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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...

Your Body Is God’s Yantra

21 mins; December 13, 2023

Have an Attitude of Worship

13 mins; December 06, 2023

Consciousness, Doing vs Not Doing, and Avoiding Conflict

17 mins; November 29, 2023

Kindness and Contrivance

20 mins; November 22, 2023

Direct Experience, Ancestor Puja, and Earnestness

19 mins; November 15, 2023

Fierceness, Defensiveness, and Spiritual Opportunity

17 mins; November 08, 2023

No Heroes, No Silence

15 mins; November 01, 2023

Sweetness, Yielding to What Is, and Integrity

21 mins; October 25, 2023

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

23 mins; October 18, 2023

Jealousy, Sharing Sweetness, and the Meaning of Kula

19 mins; October 11, 2023

Show Up For Your Practice and Engage the Teachings

17 mins; October 04, 2023

The Heart Space, Initiation, and Functional Precepts

18 mins; September 27, 2023

Doubts, Direct Experiences, and Planning Lightly

24 mins; September 20, 2023

The Cosmic Theater

14 mins; September 13, 2023

Stop Struggling and Everything Is Kin

17 mins; September 06, 2023

Imposter Syndrome, Mantra, and Doing Things We Don’t Want to Do

18 mins; August 30, 2023

Honesty, Timing, and Death

24 mins; August 23, 2023

Yearning Is the Path

16 mins; August 16, 2023

Empathy, Contrivance, and Nonduality

20 mins; August 10, 2023

Empathy, Contrivance, and Nonduality

55 secs; August 09, 2023

Emotional Intensity, Depression, and Caring for Others

19 mins; August 02, 2023

Ashramas, Coming and Going, Exhausting the Body, and Mindfulness

31 mins; July 26, 2023

The Sweet Taste, God Concepts, and Suffering

16 mins; July 19, 2023

Fantasy Projections and Teachers

24 mins; July 12, 2023

Guru-Shishya Purnima

8 mins; July 10, 2023

Let Go of the Result

20 mins; July 05, 2023

Fear, Refuge, Health, and Initiation

22 mins; June 28, 2023

The Fruits of Not Getting What You Want

23 mins; June 21, 2023

Interrupting Karma

14 mins; June 14, 2023

Transmission, Sensory Perception, and Mind as the Organ of Curiosity

17 mins; June 07, 2023

Wanting to Be Chosen and Owning Your Desire

17 mins; May 31, 2023

Family, Discipline, and the Call and Response Nature of Reality

22 mins; May 24, 2023

Sticky Sticky Stuck

23 mins; May 17, 2023

Courage, Persistence, and the Wild Upsurge of Wisdom

17 mins; May 10, 2023

Desire Is Power

18 mins; May 03, 2023

Why Not?

17 mins; April 26, 2023

Belonging, Loneliness, and the Subtle Body

26 mins; April 19, 2023

Ego and Emptiness

24 mins; April 12, 2023

The Natural State and Groundlessness

14 mins; April 05, 2023

Having the View

19 mins; March 29, 2023

The Invitation

13 mins; March 22, 2023

Caring for Everyone, the Upsurge of Wisdom, and the Ocean of Sensation

17 mins; March 15, 2023

The Four Aims of Human Life, Spiritual Bypassing, and Diversity

20 mins; March 08, 2023

Shambhavi’s Path to Teaching and the Special Circumstance of the Guru-Disciple Relationship

18 mins; March 01, 2023

Talking About Gurus and Teachers, and the Wisdom Inherent in Reality

18 mins; February 22, 2023

You Can Slay the Demon of Confusion With Your Own Clarity and Kali and Durga Will Help

16 mins; February 15, 2023

Learning to Follow Wisdom and the Futility of Blame

24 mins; February 08, 2023

Talking About Death, Dying, and Ancestors

15 mins; February 01, 2023

Why We Follow Precepts and Offer Seva

22 mins; January 25, 2023

Darkness and Light, Emptiness and Fullness, and Enjoy Your Enlightenment

22 mins; January 18, 2023

Relaxing Karmic Patterns, Mind as an Organ of Curiosity, and Pure Lineage

18 mins; January 11, 2023

Enlightenment Is Uneven, and All Prayers Are Answered, but Maybe Not How We Expected Them to Be

