For the Love of Yoga with Nish the Fish
The world of Yoga is wide and varied. In this podcast, yogi Nish the Fish shares the deeper dimensions of Yoga, Vedanta and Tantra, asking the big questions: why do we practice? What is meditation? What is the purpose of a human life? What is Beauty? What is Death? Nishanth Selvalingam studied various South Asian philosophies with his Shaivite grandfather in an ashram in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and moved to Los Angeles to study philosophy, teach yoga and play guitar in a rock band. Join him and special guests as they explore Yoga, in all its splendours. For more episodes and instruction, and to support this humble offering of the heart, visit me on Patreon: patreon.com/yogawithnish
Episodes
302 episodes
Why You Should Worship Mā Dhūmāvatī
Last year, on this auspicious occasion of Dhūmāvatī Devī Jayanti (which is the 8th day after the New Moon of Vaiśakh) we gave a series on talks on this very mysterious and often feared phase of Mā's personality (
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Season 8
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Episode 178
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53:26
Swami Vivekananda's Song to Shiva | & A Daily Chanting Practice
First, we present a rendition of Swami Vivekananda's profound and stirring song in Sanskrit to Shiva, the Great God along with an English translation by Swami Prabhavananda. I am especially fond of this song! We then make a few comments about w...
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Season 8
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Episode 177
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1:00:07
How To Really Worship Kālī | Free Will vs Determinism
In this talk, we develop some the ideas from the Is There Free Will? lecture: if there is no free will, then, what's the point exactly? Isn't spiritual life all about freedom? If freedom is the goal,...
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Season 8
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Episode 176
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2:15:29
Is There Free Will?
After giving two talks establishing God (Proof for God & What is God in Tantra?) a in response to various objections from non-theistic traditions lik...
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Season 8
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Episode 175
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2:25:49
How To Realize God
In Verse 104, of the Vijñāna-Bhairava Tantra, we come across a profound teaching:विहाय निजदेहस्थं सर्वत्रास्मीति भावयन्।दृढेन मनसा दृष्ट्या नान्येक्षिण्या सुखी भवेत्॥ १०४॥
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Season 8
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Episode 174
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1:35:20
Everyone is Religious, Non-Duality vs Solipsism & My Tantrik Mission | Q&A
When we say this Universe is internal to consciousness, as we do in Non-Dual Philosophy, are we making a solipsistic claim? In this Q&A discussion after our Friday morning discussion on Turning No...
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Season 8
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Episode 173
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1:20:20
What is God in Tantra?
Perhaps one of the reasons all the various religions in the world are fighting and killing each other is because they never took the time to clarify to one another what, precisely, they meant by the term "God"? Often when atheists ...
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Season 8
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Episode 173
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2:12:43
Who is Gaṇeśa?
As part our How To Do Tantrik Pūjā, we now start discussing the next moment in our puja-krama, sequence of worship: Gaṇeśa puja! This a bit like a talk we gave some time back called...
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Season 8
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Episode 172
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1:15:23
Who is Bhadrakālī?
The krishna-ekadaśi (11th day of the waning moon) right before Phalahārinī Pūjā is known as the Apara-ekadaśi and it coincides with Bhadrakālī Jayanti, the celebration of Mā in her "auspicious" form. While the word "Bhadra" (which can be both a...
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Season 8
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Episode 171
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1:33:19
How To Have Infinite Energy and Live Forever
I wanted to explore the relationship between spiritual wellbeing and physical health to make the somewhat surprising claim: intense spiritual practice can sometimes compromise health! This is because, in the course of intense sādhana, Kula Kund...
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Season 8
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Episode 170
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54:55
Women's Empowerment, Menstruation & Kali Worship | Q&A
This was a fire Questions & Answers discussion! After our Monday evening talk earlier this week, we explore some of the ecological, economical, political & sociologica...
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Season 8
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Episode 169
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2:08:36
Where Did Kālī Come From? | A Brief Herstory
Here is a brief and exultant sketch of Mā Kālī's journey from ancient pre-history into the most esoteric and elite Tantrik circles and into the mainstream Bhakti movement of Bengal and from there into the hearts and homes of people all over the...
