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Songs to Bhairava and Bhairavi | Macabre Elements in Tantrik Iconography as Non-Dual Sādhanā
Season 8 Episode 4
Prior to our Hallowe'en lecture on ghosts in the Tantrik world, we recite a few hymns and poems to Mahākāla Bhairava and Mā Bhairavi (Abhinava Gupta'…
2 years, 2 months ago
Ghosts, Ghouls and Goblins in Tantrik Spirituality | Hallowe'en Special
Season 8 Episode 3
Tonight’s lecture is a Hallowe’en special! After all, Śaiva and Śakta Tantra is chock full of ghoulish mortuary iconography: Mā Kālī’s garland of sku…
2 years, 3 months ago
Instant Enlightenment | Anupaya in Kashmir Shaivism
Season 8 Episode 2
We'll explore how it might be possible for a person to be instantly free here and now, as suddenly and as effortlessly and easily as one "falls from …
2 years, 4 months ago
How To Receive God's Grace | Śaktipāta in Kashmir Shaivism
Season 8 Episode 1
There are few theories regarding God's grace in Indian philosophy:
1. It is earned through good works (karma)
2. It is earned through devotion (bhakti)…
2 years, 5 months ago
Life as Yoga | The Tantrik Approach to Spirituality
Season 7 Episode 13
We have an exciting series of lectures ahead of us: How To Practice Kashmir Shaivism
We've been discussing the theory of Kaula Trika non-duality for s…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ābhāsa Vāda | The Doctrine of Reflection in Kashmir Shaivism
Season 7 Episode 12
In this lecture, we are going to discuss the Abhāsa-Vada (Reflection Model) of Kaula Trika Tantra: how is it that the one Unchanging Absolute, śiva, …
2 years, 6 months ago
The God Solution | A Critique of Materialism and a Defense of Theism
Season 7 Episode 11
We gave this lecture on the full moon celebrating the Guru, guru-pūrnimā the day when we honor our teachers and our lineage.
You are all of you my gur…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Message of Spiritual India | Happy Independence Day!
Season 7 Episode 10
Prior to the British occupation of India, there was no such word as "Hinduism". There was really only a very diverse range of spiritual attitudes all…
2 years, 6 months ago
God's Face Is Your Face! | The 5 Faces of Lord Śiva in Kashmir Shaivism
Season 7 Episode 9
Is there anything quite so joyful as thinking in terms of eternity and infinity? Perhaps that’s why coming together every Monday night for our 7pm PS…
2 years, 6 months ago
What Does Enlightenment Feel Like?
Season 7 Episode 8
Sri Ramakrishna, like the Buddha before him, often held that what the Absolute Reality, Brahman is cannot be described. It is "ucchishta", meaning, u…
2 years, 7 months ago