18 mins; January 04, 2023

How to remember who you already are, use mantra practice to subtilize your experience, and do your best and let go of the result

25 mins; December 28, 2022

Caring, Becoming Fully Human, and the Impermanence of Fate

22 mins; December 21, 2022

Call and Response and the Enjoyment of Reality

19 mins; December 14, 2022

Seeking Validation, Forming Good Attachments, and Being Discerning about Spiritual Traditions

19 mins; December 07, 2022

Open Your Senses and Quit the Karmic Sideshow

21 mins; November 30, 2022

Where Do View Teachings Come From?

17 mins; November 23, 2022

The Five Elements, Compassion, and the Cure for Earnestness

18 mins; November 16, 2022

Rootlessness and Ruthlessness

16 mins; November 09, 2022

God the Artist, God the Destroyer

22 mins; November 02, 2022

Success, the Alchemy of Sadhana, and Guru Yoga

23 mins; October 26, 2022

Integration, Relaxation, and Original Innocence

17 mins; October 19, 2022

There's No Ground, but There's Home

16 mins; October 13, 2022

Sweetness, Sincerity, and Nourishment

21 mins; October 05, 2022

Friendship, Misogyny, and Self Recognition

37 mins; September 28, 2022

Dual-Nondual and the Heart Route

22 mins; September 21, 2022

Willpower, Expectations, and Competitive Partners

18 mins; September 14, 2022

Letting Your Longing Lead You

18 mins; September 07, 2022

Astrology, Omens, and Sharada, Too

17 mins; August 31, 2022

Players, Playfulness, and Pain

22 mins; August 24, 2022

Beauty, Ducks, and Showing Up as Yourself

18 mins; August 17, 2022

Modesty Is Realistic

15 mins; August 10, 2022

Invisibility, Intimacy, and the Way Things Are

20 mins; August 03, 2022

The Equality of All Phenomena

28 mins; July 27, 2022

Knowledge is Bondage

22 mins; July 20, 2022

Nourishment, Sincerity, and Missed Opportunities

17 mins; July 13, 2022

Destruction, Caring, and Clear Seeing

23 mins; July 06, 2022

Playfulness, Self-Referentiality, and Wisdom’s Happy Hijinx

15 mins; June 29, 2022

Sobriety, Connection, and Friendship

21 mins; June 22, 2022

Apologies, Spiritual Bypassing, and Doing What You Enjoy

19 mins; June 15, 2022

Confidence vs Trust, Anandamayi Ma’s Laughter, and Red Flags with Teachers

18 mins; June 08, 2022

Desire and Authentic Self Expression

16 mins; June 01, 2022

Immersion vs. Witnessing

15 mins; May 25, 2022

Compassion, Commitments, and the Continuum of Self Expression

25 mins; May 18, 2022

Privilege and Equality

22 mins; May 11, 2022

Mother, Daughter, Friend, Devotion

15 mins; May 04, 2022

Somatic Rebellion

16 mins; April 27, 2022

Desire, Obligation, and Rebellion

21 mins; April 20, 2022

Be the Player, Not the Played

19 mins; April 13, 2022

Determination, Feeling More, and Playing With Energy

17 mins; April 06, 2022

Compassionate Reflection

14 mins; March 30, 2022

Serve Your Gifts [Rebroadcast]

17 mins; March 23, 2022

Radical Respect [Rebroadcast]

23 mins; March 16, 2022

Tastings: Energetic Experiences, Honesty, and the Blue Bindu

18 mins; March 09, 2022

Maya and the Enjoyment of Duality

15 mins; March 02, 2022

Tastings: Intimacy, Relaxation, and Mercy

18 mins; February 23, 2022

Modesty and Integrity

18 mins; February 16, 2022

Tastings: Mantra, Effort, and Intensity

14 mins; February 09, 2022

Confidence, Honesty, and Fragility

22 mins; February 02, 2022

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