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Season 8
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Episode 168
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2:37:51
What is Phalahārinī Kālī Pūjā?
Yesterday, on the new moon in the Vedic month of Vaishakh (Jyeshtha by Purnimanta calendar), we celebrated a most auspicious occasion: the Phalaharini Kali Puja. It is an especially significant day for our lineage and so in this short talk, we ...
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Season 8
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Episode 167
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39:54
Our Tantrik Lineage
We recorded this some time back and its not as comprehensive as I would have liked it to be (lineage is such a rich and sprawling conversation, after all) so I never posted it but inspired by the conversations
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Season 8
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Episode 166
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2:02:54
What is the Sound of Absolute Silence? | Bagalā Jayanti
Last year we gave this talk on Mā Bagalā, on the auspicious occasion of her Jayanti:
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Season 8
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Episode 165
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1:45:55
How To Decapitate Yourself | Chinnamastā Jayanti
Because Buddha Purnima (the full moon celebrating the birth, death and enlightenment of the Shakyamuni Buddha) is so close to Chinnamastā Jayanti, when we celebrate the self-decapitating form of Mā, this year I decided to combine the two themes...
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Season 8
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Episode 164
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2:04:35
Hindu Tantra and Buddhist Tantra and Why They Are The Same | Buddha Purnima Q&A
In this Q&A discussion right after our Buddha Purnima lecture, we first discuss the art of letting go with Rajeevji. What spiritual practices can I do to help let go of attachment and learn to surrender to the situation? Then we inquire the...
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Season 8
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Episode 163
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1:20:11
Conversations on Buddhism, the Problem of Evil and the Value of Philosophy | Q&A
One of my favorite questions & answers discussions so far!After our God, World and the Self | A Comparative Approach
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Season 8
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Episode 162
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1:38:12
Reflections on Swami Lakshman Joo and Kashmir
Today, on the auspicious occasion of Swami Lakshman Joo's birth anniversary, we say a few things about why Kashmir and its philosophers are so important in the Non-Dual Tantrik tradition.
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Season 8
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Episode 161
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1:31:20
Proof for God
Perhaps one of our finest discussions so far! We cover quite a lot of ground here: "If there is a God, I must see him. If I have a soul, I must feel myself as that." This was Swami Vivekananda's intuition about spiritualit...
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Season 8
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Episode 162
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1:59:22
Who Are You, Really? | According To Tantra
Recently we've been giving a series of talks on some foundational Tantrik concepts starting with the concept of the "self". Is there such a thing and if so, what is its nature? We asked What is the Self in Tantra? and then we looked at the The ...
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Season 8
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Episode 161
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2:02:02
How To Worship Mā Bagalāmukhī
Today is the holy day of Bagalāmukhī Jayanti, celebrating one of the fierce forms of Mā! We've been discussing the Mahāvidyās quite a lot over the years (here's a playlist of talks on them...
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Season 8
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Episode 160
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1:26:25
The Tantrik Shankara
On the fifth day of the waxing fortnight of the month Vaiśakh, we celebrated one of India's greatest and most celebrated philosopher-mystics of all time, Adi Shankaracharya. While many feel that Advaita Vedanta is juxtaposed to Tantrik ph...
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Season 8
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Episode 159
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1:11:12
How To Meditate on Mātangī
In this talk, we discuss the Matangī meditation mantra and present a simple worship of Matangi since the day before yesterday was her Jayanti (birthday).We were all of us recovering from our Atlanta adventure so I didn't get to write to ...
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Season 8
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Episode 158
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36:42
The Tantrik Sermon on the Mount
Last week, to celebrate Easter, we gave a special talk on the Sermon of the Mount from a Tantrik point of view. Not only is the Sermon on the Mount an excellent piece of spiritual literature which like the Gītā essentializes and makes practical...
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Season 8
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Episode 157
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2:17:47
