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
Is My Teacher Perfect?
What does perfection mean in the context of Hinduism and Dzogchen? Is it dangerous to consider our teachers to be perfect as some traditions advise? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Manipulation Mania
Shambhavi talks about why we manipulate others and forms of manipulation we engage in. She invites students to investigate how they manipulate others, including Shambhavi! A podcast from Satsang with…
Pessimism and Karmic Conditioning
A student asks about the origins of pessimism. Shambhavi goes meta and talks about why there is only one origin of all phenomena. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Entering the River
What does it mean to be a stream enterer or to be in the river? These are descriptions of practitioners found in direct realization traditions. Shambhavi breaks it down. A podcast from Satsang with S…
Your Indestructible Value
Shambhavi talks about vajra pride and vajra nature and how these are related to ordinary pride. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Self-hatred and the Creativity of God
What is hatred? What causes hatred and especially self-hatred? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Reading Anandamayi Ma on Refuge
Shambhavi reads and riffs on a beautiful teaching from Anandamayi Ma about how God, our own Self, always holds out a hand to us even when we turn away. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Disappointment and Self-realization
Shambhavi lays out two kinds of disappointment: the disappointment we encounter as we start to wake up and the disappointment associated with Hungry Ghost karmic vision. A podcast from Satsang with S…
Deep Appreciation
Should we approach everything in life with the attitude of dig one well deep? What does it mean to apprentice ourselves to a wisdom tradition? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Humility vs the Mission
What is humility? How is humility related to shame? How can humility help us to drop the mission and relax? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Three Kinds of Spiritual Traditions
Shambhavi talks about animist, transcendental, and immanentist traditions. The satsang concludes with a question about the call and response nature of life. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Natural vs. Sick Effort
What is behind perfectionism? What is natural effort? Why are we already perfect? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Feeling Overwhelmed
Shambhavi talks about the difference between useful and harmful feelings of overwhelm. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Exhaustion, Caring, and Criticism
A student asks about exhaustion during difficult times. Shambhavi talks about the sadhana of caring for each other and dropping self- and other-criticism. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Ananda, Creativity, and Appreciation
A student asks Shambhavi about joy. Shambhavi talks about the fuller meaning of "ananda" and shares some insights about ananda from her own sadhana. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Mistakes, Honesty, Ojas, and Personal Brand
How to relate to our fear of making mistakes and the rampant dishonesty and self-projection that is life normal now. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Demolition Derby — WHAT IS SADHANA? Ep 4 [Rebroadcast]
Shambhavi riffs on the destructive nature of spiritual practice and the process of ripping away the blinders that keep our hearts closed and in darkness. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
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What Is Tantrik Sadhana? — WHAT IS SADHANA? Ep 3 [Rebroadcast]
What do Tantrikas actually do? What is unique about direct realization practice? Shambhavi breaks it down in this podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
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What Happens in Satsang? — WHAT IS SADHANA? *BONUS EPISODE* [Rebroadcast]
Shambhavi gives a short and sweet talk about satsang. What is satang? Why do we gather for satsang, and what happens during a satsang at Jaya Kula? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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What Is Sadhana For? — WHAT IS SADHANA? Ep 2 [Rebroadcast]
What is the purpose spiritual practice and what are we even asking about when we ask that question? Is there any difference between spiritual and nonspiritual? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
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