Pathway of Devotion Part 4: Its About Joy - Utpaladeva’s Shivastotravali

Part 4 of Swami Chetanananda's series on the Pathway of Devotion will teach you about Utpaladeva’s Shivastotravali and its importance in growing spiritually. Swamiji is an American spiritual teacher who has spent his life assimilating the great tantric traditions of Asia into a new non-dual model of understanding the nature of reality. In the process, he has developed an approach to spiritual work that anyone can practice in the context of everyday modern life. In this series he focuses on the topic of devotion as the nourishing nectar that allows us to digest all of life's sweet, savory, and painful experiences.

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Topics in Part 4 include:

The touch of the Guru, Shaktipat; Dissolving ourselves into delight; Rooting ourselves in the soil of our cosmic nature; the essence of the search for God; Finding yourself in yourself; Opening our hearts; Kaula Shaivism; the point of the Kulayaga ritual; the purpose of the Havan puja; Growing Beauty.

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Swamiji draws upon the devotional and moving songs of the Shivastotravali by Utpaladeva, the 10th century Indian philosopher and theologian of Trika Shaivism from Kashmir, who was the most important thinker of the non-dual Pratyabhijñā school.

Swamiji reads from the text translated by Constantina Rhodes Bailly, in "Shaiva Devotional Songs of Kashmir. A Translation and Study of Utpaladeva's Shivastotravali." This video Includes a full reading of The Fifth Song: The Command of Powers.


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❇ Quick Links To All Parts Of This Course:
▶ Part 1:    • Pathway of Devotion Part 1: Introduction- ...  
▶ Part 2:    • Pathway of Devotion Part 2: Behind the Vei...  
▶ Part 3:    • Pathway of Devotion Part 3: In the Heart- ...  
▶ Part 4:    • Pathway of Devotion Part 4: Its About Joy ...  

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