sometimes maharishi and his disciples sit up especially after the night meal reading ribhu gita each by turn reading a verse it is very easy to follow and in places maharishi puts in a word or two to make the meaning clear the reading continues for about two hours at a stretch these readings he says from ribhu gita are as good as samadhi evidently such a continuous reading following the meaning intently induces samadhi in fact page after page nay after line of ribhu gita merely goes on rubbing into one the reality of the self with a constant study of such works the mind easily gets into the mood of samadhi the words keep ringing in the ears or within the heart for a long while and after as well