Shambhavi talks about the destructive nature of spiritual practice, caring for others, and the difference between discernment and criticism. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi Curious to find out more about spiritual life, Trika Shaivism, and Shambhavi? Want to know how you can attend live and livestreamed teachings or get started practicing? Visit jayakula.org for lots more media, instruction in mantra and meditation, and a full calendar of IRL teachings with Shambhavi. You can also find us on FB and instagram @jayakula. Ask to join the private Jaya Kula News FB group to get access to the zoom link for satsang. And if you’d like to support these teachings, please rate and review this podcast as it helps others find us. You can also make a donation at jayakula.org/giving Thanks for listening! And much love to you, wherever and however you are.

Destruction, Caring, and Clear Seeing

The musical version of the book Music Class Today by David Weinstone and Vin Vogel.

David Weinstone Music Class Today

Shambhavi Sarasvati riffs about the profound meaning of appreciation and how appreciation is the attitude at the heart of divinity and the basis of of all dharmic relating.

Dharmic Relating And Appreciation

Shambhavi Sarasvati riffs about the different kinds of prostrations, their importance for practitioners and about Anandamayi Ma's instructions for doing pranam.

How to Pranam According to Anandamayi Ma

Dennis Southward on finding someone "looking in the same direction" ,and on his time in prison in the late 1960s.

Dennis Southward: I Can Relate to This

Satsang is an ancient spiritual practice from India. It means "being in Reality together." During satsang, people gather with a teacher to learn, ask questions, find community, chant and sing. Shambhavi Sarasvati gives satsang every week. The dharma talks offered here are excerpts from the satsangs.  

Shambhavi is the spiritual director of Jaya Kula, a nonprofit organization with headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Her training is in the View and practices of Trika Shaivism from Kashmir and the Dzogchen tradition of Tibet. She is a householder sannyasini and a devotee of Anandamayi Ma. Visit jayakula.org for her full teaching schedule and more information.

Shambhavi's books include The Reality Sutras: Seeking the Heart of Trika Shaivism; Nine Poisons, Nine Medicines, Nine Fruits; The Play of Awakening: Adventures in Direct Realization Tantra; Pilgrims to Openness: Direct Realization Tantra in Everyday Life; and No Retreat: Poems on the Way to Waking Up. Shambhavi's books are available on Amazon.com.

Destruction, Caring, and Clear Seeing

Satsang with Shambhavi

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