A Sanyas is a symbol of fire which is life itself
Sanyasa
The word Sanyasa is a combination of two different words ‘Sama’ meaning ‘equal’ and ‘Nyasa’ means ‘vision. It represents a state of human beings where everyone and everything is equal for them, joy, sorrow, success, failure, etc. They do not have any preferences for anybody or anything. Their aim is to realize the basis of the existence of human life.
A sanyasa renounces all the identities and material possessions acquired from the time of birth to focus only on the Spiritual path. In our Culture, Sanyasis are given the highest respect than emperors and rulers because they renounce everything. They wear fire as cloth to remind themselves and to show society that they have come to realize a potential possibility. They did not abandon society but they are detached. They live in the moment transforming every moment, having neither a preplan nor a result centric. So, every moment is new for them to experience the beyond nature of the human mind. Sanyasa is just being oneself. In the yogic tradition, liberation is the highest samadhi state which is beyond mind and body. They are determined to liberate themselves as it is a means and an end in itself. Their actions are not from their desires. Thus, they are eligible to pursue the path of knowledge (Brahmatva).
Like how a seed becomes a plant by renouncing its characteristics in different stages, a person who seeks the highest possible knowledge renounces their characteristics and transforms themselves to achieve higher possibilities. There is only one permanent thing in this universe, change. A Sanyasa takes an ultimate change, determined to pursue divine knowledge which results in living the life with blissfulness. In Sanskrit, the sanyasis are called Dheera, a courageous being. They are courageous enough to declare their own freedom that they do not belong to any religion, ideology, or social structure. They don’t belong to anything or anywhere in the world and they accepted their aloneness. To represent this they wander from place to place. In the olden days, they used to not stay in place for more than a day. Becoming sanyasi means one is accepting fundamental and undeniable truths of life that they are alone. They understood that birth and death happen alone.
