdom is clouded by desire, the ever-present enemy of the wise, / desire in its infinite forms, which like a fire cannot find satisfaction. The Four Quartets, written by famous poet and literary critic T. S. Eliot, sparked a significant deal of debate among literary experts. When religious influence is overtly expressed in a work of art like Eliot "The Waste Land," others see it as an example of how it can be detrimental. It is pointless to disregard religion influence since, despite the centuries of anti-religious sentiment, religion is and always has been a manifestation of the noblest human aspirations. Even though there are people for whom religion ruins a work of art, one has to remember that religion, as a social manifestation, is as impossible to overlook as political concepts. The political literature genre has few detractors, despite some critics eagerness to exclude works that include religious elements.

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