Order your copy of The Hridaya Cookbook! Explore this collection of plant-based recipes from our centers, and bring presence and intention to every meal.
Order your copy of The Hridaya Cookbook! Explore this collection of plant-based recipes from our centers, and bring presence and intention to every meal.
By combining the study and practice of the ancient knowledge of Kashmir Shaivism and expanding on the Hridaya teachings, this 12-week online course offers the means to live a conscious life and find beauty and wonder in everyday activities.
Our lives are the sum of moments that are usually regarded as “common” and, therefore, uninteresting. Kashmir Shaivism teaches us that when we are in full awareness, each moment is worthy of attention, as it is a gateway to the Consciousness of Oneness.
Combining theoretical understanding with exercising awareness in formal meditation and in everyday life, our True Nature (Shiva, atman, the Spiritual Heart) is revealed as the fabric of this world, and the world is then a reason to celebrate the Divine in every action.
This course is for those who already love meditation, have a daily practice, and want to discover new dimensions of the inner world.
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Kashmir Shaivism explores the non-dual relationship between Shiva (Consciousness), Shakti (Energy), and Nara (the individual), known as Trika, highlighting the unity of all existence.
Bhavana or creative contemplation, a method to use meditation as a tool of knowledge (of both the Self and the world).
The 36 tattvas (principles of manifestation), the way in which the universe surrounding us is brought into existence by their play, and how we can use them as a ladder to reach the highest consciousness. (Part 1, the “impure” tattvas)
The universe is created through the interplay of the 36 tattvas. This talk focuses on the “pure” tattvas and provides practical guidance to use them as a pathway to reach the highest consciousness.
The three impurities (mala) that transform the Divine Consciousness (chit) into bound individual consciousness (chitta), and the modalities to free us from them.
The five energies of Shiva that also exist in each of us (consciousness, bliss, will, knowledge, and action) and how our experiences are created by them.
The five actions performed by Shiva (creation, preservation, dissolution, revealing, and concealing) and how perform them in life.
The four upayas, the paths that we can take in meditation, depending on our aspiration and Divine Grace.
The five states of consciousness—wakefulness, dream, deep sleep, samadhi (turya), and lastly, samadhi with open eyes (turiyatita).
Light and awareness (prakasha and vimarsha), the play of consciousness, and the way to integrate meditation and everyday life.
Spanda and the Shaivite roots of Hridaya Meditation
A synthesis, how everything together.
Whatever you call it, it’s that which calls you to look within.
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