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A Complete Śiva Sādhana

Season 8 Episode 208

After watching What Does Kālī Want From You? | The Yoga of Grief & Fullness, Who Should Worship Kālī? | Dakṣiṇa Kālī vs Smaśāna Kālī and What Do You Need To Start Worshipping Kālī & Practicing Tantra…

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What Do You Need To Start Worshipping Kālī & Practicing Tantra?

Season 8 Episode 208

The word Tantra essentially refers to a set of texts, or a genre of spiritual literature in which we encounter profound philosophies, intricate visualizations, techniques for meditation involving the…

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Who Should Worship Kālī? | Dakṣiṇa Kālī vs Smaśāna Kālī

Season 8 Episode 207

Last week, we had a profound and poignant discussion on the heart of Kālī sādhana in What Does Kālī Want From You? | The Yoga of Grief & Fullness where we explored what Swami Vivekananda called "The …

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What Does Kālī Want From You? | The Yoga of Grief & Fullness

Season 8 Episode 206

On the last Monday of śrāvana is an especially sacred day for contemplating the Absolute because it is a culmination four or six weeks of very intense Sādhanā (spiritual practice). As such, as a cele…

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4 Esoteric Tāntrik Goddesses

Season 8 Episode 205

One of the most exalted, refined and mysterious aspects of the Tāntrik non-dual tradition is the veneration of the devītraya, the Three Wisdom Goddesses who are linked to three dynamic expressions of…

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Three Techniques in Tāntrik Pūja | External Rituals, Substitution & Interiorization

Season 8 Episode 204

As part our our How To Do Tāntrik Pūjā lecture series, we've recently been exploring the topic of mānasa pūjā, or Mental Worship vs External Worship by looking at theMantra for Mental Worship | Mānas…

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The Scariest Spiritual Idea | The Advaita of Kālī

Season 8 Episode 203

Almost all of us have so man hang-ups lurking in our psyche. Whether through religious indoctrination or societal conditioning of any sort, most of us carry around a strong sense of duality that dist…

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The Key Teaching of Non-Dual Śaivism

Season 8 Episode 202

The one indubitable fact about my life is that I AM. Or rather, I am essentially consciousness because to be is to be aware and to be aware is to be. But what is the nature of that Consciousness? We …

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What is Kālī in Tāntrik Śaivism?

Season 8 Episode 201

Who or What is Kali?

According to Abhinava Gupta , Kālī is: 

क्षेपो ज्ञानं च संख्यां गतिनाद इति क्रमात्। 

कल्लनां कुर्वती काली कर्षिणीत्यभिधीयते। 

She who projects, She who knows, She who delimits, She w…

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How To Practice Tāntrik Śaivism | 3 Śiva Mantras

Season 8 Episode 200

Last week, on the first Monday of Śrāvana, the sacred month of Lord Śiva, we gave this exhaustive account of Śaiva Tantra in both theory and practice. 

It was indeed an exceedingly auspicious day for …

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