Satsang with Shambhavi
Join Shambhavi Sarasvati for a weekly exploration of self-realization, death, love, devotion, and waking up while living in a messy world. 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 gives satsang in Portland, Oregon and elsewhere. The dharma talks offered here are recordings of the live satsang.
Shambhavi is the spiritual director of Jaya Kula, a nonprofit organization. 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 (2018), Tantra: the Play of Awakening (2012), Pilgrims to Openness: Direct Realization Tantra in Everyday Life (2009), Returning (2015), and No Retreat: Poems on the Way to Waking Up (2016). All of Shambhavi's books are available on Amazon.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 471
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Freedom and Arranging Your Life to Support Your Practice
Shambhavi and the Jaya Kula community gather for satsang and get real about all the questions we humans want answered. Intimate, courageous, heartfelt spiritual talk about pretty much everything. So …
Tantra Basics [Rebroadcast]
Shambhavi gives an overview of the origins, View and practices of Indian Tantra. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
This rebroadcasted episode was originally published in September 2018.
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Intuition, Subtle Perception, and Becoming a Fountain of Giving
Shambhavi and the Jaya Kula community gather for satsang and get real about all the questions we humans want answered. Intimate, courageous, heartfelt spiritual talk about pretty much everything. So …
Tantra and Yoga [Rebroadcast]
Shambhavi gets down to basics about the meanings of “Tantra” and “Yoga” from the perspective of classical Tantra. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
This rebroadcasted episode was originally relea…
Student and Teacher, a Co-arising Phenomenon
Shambhavi talks about transmission, resistance, and why the teacher is considered the central practice in Trika Shaivism and other nondual traditions. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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This Is Shaivism [Rebroadcast]
Shambhavi reads from the Shiva Stotravali and offers commentary. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
This rebroadcasted episode was originally published in March 2019.
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Bypassing, Yearning, Meanness, and Hungry Ghosts
Shambhavi and the Jaya Kula community gather for satsang and get real about all the questions we humans want answered. Intimate, courageous, heartfelt spiritual talk about pretty much everything. So …
Punishment and Reward, Contacting Wisdom, and Forgiveness
Shambhavi and the Jaya Kula community gather for satsang and get real about all the questions we humans want answered. Intimate, courageous, heartfelt spiritual talk about pretty much everything. So …
Enjoying Your Practice and Relating to Ancestors
Shambhavi and the Jaya Kula community gather for satsang and get real about all the questions we humans want answered. Intimate, courageous, heartfelt spiritual talk about pretty much everything. So …
Pain Connects Us, Grief, and Two Kinds of Discipline
Shambhavi and the Jaya Kula community gather for satsang and get real about all the questions we humans want answered. Intimate, courageous, heartfelt spiritual talk about pretty much everything. So …
Extinction Prophecies, Death, and Dying
Shambhavi and the Jaya Kula community gather for satsang and get real about all the questions we humans want answered. Intimate, courageous, heartfelt spiritual talk about pretty much everything. So …
Don’t Fight the Tigers, Resolving Karma, and Direct Experience
Shambhavi and the Jaya Kula community gather for satsang and get real about all the questions we humans want answered. Intimate, courageous, heartfelt spiritual talk about pretty much everything. So …
Fantasy Is the Death Knell of Spiritual Life
The only basis for practice is how we actually are. You can't practice with a fantasy or a lie or a story. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Valuing Our Experience
We have to value those moments when we perceive our real nature in order for them to become vehicles for more realization. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Working With Dreams and Come What May
Shambhavi talks about dreams within spiritual practice and praying for material wealth. We learn about continuity of practice between waking and dreaming and how what we ask for in prayers changes as…
Discovering Compassion for Reals
We can’t think our way into being compassionate. We have to relax enough so that we can express the fundamental beneficence and compassion of reality. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Karmic Ripeness, Beyond Uncertainty, and Service vs Ego
Shambhavi and the Jaya Kula community gather for satsang and get real about all the questions we humans want answered. Intimate, courageous, heartfelt spiritual talk about pretty much everything. So …
A Guided Life, Ethics, and the Kali Yuga
Shambhavi and the Jaya Kula community gather for satsang and get real about all the questions we humans want answered. Intimate, courageous, heartfelt spiritual talk about pretty much everything. So …
Sensing Time, Making Decisions, and Feeling Compassion
Shambhavi and the Jaya Kula community gather for satsang and get real about all the questions we humans want answered. Intimate, courageous, heartfelt spiritual talk about pretty much everything. So …
Monsters Are Mirrors
It doesn't do any good to call people monsters. We must look in the mirror and see what aspects of them we can find written a little smaller in ourselves. That's what the “monsters” are there for. A…