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॥ Satsang-6 ॥ Ribhu Geetā Ch.26 (Recommended by Ramana Maharshi)

Salutations to सच्चिदानंद ब्रह्म. Relatively lesser known Ribhu Geetā is the sixth section of Shiva Rahasya - the ancient treaty which carries teachings of Ishwar (Shiva) imparted to his devotee Ribhu. Like Ashtavakra Geetā, Ribhu Geetā too is the purest Advaitic form of teaching which carries the highest and sublimest spiritual knowledge given away by none other than Shiva himself. This treaty was later freely translated into "Tamil verses" by a highly reputed Vedic scholar by name Bhikshu Sastri who was also an accomplished scholar in Tamil. He translated the work under the name of Ulaganatha Swami and the work carries of 1924 verses in total. It is evident from various records that Shri Ramana Maharshi strongly recommended recital of Ribhu Geetā (along with Ashtāvakra Geetā) as a strong support for Spiritual Sadhana. He was of the opinion that recital of 26th chapter (Tamil version) is especially powerful which can lead to spontaneous abidance in the SELF (Aatman/