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Substituting Animal Sacrifice & Other Transgressive Offerings in Kālī Worship
Season 8 Episode 199
As you approach Mā Kālī, you will likely encounter many transgressive (and for some people of a certain temperament, even disturbing) practices. Things like animal sacrifice (Bali) and offerings of m…
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Substituting the Pañcamakāras, Forbidden Offerings
Season 8 Episode 198
Right now in our How To Do Tāntrik Pūjā lecture series, we're exploring the topic of Mānasa-pūjā, mental worship, the process of internalizing everything that we would otherwise be doing outwardly.
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How To Practice Śākta Tantra | Animism & Śaktism
Season 8 Episode 197
Today on the very sacred and auspicious day of Nāga Pañcami, the day when we honor serpents in the holy month of śrāvana, the sacred month of Lord Śiva, I felt it would be wonderful to contemplate Mā…
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The Most Important Spiritual Resource
Season 8 Episode 196
What is the most important spiritual resource? Since spirituality is the process of going inward, of checking the natural inclination towards externalization, naturally, the most important thing we c…
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A Non-Duality of Radical Agency
Season 8 Episode 195
In this talk, we continue to unpack the Somānanda's Radical Non-Dual Revelation to show how Consciousness, the Absolute Reality which you yourself are is endowed desire, innately creative and always …
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Yogic vs Vedāntic vs Tāntrik Non-Duality
Season 8 Episode 194
Non-duality is the profound view that only one Reality exists and that you are essentially That! This unitive vision of one-ness, this harmony of all things resonates so deeply in the human psyche, p…
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Somānanda's Radical Non-Dual Revelation
Season 8 Episode 193
And now, our main project is to study Somānanda's radical non-dual philosophy, which is the foundation for Shākta non-duality. Somānanda might be one of the most radical and God-intoxicated of the Sh…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Is My Coffee Mug Conscious?
Season 8 Episode 192
Naturally, naturalists and physicalists (i.e materialists) are exceedingly challenged by the "hard problem of Consciousness" as David Chalmers put it which is the challenge to explain, in physical te…
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Swami Vivekananda on Sri Ramakrishna | "My Master"
Season 8 Episode 191
As you know, over the past few months we've been trying to articulate our ideals and values as a community so that we can maintain the highest degree of integrity as possible, according to the ideals…
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Approaching the Guru
Season 8 Episode 190
On the very auspicious day for Guru Purnima this year, we reflected on the role of the Guru and the process of approaching one in humility and surrender. We reflect upon the opening scene of the Gosp…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago