Ribhu Gita - Shiva Rahasya Purana

The Ribhu Gita (Sanskrit: ऋभुगीता) is an acclaimed advaita, monist and/or nondual song at the heart of this Purana. The Ribhu Gita forms the sixth part of Shiva Rahasya Purana. It details in about two thousand verses the dialogue on the Self and Brahman between Sage Ribhu and Sage Nidagha on the slopes of the Mount Kedara in the Himalayas.

The dialogues between Ribhu and Nidagha on the Supreme Brahman also appear in Tejobindu Upanishad of Krishna Yajurveda, Mahopanishad of Sama Veda, Annapoornopanisha of Atharva Veda and Varahopanish of Krishna Yajurveda.

The Ribhu Gita provides details about

  • Existence-Awareness-Self
  • Videha Mukta - is achieved by the continued repetition of "I am Self-Brahman"
  • Shiva the Sat-Chit-Ananda, is the screen on which Shakti is projected as moving picture of the universe.
  • Jivan Mukta - one who is liberated during his lifetime, and even abided in the blissful peace of Sat-Chit-Ananda.
  • Videha Mukta
  • The true Samadhi
  • Sahaja Samadhi
  • Maturing of Sahaja Samadhi
  • Mukti is Shiva's grace
  • Everything is Sat-Chit-Ananda
  • The natural state