Bhagvan: Reading of this book leads to Samadhi

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"Bhagavan had such a high opinion of the Ribhu Gita that he told several of us

to read it regularly as part of our sadhana. He even said that constant reading

of this book leads to samadhi. [Living By The Words of Bhagavan, by David

Godman,p.114-5]

 

The central teaching of the Ribhu Gita (Six Verses selected by Sri Ramana Maharshi):

 

1. The concept "I-am-the-body" is the sentient inner organ, the mind. It is

also the illusive bondage to identification with birth and death. It is the

source of all groundless fears. If there is no trace of it at all everything

will be found to be the Reality of the Supreme Asbolute Being.

 

2. The concept "I-am-the-body" is the primal ignorance. It is known as the

firm knot of the heart. It gives rise to the concepts of existence and

non-existence. If there is no trace of it at all, everything will be found to

be the Reality of the Supreme Asbolute Being.

 

3. The ego or separate soul is a concept. God, the world, the mind, desires,

action, sorrow and all other things are all concepts.

 

4. Abiding without concepts is the undifferentiated state. It is inherence in

the Supreme Being. It is wisdom. It is Liberation. It is the natural and true

state. It is the Reality of the Supreme Absolute Being. It is the Supreme

Formless God. If there is no concept at all everything will be found to be the

Reality of the Supreme Asbolute Being.

 

5.The body and the various functions of manifest existence are only concepts.

Hearing, reasoning and contemplating are concepts. Enquiry into the ultimate

nature of one's own existence is a concept. All other things are also

concepts. Concepts give rise to the world, the separate souls, and God. There

is nothing whatever except concepts. Everything is in truth the Reality of the

Supreme Asbolute Being.

 

6.The mind is unreal. It is like a magic show. It is like the son of a barren

woman. It is absolutely non-existent. Since there is no mind, there are no

concepts, no Master, no disciple, no world, no separate soul. All concepts are

really the Reality of the Supreme Asbolute Being.