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
Serve Your Gifts [Rebroadcast]
The real question is not "What can I be?" but "What can I give?" How can I serve others with my gifts? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Radical Respect [Rebroadcast]
Does the project of earning respect make sense in light of the View of Trika Shaivism? What is respect, for reals? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Tastings: Energetic Experiences, Honesty, and the Blue Bindu
Shambhavi talks about how to relate to energetic experiences and answers lots of questions from students about honesty, sleep, the color red, the blue bindu, boredom, and more. A podcast from Satsang…
Maya and the Enjoyment of Duality
In Trika Shavism, Maya creates appearings, not illusions. What’s the difference? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Tastings: Intimacy, Relaxation, and Mercy
Shambhavi talks about connecting without manipulating, relaxing from the inside out, and the mercy that we get infinite chances to wake up. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Modesty and Integrity
Being modest means reconciling ourselves to how things are, including ourselves. True modesty builds confidence. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Tastings: Mantra, Effort, and Intensity
Shambhavi talks about subtle and gross experiences with mantra, effortful spiritual practices, and using intensity as a defense mechanism. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Confidence, Honesty, and Fragility
Doing our best and being honest leads to real confidence. Externalizing our sense of worth leads to fragility. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Equality and Worship
Equality is Jaya Kula’s theme for 2022. In this episode, Shambhavi explores the meanings of equality for Trika Shaivism and talks about how it is connected to worship, our 2021 theme. A podcast from …
Judgment, Justice, and Kindness – KINDNESS FOR REALS Ep 5 [Rebroadcast]
Shambhavi riffs on the distinction between judgment and discernment and between justice and the full expression of a kindness that supersedes the need for justice. A podcast from Satsang with Shambha…
Anger and Kindness – KINDNESS FOR REALS Ep 4 [Rebroadcast]
Shambhavi riffs on kindness, fierce compassion, your natural Shakti and plain old being mean. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Unboxing and Empathy Actual – KINDNESS FOR REALS Ep 3 [Rebroadcast]
A student asks Shambhavi about boxing people in with labels. Then Shambhavi poses the question: Do you really want to care about others? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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We Signed Up For Kindness – KINDNESS FOR REALS Ep 2 [Rebroadcast]
Shambhavi talks about the unconditional kindness offered to the guest or the stranger in both European and Indian philosophical and spiritual traditions. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Kindness for Reals – KINDNESS FOR REALS Ep 1 [Rebroadcast]
Shambhavi gives us the lowdown on kindness, the greatest spiritual power. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Concepts vs Direct Perception
Projections cloud and distort our direct experience. We can use our senses to meet reality as it is, fresh and new in every moment. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Be a Small Beacon
A person who is determined to live from the heart and treat other people with kindness is being of benefit. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Learning to Follow Wisdom
As practitioners, our job is to discern what wisdom is asking us to do and follow that. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Tastings: Perfectionism, Precision, and Intimacy
Shambhavi riffs on precision as an aspect of kindness and care and how contriving intimacy doesn't resolve the problem of our loneliness. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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You Are Not the Doer
We are that supreme self having an experience of being human. We gain confidence and integrate our perception of living presence into our everyday lives by following the upsurge of wisdom in the hear…
Tastings: Confinement, Resilience and Healing
Shambhavi talks about staying connected while confined, real resilience vs soldiering on, getting good sleep, and true healing. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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