Verse by Verse #1: 'Song of Ribhu' (translated from original Tamil version)

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The idea here is to meditate on (contemplate) each verse of the chapters in isolation. It's best to spend a while on each, really allowing the message(s) to sink in.

Over time, without forcing anything, the words will begin to touch something deep within. We begin to resonate with that which all the verses point towards -- the real Truth.

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YOU ARE OF THE NATURE OF BRAHMAN -- 2:1 & 2:2 (pages 31 - 32)

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2:1
Nidagha asked:

Best of Gurus! Who deserves to become the Supreme Brahman (God)
By attaining the Knowledge of that Supreme Brahman?
What is the requisite Knowledge for that?
What is my real unsullied nature?
Please explain to me in detail the answer to this,
In the way in which the Supreme Siva expounded it.
That sage (Ribhu) appropriately replied:

2:2

Those who have obtained the four aids
By means of treading the right path without any blemish
During several births, unattached to the results (of that tapas -- intense practice or austerity),
And who have attained purity of heart without any delusion
By naturally resorting to sravana (listening) and the other means,
And thus reach the Knowledge of the Supreme Brahman,
Themselves become the undivided, nondual, Supreme Brahman
With no trace of anything separate from it.

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