Welcome to Satsang with Shambhavi, a weekly dharma talk about spirituality, love, death, devotion and waking up while living in a messy world. New episodes are posted every Wednesday.

Satsang is an ancient spiritual practice of gathering with a teacher, asking questions of any nature, sharing, and playing kirtan. These podcasts were recorded live during weekly satsangs with Shambhavi and the Jaya Kula community.

Grace Is Unearned

Podcast Episode No. 224

God’s grace showers without restraint on everyone and everything at all times. You don’t have to deserve it. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi Listen Now

Interdependency Is Always a Thing

Podcast Episode No. 225

Shambhavi talks about our culture of shaming people who need help or ask for help. Where does this attitude come from? A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi Listen Now

Diversity Is Both Bondage and Liberation

Podcast Episode No. 223

Shambhavi explains the core View of the nature of diversity and our relationships to it based on a teaching of Abhinavagupta. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi Listen Now

Trees and Rivers to the Sky

Podcast Episode No. 222

Shambhavi shares about her experiences of trees as rivers and rivers in the U.S. and India as recyclers of karma. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi Listen Now

Preferences and Practical Wisdom

Podcast Episode No. 221

Shambhavi talks about karmic conditioning, accessing our natural wisdom, and the old prescription that we should have no preferences if we are “spiritual.” A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi Listen Now

COVID and Eternity

Podcast Episode No. 220

Shambhavi answers a question about existential dread and the pandemic. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi Listen Now

What Should We Do?—the Pandemic Version

Podcast Episode No. 219

Many of us want to know how we can contribute positively in our current circumstances. Shambhavi breaks it down. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi Listen Now

Playfulness, Fear, and Parenting—the Pandemic Version

Podcast Episode No. 218

Shambhavi talks about how the shelter-in-place can cause stagnation in our subtle channels, how fear can wake us up, and how to talk to children about the pandemic. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi Listen Now

Missionaries and Marketeers

Podcast Episode No. 217

A student asks Shambhavi to talk about humility. Lack of humility is the hallmark of U.S. culture. Shambhavi invites us to lay down the struggle to measure up and achieve. A Podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi Listen Now

Contrivance and Contrived Naturalness

Podcast Episode No. 216

Contriving a personality, contriving a spiritual persona, or simply trying to appear as you wish to be seen or how you believe others want you to appear are all obstacles to authentic spiritual life. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi Listen Now