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Who Are You, Really? | According To Tantra
Season 8 Episode 161
Recently we've been giving a series of talks on some foundational Tantrik concepts starting with the concept of the "self". Is there such a thing and…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
How To Worship Mā Bagalāmukhī
Season 8 Episode 160
Today is the holy day of Bagalāmukhī Jayanti, celebrating one of the fierce forms of Mā! We've been discussing the Mahāvidyās quite a lot over the ye…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Tantrik Shankara
Season 8 Episode 159
On the fifth day of the waxing fortnight of the month Vaiśakh, we celebrated one of India's greatest and most celebrated philosopher-mystics of all …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
How To Meditate on Mātangī
Season 8 Episode 158
In this talk, we discuss the Matangī meditation mantra and present a simple worship of Matangi since the day before yesterday was her Jayanti (birthd…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Tantrik Sermon on the Mount
Season 8 Episode 157
Last week, to celebrate Easter, we gave a special talk on the Sermon of the Mount from a Tantrik point of view. Not only is the Sermon on the Mount a…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Christ as a Solar Deity
Season 8 Episode 156
On behalf of this most auspicious occasion of Easter Sunday, celebrating the resurrection of Christ and the upsurge of spring-time energy in nature, …
10 months ago
Why We Worship the Sun
Season 8 Episode 156
Today is Good Friday and since the Christ is a solar deity in a sense (the "sun" of God moving through the 12 disciples who are the 12 zodiac signs),…
10 months, 1 week ago
The 6 Layers of the Self in Tantra
Season 8 Episode 155
In the profound Trika text virūpākṣapañcāśikā, we learn:
vimatipadamaṅga sarvaṃ mama caitanyamātmanaḥ śarīramidam |
śūnyapadādīlāvadhi dṛśyatvāt piṇḍav…
10 months, 1 week ago
What is The Self in Tantra?
Season 8 Episode 154
This is perhaps one of my favorite lectures yet and one of the most foundational.
In this talk, we track the idea of the "self", the most immediate r…
10 months, 1 week ago
How To Be Powerful Like Hanuman
Season 8 Episode 153
Last year, on Hanuman Jayanti we gave the talk The Tantrik Hanuman exploring some of the Tantrik aspects of this fierce rudra, Mahavīra! This year on…
10 months, 1 week ago