Song of Ribhu, Chapter 10, 21 - 25

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Song of Ribhu, Chapter 10 All is of the Nature of the Self, 21-25

 

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The Self, indeed, is the triad of qualities.

The Self, indeed, is all the activities of these.

The Self, indeed, is the ego and the intellect.

The Self, indeed, is the mind and thought.

The Self, indeed, is life and senses.

The Self, indeed, is the body and sense organs.

The Self, indeed, is everything else that is.

There is not an atom apart from the Self.

 

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The Self, indeed, is earth and small.

The Self, indeed, is water and taste.

The Self, indeed, is light and form.

The Self, indeed, is air and touch.

The Self, indeed, is space and sound.

The Self, indeed, is all the elements.

The Self, indeed, is all the worlds.

There is nothing that is apart from the Self.

 

23.

The Self, indeed, is the visvan (individual experiencers of the gross

objects in the waking state in their totality) and also the waking

state.

The Self, indeed, is the taijasa (individual cognizer of the subtle

in the dream state) and also the dream state.

The Self, indeed, is the prajna (individual experiencer of the

blissful Consciousness in the deep sleep state) and the deep sleep

state.

The Self, indeed, is the turiyan, the experiencer of the fourth state

and also the turiya, the fourth state.

The Self, indeed, is all from the virat (cosmic form of the Self

functioning through the aggregate of all bodies in the waking state)

to samasti (the collective or integrated state).

The Self, indeed, is all from the visvan (individual experiencers of

the gross objects in the waking state in their totality) to the

vyasti (the discrete, the separate).

The Self, indeed, is all that is sentient.

There is not an atom apart from the Self.

 

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The Self, indeed, is the mantra-s (incantation, sacred formulas) and

the tantra-s (rituals).

The Self, indeed, is the japa-s (repetitious, mutters prayers) and

taps (intense practice, austerities).

The Self, indeed, is all of the endless variety of activities.

The Self, indeed, is all of the happiness of the world.

The Self, indeed, is all that is sentient.

The Self, indeed, is the cause and the effect.

There is not an atom apart from the Self.

 

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In a recent posting someone said that there are "two selves."

As this Song of Ribhu says so thoroughly, there is but one Self. Any

other idea is just maya.

 

 

We are Not two,

Richard

[Guest guest]

Dear Richard,

 

Thank you for posting these wonderful verses. Your satsang posts were much

apprecited too.

 

Allow me to may say a brief word with regard to the meaning of Linda's message.

>From the context it seemed quite clear to me she intended to point out the

illusory

nature of the "self that is this or that" and not to imply there really are two

selves.

But then it has been my privilege to know Linda from another list, so it is

perhaps

easier for me to read her intent. She will be a wonderful contributor to have

present

here, and it makes me so happy to see her postings again.

 

A hearty welcome to her and also to Bobby G. - this list is blessed indeed.

 

Much love,

Gloria

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richard_clarke95125

RamanaMaharshi

Friday, May 03, 2002 1:59 PM

[RamanaMaharshi] Song of Ribhu, Chapter 10, 21 - 25

 

 

Song of Ribhu, Chapter 10 All is of the Nature of the Self, 21-25

 

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The Self, indeed, is the triad of qualities.

The Self, indeed, is all the activities of these.

The Self, indeed, is the ego and the intellect.

The Self, indeed, is the mind and thought.

The Self, indeed, is life and senses.

The Self, indeed, is the body and sense organs.

The Self, indeed, is everything else that is.

There is not an atom apart from the Self.