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
- 472
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
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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Slow Down, Calm Down, Connect
When you feel the world is falling apart, don't close yourself off. Slow down and calm down so that you can feel less separate and more receptive. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Tastings: Linearity, Good Timing, and Distraction
Shambhavi talks about linear vs associative thinking, sensing time and good timing, and living without being distracted from the natural state. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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As Above So Below
Living symbols—such as the sky, a flame, flowers, or the moon—directly transmit the nature of reality to us. How can we relate to living symbols in our practice? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Tastings: Generosity, Maturity, and Courage
Shambhavi responds to questions about greed, spiritual growth, and discovering what's on the other side of fear. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Stop Competing and Enjoy
You can just be ok with your real condition. Humility, modesty, and sobriety are the antidotes to pride and jealousy. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Talking About Spiritual Experiences
When we exaggerate spiritual accomplishment, we lose the magic. Get real to discover the real fruits of practice. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Community as Spiritual Practice
Shambhavi talks about the Trika concept of "kula" and how community helps us to recognize all of manifest life as kula or family. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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What is Usable Knowledge?
Shambhavi often talks about spiritual accomplishment showing up as usable knowledge. What does this mean? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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What is the Heart?
Trika Shaivism gives primacy to sadhanas of the heart space. Why is this? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Trika and Dzogchen History and Lineage
A student asks Shambhavi to clarify why we are studying both Trika Shaivism and Dzogchen. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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The Great Perfection vs Perfectionism
Dzogchen means "the great perfection." What is perfection for reals? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Playfulness, Stagnation, and Fear
It's hard to be playful! What's up with that? Shambhavi offers some practical instructions for getting your play on. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Forget Yourself and Relax
Shambhavi talks about the pointing out instruction to "forget who you are." A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Let Wisdom In [Rebroadcast]
Shambhavi compares the spiritual teacher to the vampire at the door. It’s up to you if you want to let the teacher in. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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How To Have Confidence in God [Rebroadcast]
Rather than trying, failing, trying and failing again to take refuge in impermanence, how can spiritual practitioners develop confidence in existence itself, aka God? A podcast from Satsang with Sham…
Being Judgmental and Nonduality
How do nondual traditions view judging other people? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Perfection, Precision, and Fun
Shambhavi talks about perfectionism, ordinary precision, and enlightened precision. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Struggle, Comfort Zones, and Relaxation Actual
We live in a culture where success, and even life itself, is defined as a struggle. How can we change this? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Radical Respect
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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