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.

A is for Awe C is for Clever

Podcast Episode No. 31

Shambhavi riffs on giving up cleverness–the Walmart version of primordial intelligence. Podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi Listen Now

Angry at God

Podcast Episode No. 30

Dharma talk about kinds of anger we experience when doing spiritual practice and on the infamous dark night of the soul. Podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi Listen Now

Direct Realization in Four Minutes

Podcast Episode No. 29

The essence of direct realization spiritual traditions such as Trika Shaivism and Dzogchen. Podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi Listen Now

What Happens in Satsang?

Podcast Episode No. 28

A short and sweet talk about the meaning of satsang, why we gather for satsang, and what happens during a satsang at Jaya Kula. Podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi Listen Now

Demolition Derby

Podcast Episode No. 27

Dharma talk on the destructive nature of spiritual practice and the process of ripping away the blinders that keep our hearts in darkness. Podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi Listen Now

Do I Need a Guru?

Podcast Episode No. 26

Shambhavi talks about Anandamayi Ma’s teachings on Guru and her own experience finding Guru. Podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi Listen Now

Three Kinds of Activity from the Bhagavad Gita

Podcast Episode No. 25

In this reading from the Bhagavad Gita, Shambhavi breaks down the three types of activity that are available to us in human life. Podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi. Listen Now

Working with Reactivity

Podcast Episode No. 24

How does our spiritual practice help us to gain more freedom from acting out in habitual and unkind ways? Podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi Listen Now

Donald Trump as Spiritual Practice

Podcast Episode No. 23

The Jaya Kula community talks about using the election of Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency as spiritual practice. A podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi. Listen Now

Working with Circumstance

Podcast Episode No. 22

Our real circumstance, no matter how painful, is the ground on which we must stand if we want to wake up. Podcast from Satsang with Shambhavi Listen Now