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
Love and the Halls of Eternity
What are the repercussions of deliberately trying to hurt other people? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Karmic Obstructions
What are karmic obstructions and how can we work with them skillfully? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Fraud and Nonsense
"What is devotion? What is Upadesha?" Shambhavi unpacks some teachings from Swami Lakshmanjoo. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
The Meaning of Sat
Sat doesn’t mean truth. Shambhavi talks about the meaning of “sat” from the perspective of Trika Shaivism. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Sickness and Health
Loving God means loving and caring for our bodies. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
How to Relate to a Spiritual Teacher
Shambhavi describes how students can use the teacher-student relationship to wake up and talks about the alchemy that happens in the process. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Fearless Spirituality
What makes direct realization traditions fearless, and how does this fearlessness impact students practicing in these traditions? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Super Health, Super Well-Being
Shambhavi riffs about the recognition that God is everywhere and the difference between ordinary and awake health and romance. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Householder Ashrama
What does “Ashrama” mean? What does it mean to be practicing Ashrama while living a householder life? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Families and Spiritual Life
How can we expand our limited and narrow idea of what family is and love more people? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Death Must Die
Shambhavi riffs on the destructive nature of spiritual practice and on death and immortality. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Dharma Karma Artha Moksha
Shambhavi unpacks the four traditional aims of a human life from the perspective of nondual Tantra. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Struggling for Recognition
What would it feel like if we just stopped seeking recognition? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Friendship and Struggle
What is friendship? How can it help us to wake up? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Tantra is Embodied Cosmology
Why is practicing Tantra more akin to scientific exploration than it is to religion? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Pride and Pre-approval
What is pride and how does it function? How can we stop struggling? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Nothing Spiritual
Shambhavi riffs on why there is no difference between the material and the spiritual. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Karma Inside Out
What is karma and how can we work with it? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Debt and Karma
What is debt and how does it relate to karma? How can we avoid incurring more debt and entanglement? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Boredom, Disenchantment, and Failure
Why are feelings of boredom, disenchantment, and failure useful for spiritual practitioners? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.