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
Patience and Letting Go
Having an authentic spiritual life requires that we surrender our high expectations and develop patience. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Get Right Back Up
When we want to be of benefit to other people, we should expect obstacles and learn to skillfully adapt. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Fear and Fearlessness
We often hear that we need to own impermanence. But we also need to learn how to take refuge in the eternal. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Get a Spiritual Address
Shambhavi lays out some ways that spiritual practitioners can elicit a bigger response from Wisdom. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
No Mission Sadhana
What are we actually doing when we do spiritual practice? Where are we headed? Should we care? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Sneaky, Tricky, Clever
Shambhavi breaks down three habit patterns that cause us to disassociate from our innate goodness and lose intimacy with other people. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Serve Your Gifts
The real question is not “What can I be?” but “What can I give?” How can I serve others with my gifts? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Kindness for Reals
Shambhavi gives us the lowdown on kindness, the greatest spiritual power. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Loneliness and Self-expression
Karma limits our ability to self-express, which leads to loneliness. How can we learn to be more self-expressive?
Loneliness and Intimacy Part II
Why do we feel lonely and what can we do to relax attachment to this feeling? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Loneliness and Intimacy Part I
What causes loneliness and how does it relate to the desire for waking up? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Get Strange
During the process of waking up, we have to become estranged from our habituated ways of feeling and thinking. Normal has to feel strange! A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
How to Work with a Tantrik Teacher
How can practitioners get the most out of a relationship with their teacher? How is working with a Tantrik teacher different? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Kali Yuga Satsang
What is a Yuga? How does living in the Kali Yuga affect our experience of time? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Freedom and Misery
What does freedom of expression look like and how do our karmas interrupt our ability to live freely and express ourselves? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Binging on God
How can we use our tendency to fall into routine habit patterns to actually help us on the path to waking up? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi.
Align with Goodness
How can we connect in a real way with the innate value and goodness in ourselves and everyone? In this politically polarized moment, how can we align with wisdom and relate to circumstances and other…
Wisdom Tools
How can we gain more nuanced insights into our circumstances when we are not yet very realized? Shambhavi riffs on tools for Tantrikas, including astrology and divination. A podcast from Satsang with…
What Is Sadhana For?
What is the purpose spiritual practice and what are we even asking about when we ask that question? Satsang with Shambhavi Sarasvati.
Travelers And The Road To Self-Realization
We are not really on a path, but we enjoy playing the game of being travelers. Satsang with Shambhavi Sarasvati.