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5 Practices for Śiva | How To Celebrate Śrāvaṇa
Season 8 Episode 189
We suggest about 5 different practices you can do to celebrate Śrāvaṇa, the month of Śiva:
1. Vratam. Many people will observing vows like abstaining from a particular kind of food (salt, sugar, pickl…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
How To Give & Receive Spiritual Power
Season 8 Episode 188
Back in the day, the guru was very necessary because without one, we could not access the Tantras at all (that is, the ritual manuals in which we encounter the practices and philosophies of the tradi…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Guru as Transmission of Power
Season 8 Episode 187
Because last week's Capricorn Full Moon was the celebration of the Guru (it was actually the birthday of Veda Vyāsa, the OG Guru), in our Friday evening restorative yoga class (which you can watch he…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Most Important Spiritual Idea
Season 8 Episode 186
Recently, we've been giving a series of talks on our values and ideals, based on what Swami Vivekananda said about his Master, Sri Ramakrishna. Having discussed our heritage in Where Did Kālī Come Fr…
Published on 2 months ago
Our Mission | A Manifesto
Season 8 Episode 185
In our recent lectures like Advice to Spiritual Teachers & Aspirants & Sex, Drugs & Choosing A Guru | Q&A we've been going over our ideals and values as a community, using Swami Vivekananda's reflect…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Sex, Drugs & Choosing A Guru | Q&A
Season 8 Episode 184
Recently, we as a community have been having some very important discussions around integrity and our values so that we may be a genuine place of spiritual learning and a safe and inclusive space for…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
3 Forms of Śiva: Sadā-śiva, Bhairava & Śava-śiva
Season 8 Episode 183
In one sense, Śiva means the impersonal absolute Consciousness which is the very essence of the Self (as we pointed out in this video What Is "Shiva"? and also in The Secret Teaching of Bhairava) but…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Friday the 13th | According to Tantra
Season 8 Episode 182
To celebrate today's occasion, we took the opportunity to look at the importance of divine immanence as well as the power and pervasiveness and superstition: first, we discussed the Norse and Biblica…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Jagannātha, Bhairava & The Harmony of All Religions
Season 8 Episode 181
Today is a very auspicious day for us since this full moon in the month of Jyeshta is the Snāna Yatra, the day when Lord Jagannath in Puri is brought out for a bath: on this occassion, in 1855, Mā Bh…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Advice to Spiritual Teachers & Aspirants
Season 8 Episode 180
These past few weeks, we've been reflecting a lot on where we've been as a lineage, on our roots and origins. We discussed all of this in talks like Where Did Kālī Come From? | A Brief Herstory, What…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago