Podcast Episodes

What Does Kālī Want From You? | The Yoga of Grief & Fullness

Season 8 Episode 206

On the last Monday of śrāvana is an especially sacred day for contemplating the Absolute because it is a culmination four or six weeks of very intense Sādhanā (spiritual practice). As such, as a cele…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

4 Esoteric Tāntrik Goddesses

Season 8 Episode 205

One of the most exalted, refined and mysterious aspects of the Tāntrik non-dual tradition is the veneration of the devītraya, the Three Wisdom Goddesses who are linked to three dynamic expressions of…

Published on 3 months ago

Three Techniques in Tāntrik Pūja | External Rituals, Substitution & Interiorization

Season 8 Episode 204

As part our our How To Do Tāntrik Pūjā lecture series, we've recently been exploring the topic of mānasa pūjā, or Mental Worship vs External Worship by looking at theMantra for Mental Worship | Mānas…

Published on 3 months ago

The Scariest Spiritual Idea | The Advaita of Kālī

Season 8 Episode 203

Almost all of us have so man hang-ups lurking in our psyche. Whether through religious indoctrination or societal conditioning of any sort, most of us carry around a strong sense of duality that dist…

Published on 3 months ago

The Key Teaching of Non-Dual Śaivism

Season 8 Episode 202

The one indubitable fact about my life is that I AM. Or rather, I am essentially consciousness because to be is to be aware and to be aware is to be. But what is the nature of that Consciousness? We …

Published on 3 months ago

What is Kālī in Tāntrik Śaivism?

Season 8 Episode 201

Who or What is Kali?

According to Abhinava Gupta , Kālī is: 

क्षेपो ज्ञानं च संख्यां गतिनाद इति क्रमात्। 

कल्लनां कुर्वती काली कर्षिणीत्यभिधीयते। 

She who projects, She who knows, She who delimits, She w…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

How To Practice Tāntrik Śaivism | 3 Śiva Mantras

Season 8 Episode 200

Last week, on the first Monday of Śrāvana, the sacred month of Lord Śiva, we gave this exhaustive account of Śaiva Tantra in both theory and practice. 

It was indeed an exceedingly auspicious day for …

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

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…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

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.

T…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago