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
The Power of Making Demands on God
Nothing is more powerful than a sincere demand for self-knowledge and greater freedom. Only hitch is, most of us are not that sincere. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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The Simplicity of Relaxing in the Natural State
Our minds are junkies addicted to complication. But the essence of direct realization practice is simplicity itself. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Practice in Hardship
Shambhavi talks about the benefits of continuing to do sadhana even through hard times and illness. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Everything is Kula
Shambhavi explains the special meanings of the word kula and how kula relates to the method and fruit of our sadhana. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Love, Impermanence, and Tenderness
Shambhavi basically rants about the limitations of ordinary love and falling in love. There's something better. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Pleasure and Discomfort on the Path
Both pleasure and discomfort are normal aspects of spiritual life. If we run toward pleasure and avoid discomfort, we will never self-realize. If we deny pleasure and approach spiritual practice as o…
Your Indestructible Virtue
Comparing yourself favorably to others is not a refuge. Defining how you are special is not a refuge. Accomplishments are not a refuge. Being right and correct is not a refuge. The only refuge is to …
Anandamayi Ma on the True Guru
There is no Guru without following. When we make contact with Guru—in the form of another human being, in the form of circumstance, in the form of the promptings of the wisdom heart—we can only relat…
Following Goodness
An inner feeling of goodness and wholesomeness is the ultimate life coach. Following that is the ultimate integrity. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Time and Eternity
Shambhavi shares how spiritual practice changes one's sense of time and relationship to death and dying. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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How are Trika Shaivism and Dzogchen Related
At a Satsang with Shambhavi in Eugene, Oregon, a participant asks about the relationship between Trika Shaivism and Dzogchen. Shambhavi talks about both the historical and esoteric connections betwee…
Why are View Teachings Important?
In the direct realization traditions, View teachings are said to be the most important teachings a student receives. Why is this so? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Pride, Pleasure, and Suffering
Our culture rewards identity formation and self-aggrandizement. How does our pleasure in pride-driven self expression get interrupted so we can begin to let go of pride? A podcast from Satsang with S…
Courage 2020
Join the Jaya Kula community in getting our courage on! During 2020, we’ll be exploring teachings about courage and bringing more courage into our life and sadhana. In this podcast, Shambhavi introd…
What Are You Enjoying?
A student asks Shambhavi why enjoyment is the point of life and about God's enjoyment. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
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The Story of the Sleeping Zen Meditator
In the zendo, a student sits sleeping on his meditation cushion. Find out what happens when other students complain to the Zen Master. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Walking on Earth Touching the Sky
Direct realization traditions ask us to hold both the relative and the absolute together in each moment. Shambhavi breaks it down. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Consistency and Risk in Sadhana
Shambhavi gives heart advice to the Jaya Kula community about the effects of consistency in doing sadhana and the need to be unrestrained in sadhana and life. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Working with Difficult Relationships
Shambhavi lays out three styles of difficult relationships, including relationships in spiritual communities, and how to work with them. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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Habit, Routine, Ritual
Habit, routine, and ritual are similar but far from identical. Find out how our “skill” at forming habits and falling into routines can help us to wake up. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
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