Tantra Illuminated
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Welcome to our thriving spiritual community and the most comprehensive Classical Tantra online learning platform. Created by Christopher Hareesh Wallis
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Malcolm Smith and Hareesh explore Tantra and Dzogchen’s shared spirit: direct recognition, emptiness’s play, and wisdom beyond dogma - honoring distinct paths while revealing luminous awareness in diverse forms.
#tantra #buddhism #dzogchen #classicaltantra #philosophy
#tantra #buddhism #dzogchen #classicaltantra #philosophy
Ep. 64 ~ Tantra meets Dzogchen with Malcolm Smith
YouTube video by Christopher Wallis (Hareesh)
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November 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Malcolm Smith and Hareesh explore Tantra and Dzogchen’s shared spirit: direct recognition, emptiness’s play, and wisdom beyond dogma - honoring distinct paths while revealing luminous awareness in diverse forms.
#tantra #buddhism #dzogchen #classicaltantra #philosophy
#tantra #buddhism #dzogchen #classicaltantra #philosophy
The Śrī Guru Gītā declares the Guru is no mere teacher but the awakening itself. Its verses expose hidden wisdom that dissolves ignorance. Hareesh’s translation reveals a practice of embodied liberation.
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#sanskritphilosophy #tantra #spirituality
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#sanskritphilosophy #tantra #spirituality
Śrī Guru Gītā Intro and English Translation
YouTube video by Tantra Illuminated
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October 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The Śrī Guru Gītā declares the Guru is no mere teacher but the awakening itself. Its verses expose hidden wisdom that dissolves ignorance. Hareesh’s translation reveals a practice of embodied liberation.
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#sanskritphilosophy #tantra #spirituality
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#sanskritphilosophy #tantra #spirituality
In this archival conversation from the Mystical Positivist podcast, Hareesh, Stuart Goodnick and Dr. Robert Schmidt reflect on spiritual experience and inquiry. They also explore the pitfalls of constructing a "spiritual ego," and how awakening requires both love and discernment.
#meditation #tantra
#meditation #tantra
Ep 62 ~ The Mystical Positivist, with Goodnick & Schmidt
YouTube video by Christopher Wallis (Hareesh)
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October 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
In this archival conversation from the Mystical Positivist podcast, Hareesh, Stuart Goodnick and Dr. Robert Schmidt reflect on spiritual experience and inquiry. They also explore the pitfalls of constructing a "spiritual ego," and how awakening requires both love and discernment.
#meditation #tantra
#meditation #tantra
This guided meditation invites you to rest in the vast silence that underlies all experience, a stillness untouched by thought or sound.
Reminder: free satsang this Saturday at 5pm UTC at:
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#tantra #classicaltantra #meditation #spirituality #awakening
Reminder: free satsang this Saturday at 5pm UTC at:
learn.tantrailluminated.org/live-access/
#tantra #classicaltantra #meditation #spirituality #awakening
Ep 61 ~ Meditation: The Pulsing Heart of Infinite Stillness
YouTube video by Christopher Wallis (Hareesh)
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October 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
This guided meditation invites you to rest in the vast silence that underlies all experience, a stillness untouched by thought or sound.
Reminder: free satsang this Saturday at 5pm UTC at:
learn.tantrailluminated.org/live-access/
#tantra #classicaltantra #meditation #spirituality #awakening
Reminder: free satsang this Saturday at 5pm UTC at:
learn.tantrailluminated.org/live-access/
#tantra #classicaltantra #meditation #spirituality #awakening
Saturday Satsang this week is free for everyone! Join us in Zoom at 5pm UTC and ask questions about yoga, tantra, meditation, nonduality and other spiritual matters from Hareesh Wallis.
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October 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Saturday Satsang this week is free for everyone! Join us in Zoom at 5pm UTC and ask questions about yoga, tantra, meditation, nonduality and other spiritual matters from Hareesh Wallis.
Join via:
learn.tantrailluminated.org/live-access/
Join via:
learn.tantrailluminated.org/live-access/
What if awakening is not only an inward journey, but also a maṇḍala woven of our relationships with everything?
The conversation opens into how conflict and community can all become doorways into deeper awareness, and how the maṇḍala of relationality reveals the inseparability of self and other.
The conversation opens into how conflict and community can all become doorways into deeper awareness, and how the maṇḍala of relationality reveals the inseparability of self and other.
Ep 60 ~ The Mandala of Relationality with Josh Schrei of The Emerald
YouTube video by Christopher Wallis (Hareesh)
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September 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
What if awakening is not only an inward journey, but also a maṇḍala woven of our relationships with everything?
The conversation opens into how conflict and community can all become doorways into deeper awareness, and how the maṇḍala of relationality reveals the inseparability of self and other.
