Statue of Swami Vivekananda - The Wandering Monk
A life size bronze (panchaloho) statue of Swami Vivekananda as a wandering monk (parivrajaka) with shaven head and Danda (stick) in his hand has been installed at Sri Gnanananda Niketan. It is located to the north of the Satsang Mandap.
Swami Vivekananda had written a beautiful poem titled "Song of a Sannyasin" (13 stanzas). It was written during a spiritual retreat which Swami Vivekananda conducted at Thousand Islands Park, Kingston, on the bank of the river, St. Lawrence. It is on the border of USA and Canada.
The majestic figure of Swami Vivekananda as a wandering monk and the "Song of Sannyasin" had a great influence on many young people in their formative years, including Swami Nityananda Giri.
Sri Gnanananda Niketan is dedicated to Brahmavidya, the universal message of Vedanta which is lived in the ideal of Sannyasa in our Sanatana Dharma and therefore this "Song of Sannyasin" is of great relevance to it.
"Wake up the note! the song that had its birth
The majestic figure of Swami Vivekananda as a wandering monk and the "Song of Sannyasin" had a great influence on many young people in their formative years, including Swami Nityananda Giri.
Sri Gnanananda Niketan is dedicated to Brahmavidya, the universal message of Vedanta which is lived in the ideal of Sannyasa in our Sanatana Dharma and therefore this "Song of Sannyasin" is of great relevance to it.
"Wake up the note! the song that had its birth
Far off, where worldly taint could never reach,
In mountain caves and glades of forest deep,
Whose calm no sigh for lust or wealth or fame
Could ever dare to break; where rolled the stream
Of knowledge, truth, and bliss that follows both.
Sing high that note, Sannyasin bold! Say-
"Om Tat Sat, Oml"...