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Review of the new translation of The Ribhu Gita...
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Subject: Review of the new translation of The Ribhu Gita...
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From: Stanley Rice <srice@cruzio.com>
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Date: 9 Oct 1995 18:31:27 GMT
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Article: 360 of soc.religion.hindu
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NOTE: NEW "RIBHU GITA" is truly extraordinary!!
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>>>EXCERPT FROM A BOOK REVIEW ("Hinduism Today", October 1995)
"This month we feature an extraordinary book, The Ribhu Gita, the
Upanishadic discourse of the guru, Sage Ribhu, to his disciple,
Nidagha. Its publication is a landmark achievement in the domain of
Hindu scripture, making a previously unaccessible and virtually
unknown, yet priceless and pure, Hindu teaching available to the
English-speaking world. Following the review is an interview with
Master Nome, the spirit behind this profound edition.
THE RIBHU GITA,
[First English Translation from the Original Sanskrit Indian Epic
Sivarahasya. Translated by Dr. H. Ramamoorthy, assisted by Master
Nome. First edition 1995, hardbound, 432 pages, $25.00. Available
from Treasures of the Heart, 1834 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060,
USA. Phone: (408) 458-9654 (US only), e-mail: ramana@cruzio.com]
How rare! How precious! How utterly lofty! How far beyond the everyday
consciousness of humanity, yet how close to our most intimate
yearnings! Thanks to the recent publication by the Society of Abidance
in Truth, SAT, the Saivas now have their Gita, too--the Ribhu Gita, an
apparently "ancient text" which, like the other Gita, is an extract
from a much longer epic, in this case the Sivarahasya.
The interesting thing about this Gita is its unswerving focus upon one
teaching only, that of the Self, or Self-God. "Tat Tvam Asi," "You are
That." This lofty knowing permeates virtually all Hindu teaching, but
we know of no other text where it is focused upon so exclusively or
exposed at such length. In all, some 2,200 sutras are dedicated to
this ultimate of truths."
... (And so on...How rare!)
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Stan Rice, Autospec Inc, srice@cruzio.com
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