The conversation opens into how conflict and community can all become doorways into deeper awareness, and how the maṇḍala of relationality reveals the inseparability of self and other.
What does it mean to live from the deepest truth of who we are?
This episode turns toward the question of authenticity—not as a fixed identity, but as a living presence that shines through when we release the layers of conditioning and self-concept.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI7o...
This episode turns toward the question of authenticity—not as a fixed identity, but as a living presence that shines through when we release the layers of conditioning and self-concept.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI7o...
Ep 58 ~ Discovering the Authentic Self with Kiran Trace
YouTube video by Christopher Wallis
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August 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
What does it mean to live from the deepest truth of who we are?
This episode turns toward the question of authenticity—not as a fixed identity, but as a living presence that shines through when we release the layers of conditioning and self-concept.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI7o...
This episode turns toward the question of authenticity—not as a fixed identity, but as a living presence that shines through when we release the layers of conditioning and self-concept.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI7o...
This episode offers a gentle, evocative meditation that invites you to attune to the lotus of light at the center of the chest—a sacred center of feeling and awareness.
#guidedmeditation #classicaltantra #tantra #meditation #sacredheart #heartlotus #spirituality
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#guidedmeditation #classicaltantra #tantra #meditation #sacredheart #heartlotus #spirituality
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Ep 57 ~ The Heart Lotus Meditation
YouTube video by Christopher Wallis
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July 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This episode offers a gentle, evocative meditation that invites you to attune to the lotus of light at the center of the chest—a sacred center of feeling and awareness.
#guidedmeditation #classicaltantra #tantra #meditation #sacredheart #heartlotus #spirituality
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7p3...
#guidedmeditation #classicaltantra #tantra #meditation #sacredheart #heartlotus #spirituality
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In this week's episode, Hareesh discusses the differences between modern sexual Tantra and Classical Tantra.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh5S...
#tantra #tantriksex #tantricsex #classicaltantra #podcast #tantrikyoga #neotantra #sacredsexuality #spirituality #culturalappropriation #india #indianculture
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh5S...
#tantra #tantriksex #tantricsex #classicaltantra #podcast #tantrikyoga #neotantra #sacredsexuality #spirituality #culturalappropriation #india #indianculture
Ep. 56 ~ Tantric Sex vs Tantrik Yoga
YouTube video by Christopher Wallis
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July 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
In this week's episode, Hareesh discusses the differences between modern sexual Tantra and Classical Tantra.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh5S...
#tantra #tantriksex #tantricsex #classicaltantra #podcast #tantrikyoga #neotantra #sacredsexuality #spirituality #culturalappropriation #india #indianculture
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh5S...
#tantra #tantriksex #tantricsex #classicaltantra #podcast #tantrikyoga #neotantra #sacredsexuality #spirituality #culturalappropriation #india #indianculture
Hareesh explores the concepts of first order reality - experiences before interpretation - and second order reality - interpretations and narratives we create about those experiences. #spirituality #philosophy #beherenow #classicaltantra #tantra #wellness #yourfeelingsarevalid
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youtu.be/G_2weNrCkBA
On Experience vs. Interpretation: First and Second Order Reality
YouTube video by Tantra Illuminated
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July 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Hareesh explores the concepts of first order reality - experiences before interpretation - and second order reality - interpretations and narratives we create about those experiences. #spirituality #philosophy #beherenow #classicaltantra #tantra #wellness #yourfeelingsarevalid
youtu.be/G_2weNrCkBA
youtu.be/G_2weNrCkBA
For a sentient being, every encounter with any other being is an opportunity for reflecting on his own total nature, recognizing yourself in the other being and the other being in yourself necessarily involves an expansion of your sense of identity.
-The Recognition Sutras, Christopher D. Wallis
-The Recognition Sutras, Christopher D. Wallis
June 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
For a sentient being, every encounter with any other being is an opportunity for reflecting on his own total nature, recognizing yourself in the other being and the other being in yourself necessarily involves an expansion of your sense of identity.
-The Recognition Sutras, Christopher D. Wallis
-The Recognition Sutras, Christopher D. Wallis
How can spiritual practice truly encompass the whole of our being—body, mind, and spirit?
This episode unpacks the teaching of the Three Upāyas—or “effective methods”—a foundational framework in non-dual Śaiva Tantra articulated by Abhinavagupta.
#tantra #classicaltantra #spirituality #awakening
This episode unpacks the teaching of the Three Upāyas—or “effective methods”—a foundational framework in non-dual Śaiva Tantra articulated by Abhinavagupta.
#tantra #classicaltantra #spirituality #awakening
Ep. 55 ~ The Three Effective Methods
YouTube video by Christopher Wallis
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June 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
How can spiritual practice truly encompass the whole of our being—body, mind, and spirit?
This episode unpacks the teaching of the Three Upāyas—or “effective methods”—a foundational framework in non-dual Śaiva Tantra articulated by Abhinavagupta.
