"The very first step in understanding what this is all about is giving up the concept of an active, volitional 'I' as a separate entity and accepting the passive role of perceiving and functioning as a process." - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Sahaja Nishta or The Natural State

The Ribhu Gita (ऋभुगीता) forms the sixth part of Siva Rahasya Purana. It details in about two thousand verses the dialogue on the Self and Brahman between Sage Ribhu (who in turn heard it from Lord Shiva Himself) and Sage Nidagha on the slopes of the Mount Kedara in the Himalayas. (source: wikipedia). 
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  • Having realized that the world picture on the screen-Self is evanescent and essentially non-existent, one should ever remain still and blissful in the firm conviction of ever being the sole Brahman-Self only. This conviction should be maintained even while functioning as an individual in the world of name and form. This matured state of abidance in the Self is called Sahaja Nishta (the Natural State).
  • In that blissful Self wherein there is no action of body, speech and mind, no virtuous or sinful karma (action) and the fruits thereof, one should remain still, eschewing the least trace of thought. 
  • In that Self wherein there is neither conceiver nor conception of the world of names and forms, one should remain blissfully still, eschewing the least trace of thought. 
  • In that Self wherein desire, anger, covetousness, confusion, bigotry and envy are all absent; in the Self wherein there is no thought of bondage or release, one should abide blissfully still, eschewing the least ripple of thought.
  • Firmly abiding in the Self one acquires the totality of all knowledge and achieves the successful completion of all endeavors and duties. In that state one should abide blissful and still, eschewing the least ripple of thought.
From "The Essence of Ribhu Gita" by Prof. N. R. Krishnamurthi Aiyer

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