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A Prayer to the Goddess | The Four Hymns of the Candi In Sanskrit and Translation
Season 8 Episode 13
Today on Sārada Devī Jayanti, the auspicious emergence of Holy Mother, I'd like to offer this recitation of the four hymns of the Candi at your feet,…
2 years, 1 month ago
How To Be In The World As a Spiritual Aspirant | Cārya Pada (Tantrik Code of Conduct)
Season 8 Episode 12
As you know, a tantra is often divided into four parts:
1. jñāna-pada, the philosophical transmission,
2. Yoga-pada, the section of esoteric practices …
2 years, 1 month ago
What is an Avatar?
Season 8 Episode 11
God is inscrutable and mysterious for the most part. What then to say of the Incarnation, that is, the appearance of God as a specific person in hist…
2 years, 2 months ago
What is Prayer?
Season 8 Episode 10
Usually when we think of prayer, we picture kneeling by the bedside with hands clasped and being thoroughly disappointed. Usually, we feel prayer as …
2 years, 2 months ago
Mā Kālī and Mother Mary
Season 8 Episode 9
At last week’s satsangh we had a wonderful conversation about the Tantrik principles in Christianity: guru paramparā (lineage based transmission), dī…
2 years, 2 months ago
Tantrik Christianity and The Bhairava Nature of Jesus Christ
Season 8 Episode 8
In this lecture, we discuss “Tantrik Christianity”, that is, elements of Tantra like
1. guruparamparā (lineage based transmission),
2. ritual worship …
2 years, 2 months ago
Mā Kālī in Other Cultures
Season 8 Episode 7
In this lecture, we take a comparative look at the Divine Feminine as it is worshipped in the Mesopotamian, Aztec, Spanish, Celtic, Gaelic and Hellen…
2 years, 2 months ago
Ramprasad Sen, Mā Kālī's Mystic Poet
Season 8 Episode 6
Last month, we celebrated my favorite time of the year, Kālī Pūjā!
The pūjā itself was on Sunday the 12th of November, the new moon night but on the …
2 years, 2 months ago
How To Be A Shakta 101
Season 8 Episode 5
We start our evening's Q&A with some book recommendations for the study and practice of Tantrik Shaktism, that is, devotion to the Divine Mother. (00…
2 years, 2 months ago
Mā Kālī's Non Dual Aspect & Tantrik Sādhanās to Attain It
Season 8 Episode 5
After two back-to-back Kālī pūjās and a few all nighters, we plunge into a discussion of Mā Kālī's non-dual aspect, to commemorate the Shyama Kali Pu…
2 years, 2 months ago