A sannyāsin is a Hindu monk, one who has thrown down worldliness, renounced name and fame, possessions, family and desires of all kinds, to find the Self within. The swāmī is walking pensively along the trails of the high Himalayas. Two mālās of ruddy rudrāksha beads adorn his neck.§
Sannyāsa Dharma§
धार्मिक संस्कृति§
Section Seven§
The Monastic Path
The ascetic who wears discolored robes, whose head is shaved, who does not possess anything, who is pure and free from hatred, who lives on alms, he becomes absorbed in Brahman.§
Śukla Yajur Veda, Jābāla Upanishad 5. VE§