Name: The Magic of No Expectations by Satsang with Shambhavi in meditation
Duration: 9 min 44 s
Description: Following a surprising series of dreams in 2018, Shambhavi decided to move Jaya Kula's headquarters to the Bay Area. She talks about how holding strong expectations of ourselves, others, and spiritual life causes us to suffer. When we hold no expectations, we gain flexibility and the capacity to dance with changing circumstances. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi

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Shambhavi Sarasvati offers a basic introduction to the tradition of direct realization Tantra.

All about Tantra

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

Shambhavi leads a guided meditation to help you to discover your vital energy, primordial intelligence, and indestructible wisdom. Rather than being a watcher, become immersed in the subtle breath and then experience hiranyagarbha, the golden egg in the center of the heart space. Hiranyagarbha is an ancient living symbol for your eternal wisdom and value.

Breath Immersion and the Golden Egg Meditation

Tonglen is a Tibetan word that means “giving and receiving.” The practice of Tonglen helps us to discover that generosity is nourishing and that being generous helps us to feel our wealth. Tonglen is also a powerful tool for getting over the fear of impermanence and for healing ourselves and others. Shambhavi leads a powerful, nondual version of Tonglen.

Tonglen Meditation

At Jaya Kula, we learn meditation in three stages: Listening Abiding, Shamatha, and Sahaja or Natural Contemplation. Here is the Listening Abiding meditation guided by Shambhavi. Once you get the hang of it, stop using the recording and allow yourself to immerse yourself in the changing texture of each day’s practice.

Listening Abiding Meditation

Shambhavi serves up the basics of direct realization practice. Topics include the experience of satsang, the meaning of direct realization, the role of transmission, and the nature of the teacher student relationship. This episode features students asking questions. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi

Introduction to Direct Realization

Following a surprising series of dreams in 2018, Shambhavi decided to move Jaya Kula's headquarters to the Bay Area. She talks about how holding strong expectations of ourselves, others, and spiritual life causes us to suffer. When we hold no expectations, we gain flexibility and the capacity to dance with changing circumstances. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi

The Magic of No Expectations

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.

The Magic of No Expectations

Satsang with Shambhavi

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