Learn About Trika Shaivism & Dzogchen

Shambhavi Sarasvati is the spiritual director of Jaya Kula.

• The Reality Sutras: Seeking the Heart of Trika Shaivism
  A comprehensive handbook of 37 teachings about the nature of the self and reality from the perspective of Trika Shaivism.

• Nine Poisons, Nine Medicines, Nine Fruits
  A traditional teaching text about the obstacles, remedies, and rewards we can expect to encounter as we seek relaxation and wisdom through practices such as yoga, mantra, and meditation.

• Pilgrims to Openness: Direct Realization Tantra in Everyday Life
  A practical introduction to the tradition of Trika Shaivism presented through the lens of everyday experiences of eating, sleeping, relating, moving , working,  playing, emoting and doing spiritual practice.

• The Play of Awakening: Adventures in Direct Realization Tantra
  Practical advice for spiritual practitioners. How can you stay motivated in your spiritual practice from day-to-day? What is the most fruitful way to work with your teachers? What detours and obstacles might slow you down? How do spiritual communities function as a core practice? What roles do grace and devotion, longing and loneliness play as you walk your path? How can you both live and die well?

• Returning: exhortations, advice and encouragement from the heart of direct realization practice
  Twenty-four concentrated bursts of provocation, encouragement, and inspiration for spiritual seekers.

• No Retreat: poems on the way to waking up
  Shambhavi’s poems documenting fifteen years of solo spiritual retreats and periods of the eruption of intense spiritual feeling.