WELCOME
Play Video
Traditional Practice Nontraditional Community
Jaya Kula is a vibrant nonprofit community of diverse people learning and practicing in the direct realization traditions of Trika Shaivism and Dzogchen. Our website is the place where you can learn about our traditions, get TONS of free teachings, and find out about live teachings with our spiritual director, Shambhavi Sarasvati. We would love to connect with you wherever you are.

come to

LIVE TEACHINGS

Satsang is now live in Portland, OR and via livestream every Sunday. Visit What Is Satsang? for all the deets on what happens in satsang and how to attend.

get

STREAMED TEACHINGS

We’ve got your streaming needs covered with the weekly Satsang with Shambhavi podcast and video satsangs, too. New, totally free content is added ridiculously often.
PODCAST EPISODE NO. 405
PODCAST EPISODE NO. 405
PODCAST EPISODE NO. 404
PODCAST EPISODE NO. 404
PODCAST EPISODE NO. 403
PODCAST EPISODE NO. 403

do

PRACTICE

Practice, aka sadhana, means doing stuff like meditation and mantra. Shambhavi would love to see you at a live teaching. But until then, here are some ways to get started waking up and discovering what the heck is going on here. (By “here” we mean in human bodies on Earth.)

get

Books

Shambhavi’s mission is to offer teachings about the nature of the Self and reality that are accessible and immediately usable. She shows us how the principles and practices of direct realization traditions such as Trika Shaivism and Dzogchen apply to the choices we face in our lives every day.

read

the Blog

Wanna know what happened that time when the Dalai Lama got married? Or about drugs and spiritual experience? Or gender karma in spiritual communities? Or dive into Shambhavi’s poetry and songs? Yeah you do.

our

Traditions

shiva

LEARN ABOUT TRIKA SHAIVISM & DZOGCHEN

“Tell me, what is the absolute nature of reality which allows no room for doubt? Listen carefully! Stop holding on to this or that. Inhabit your true absolute nature, and peacefully enjoy the essence of what it is to be alive!” ~Abhinavagupta
LEARN MORE

LEARN ABOUT ANANDAMAYI MA

“To live in the world is to be on the way to Self-realization.” ~ Anandamayi Ma
LEARN MORE

anandamayi_ma