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
Don't Ask Why
Are you addicted to "Why?" Shambhavi talks about the uselessness of asking why. If you want to find actual peace and contentment, better to ask "how?" and "what"? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhav…
Fountains of Compassion
Does realizing the Absolute and the equality of all phenomena lead one to give zero fucks about others? Shambhavi talks about the inevitability of embodying greater compassion as one wakes up. A podc…
The Meaning of Crucible
Shambhavi describes the literal and more alchemical meanings of “crucible.” How is a spiritual community a crucible? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Five Ingredients for Effective Spiritual Practice
Shambhavi talks about the five ingredients we need in order to get the most fruit from our seated practice. The satsang concludes with a Hiranyagarbha (golden egg) meditation. A Satsang with Shambhav…
Your Real Nature
Direct realization is a practice of discovering profound naturalness, or resting in your real nature. What does this mean? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Thanks for Not Raping Me
Thanks for Not Raping Me is a window into the ongoing conversation among the students of Jaya Kula about gender, sexuality, misogyny, and privilege. You will hear the voices of students and a far-ran…
Surrender
Should we be suspicious of surrender? Is surrender dangerous? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Stuff that Happens
What are some experiences that arise as we do daily sadhana? How do these experiences compare to our expectations and fantasies about spiritual practice? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
What’s Being Offered Here?
Shambhavi describes how her experience of the teachings has changed over time and lays out the fundamentals of the View of Trika Shaivism. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Noticing Reality
How does psychology interfere with sadhana and our experience of ourselves? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Your Real Circumstance
Skillfullness in life results from immersion, presence, and immediacy rather than from explaining and intellectual understanding. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Utpaladeva and Being the Servant
Shambhavi riffs on the words of Utpaladeva and gets personal about devotion and her identification with the role of the servant. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
Feeling Goodness for Reals
Shambhavi gives a dharma talk and leads a community discussion about how we can get back in touch with our essential goodness. Recognizing and remaining aware of our indestructible goodness brings tr…
Stupidity and Ignorance
Shambhavi riffs on the real nature of stupidity as two styles of "ignore-ance." A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi
Self-Reflection is What God Does
Shambhavi unpacks “vimarsha” and “prakasha” from the perspective of Trika Shaivism. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Self-realization and Immersion in Presence
Shambhavi asks students "What is self-realization?" She gives satsang on the need to stop measuring your progress, knowing yourself, the equality of all phenomena, and discovering wisdom at the heart…
Seated Practice and Integration
Spiritual practice shouldn’t stay on the cushion. What does it mean to integrate your practice with your entire life? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Denaturalization or Stop Believing
Denaturalization is when stuff that used to seem right and natural starts to feel odd and unnatural because you're doing spiritual practice. Like finding a soulmate doesn't seem as great anymore when…
A Poem by Lalleshwari
Shambhavi riffs on teachings about spiritual practice by the 14th century naked, wandering, Kashmiri yogini: Lalleshwari. Yeah, even really great practitioners need to strip themselves of useless ide…
Saturn the Fierce
Who is Saturn? Why is he a yogi’s best friend? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.