Song of Ribhu - Chapter 15 – The Means for Conquest of the Mind - Verses 13-18

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Conquest of thought alone is the great success.

Conquest of thought alone is the great achievement.

Conquest of thought alone is the great yoga.

Conquest of thought alone is the great Knowledge.

Conquest of thought alone is the great purification.

Conquest of thought is the great Liberation.

Conquest of thought alone is the removal of sorrow.

Conquest of thought alone is the greatest happiness.

 

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The conquest of thought is, itself, the renunciation of thought.

The renunciation of thought is of the nature of Consciousness.

Your true nature, son, is consciousness.

Thought and others are, also, of the nature of Consciousness.

Truly, all is of the nature of Consciousness.

By the certitude that I am ever of the nature of the Consciousness,

You shall easily overcome thought

And attain happiness.

 

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I am ever that thing, Brahman, which is Consciousness.

Thought and such so described are, also, that " I " Consciousness.

There is not an atom apart from me.

Whatever is seen as manifold is only I, the Supreme.

I am of the nature of the perfectly full.

I am of the nature that is imperishable.

I am of the nature that is ever One.

By this unfailing certitude, achieve conquest of thought.

 

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I am ever devoid of the elements.

I am ever devoid of what is composed of the elements.

I am ever devoid of any conditionings.

I am ever the ancient.

I am ever the perfectly full Knowledge.

I am ever the Supreme Brahman—

By this unfaltering certitude, achieve conquest of thought.

 

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There is not an atom apart from the Space of Consciousness.

What is Consciousness-Space is itself all.

You are the Supreme Brahman, which is Consciousness-Space.

Anyone is the Supreme Brahman, which is Consciousness-Space.

All is the Supreme Brahman, which is Consciousness-Space.

By the certitude that I am Consciousness-Space,

Achieve conquest of thought

And ever be established as Consciousness.

 

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What is Consciousness-Space will remain actionless.

What is Consciousness-Space is all pervasive.

What is Consciousness-Space is thought.

What is Consciousness-Space is also mind.

There is not an atom apart from Consciousness-Space.

Consciousness-Space itself is all. By the certitude that I am

Consciousness-Space,

Achieve conquest of thought

And be ever established as Consciousness.

 

 

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Om Arunsachala,

Richard