The Diviners Circle
Saturday, Apr 27, 2019
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Shambhavi and divination students get together monthly to share experiences with divination, divine afresh, and hone our interpretive skills. Read More
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
Jaya Kula is moving to San Rafael, CA. Our Maine center is now closed. Weekly satsang in the Bay Area starts up on June 9. Satsang is a free-range discussion about anything from a spiritual perspective. We always wrap up with a lively, open-mic community kirtan.
Satsang with Shambhavi ~ PDX Community Edition!
Sunday, Apr 28, 2019
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Watch recordings of Satsang with Shambhavi, sing community kirtan, do group practice and hang out together. The Jaya Kula community gathers in Portland, Oregon most every Sunday at 3:30. Read More
New Moon Circle
Saturday, May 4, 2019
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The New Moon Circle is a closed group of engaged Jaya Kula students who meet to study and practice together. Read More
New Moon Circle
Saturday, Jun 8, 2019
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The New Moon Circle is a closed group of engaged Jaya Kula students who meet to study and practice together. Read More
What does the Jaya Kula Yantra Logo Mean?
What are yantras and what does the Jaya Kula red yantra mean? Hint: It’s about Shakti! A video from Satsang with Shambhavi. Watch More
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.
Is Loyalty a Spiritual Thing?
Podcast Episode No. 142
What is loyalty? Does it have a place in spiritual life? In this special edition of Satsang with Shambhavi, students of Jaya Kula engage in a wide-ranging conversation about the nature of loyalty and its uses and misuses. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi Listen Now
Spiritual Communities and Inner Circles
Shambhavi talks about the competitiveness that can undermine spiritual communities. She explores the love-hate relationship that some students have with spiritual inner circles. A video from Satsang with Shambhavi. Watch More
Thoughts, Emotions, and Wisdom
Thoughts are not as big of a deal as you might think (ha ha). Shambhavi demystifies thinking and breaks down the difference between enlightened and more conditioned emotions. A video from Satsang with Shambhavi. Watch More
Calling Out Boring!
We repeat a lot of activities and emotions. We relentlessly try to get what we want. Let’s notice how boring this really is! A video from Satsang with Shambhavi Watch More
Do Practice
Practice, a.k.a, sadhana, means doing stuff like meditation and mantra (not just reading about it.) 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 Articles
Wanna know what happened that time when the Dalai Lama got married? Or about drugs and spiritual experience? Or gender karma in spiritual communities? Yeah you do.
What Makes Kirtan Kirtan?
April 17 2019
Simple or complex, kirtan partakes of and teaches us about infinity, about our own infinite potential for self-expression, and about the devotion that is woven into every aspect of our world. A blog post from Satsang with Shambhavi Read More
Because No One Taught Me Your Names
March 28 2019
The names of God are wisdom virtues that speak themselves out from all of reality. A poem by Shambhavi Sarasvati. Read More
What I Miss
February 12 2019
A poem about the paradox of missing God while feeling God everywhere. From Mother Poems by Shambhavi Sarasvati, forthcoming. Read More
Our Traditions
Trika Shaivism (also called Shaiva Tantra or Kashmir Shaivism) from North India and Dzogchen from Tibet are nondual, direct realization traditions. They emphasize discovering your real nature and the nature of reality for yourself. Living a profoundly uncontrived life is one way to describe the aim of our practice. Many of us also love the teachings of Anandamayi Ma.
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
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Learn About ANANDAMAYI MA
“To live in the world is to be on the way to Self-realization.” ~Anandamayi Ma
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