The Song of Saccidānanda
By Kevin Zhang, age 16, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China.
I sing the song of forever.
I sing the gentle winds
as they brush against the cliff
of endless time.
I sing the tireless birds
as they crowd the windswept plain
of limitless space.
I sing the hushed darkness
as it dreams the Rudra Tandava*
of boundless life.
I sing myself,
I sing the song of Saccidānanda.**
Notes: * Rudra Tandav: A divine dance of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction and transformation, with vigorus, brisk movements.
** Saccidānanda: In Hindu philosophy, the direct experience and bliss of absolute, unchanging reality.
By Kevin Zhang, age 16, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China. Kevin is a junior at BASIS International School PLH. He is an Honorary Junior Fellow of the John Locke Institute and serves on the PLATO Student Advisory Council. Kevin enjoys boating, collecting rocks, and learning about other cultures.