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The Reality Sutras: Seeking the Heart of Trika Shaivism
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About The Reality Sutras: Seeking The Heart Of Trika
Product Description The Reality Sutras is a handbook of teachings about the nature of the self and reality from the perspective of Trika Shaivism. Trika Shaivism, also known as Shaiva Tantra and Kashmir Shaivism, is a direct realization tradition from Northwest India. It shares with Dzogchen, Daoism, and Chan Buddhism an emphasis on direct, embodied experience and on uncontrived naturalness as the fruit of spiritual practice. Shambhavi Sarasvati offers students of direct realization spiritual traditions a traditionally structured handbook with short, sutra-style teachings followed by commentary. The sutras are intended to inform, to guide, and to serve as a source of contemplative material for practitioners. Review The Reality Sutras is more than a deep and illuminating read; it also opens one to simultaneously experiencing these direct wisdom teachings that Shambhavi has presented so eloquently. I often found myself picking it up for guidance and opening to the clarity and insight I most needed in that moment. Shambhavi Sarasvati makes these teachings accessible, applicable, immediate, and inviting. Each chapter is an opportunity for direct recognition whether you are new to Trika Shaivism and classical Tantric traditions or if you are a dedicated practitioner. It is an essential guide and source book for those wanting to understand and fully embody the nature of reality & consciousness. Laura Amazzone, Teacher and Author of Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power. About the Author Shambhavi Sarasvati's principle training is in the View and practices of Trika Shaivism, the Tantrik tradition of North India, and the Dzogchen tradition of Tibet. She is the spiritual director of Jaya Kula, a nonprofit spiritual organization with centers in California, Oregon, and Maine. Shambhavi communicates with heartfelt devotion in a clear and direct style, bringing relatable and practical wisdom from these ancient traditions to modern practitioners, seekers and the simply curious. Shambhavi is the author of The Reality Sutras: Seeking the Heart of Trika Shaivism(2018); The Play of Awakening: Adventures in Direct Realization Tantra (2012, 2018); Nine Poisons, Nine Medicines, Nine Fruits (2017); No Retreat: poems on the way to waking up (2016), Returning: Exhortations, Advice and Encouragement from the Heart of Direct Realization Practice (2015), and Pilgrims to Opennness: Direct Realization Tantra in Everyday Life (2009). In addition, she published an academic book, Avatar Bodies: a Tantra for Posthumanism. She holds an MFA in Fiction from Mills College and a Ph.D. in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford University.