#tantra #classicaltantra #spirituality #awakening
This episode unpacks the teaching of the Three Upāyas—or “effective methods”—a foundational framework in non-dual Śaiva Tantra articulated by Abhinavagupta.
#tantra #classicaltantra #spirituality #awakening
Excerpt from: "Tantra Illuminated: The Philosophy, History, and Practice of a Timeless Tradition" by Christopher Wallis.
#tantra #classicaltantra #spirituality #yoga #meditation
#tantra #classicaltantra #spirituality #yoga #meditation
May 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Excerpt from: "Tantra Illuminated: The Philosophy, History, and Practice of a Timeless Tradition" by Christopher Wallis.
#tantra #classicaltantra #spirituality #yoga #meditation
#tantra #classicaltantra #spirituality #yoga #meditation
This episode offers a deeply restorative yoga nidra practice titled Body of Joy. Unlike other guided meditations previously shared on the podcast, this one invites you to lie in stillness - awake, aware, and fully relaxed out of the impulse to move.
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May 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This episode offers a deeply restorative yoga nidra practice titled Body of Joy. Unlike other guided meditations previously shared on the podcast, this one invites you to lie in stillness - awake, aware, and fully relaxed out of the impulse to move.
shows.acast.com/tantra-illum...
shows.acast.com/tantra-illum...
Vijñānākala: the unliberated perceiver who is almost free by virtue of his insight, but unwilling to surrender his separate identity (one of the Seven Perceivers)
#tantra #classicaltantra #recognitionsutras #spirituality
#tantra #classicaltantra #recognitionsutras #spirituality
April 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Vijñānākala: the unliberated perceiver who is almost free by virtue of his insight, but unwilling to surrender his separate identity (one of the Seven Perceivers)
#tantra #classicaltantra #recognitionsutras #spirituality
#tantra #classicaltantra #recognitionsutras #spirituality
The End of Suffering with Artur Appazov
We’re honored to mark our 50th episode with a deep conversation that gets to the heart of the spiritual path. Artur Appazov returns to explore how suffering arises—not from pain itself, but from resistance and the stories we cling to.
#tantra #spirituality
We’re honored to mark our 50th episode with a deep conversation that gets to the heart of the spiritual path. Artur Appazov returns to explore how suffering arises—not from pain itself, but from resistance and the stories we cling to.
#tantra #spirituality
Ep 50 ~ The End of Suffering with Artur Appazov
YouTube video by Christopher Wallis
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April 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The End of Suffering with Artur Appazov
We’re honored to mark our 50th episode with a deep conversation that gets to the heart of the spiritual path. Artur Appazov returns to explore how suffering arises—not from pain itself, but from resistance and the stories we cling to.
#tantra #spirituality
We’re honored to mark our 50th episode with a deep conversation that gets to the heart of the spiritual path. Artur Appazov returns to explore how suffering arises—not from pain itself, but from resistance and the stories we cling to.
#tantra #spirituality
"With all my heart, I implore you to realize that judging, diagnosing, labeling, or pathologizing another person is not speaking your truth. "
- Excerpt from: "Near Enemies of the Truth: " by Christopher Wallis.
- Excerpt from: "Near Enemies of the Truth: " by Christopher Wallis.
April 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"With all my heart, I implore you to realize that judging, diagnosing, labeling, or pathologizing another person is not speaking your truth. "
- Excerpt from: "Near Enemies of the Truth: " by Christopher Wallis.
- Excerpt from: "Near Enemies of the Truth: " by Christopher Wallis.
This week podcast episode is a classical tantrik #meditation on the five elements, accompanied by esoteric tantrik bīja mantras.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYSc...
#spirituality #nonduality #magic #classicaltantra #tantra #mantra #guidedmeditation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYSc...
#spirituality #nonduality #magic #classicaltantra #tantra #mantra #guidedmeditation
Ep 47 ~ Bhūta-shuddhi: Five Elemental Energies Meditation
YouTube video by Christopher Wallis
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March 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This week podcast episode is a classical tantrik #meditation on the five elements, accompanied by esoteric tantrik bīja mantras.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYSc...
#spirituality #nonduality #magic #classicaltantra #tantra #mantra #guidedmeditation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYSc...
#spirituality #nonduality #magic #classicaltantra #tantra #mantra #guidedmeditation
Wednesday, 26th Mahā-Śivarātri livestream at 8pm GMT0.
Hareesh will be leading a celebration in London with traditional stories and kirtan in reverence of Śiva.
Create an account and join via the Live Calls page at learn.tantrailluminated.org/live-access/
#shivaratri #shiva #classicaltantra
Hareesh will be leading a celebration in London with traditional stories and kirtan in reverence of Śiva.
Create an account and join via the Live Calls page at learn.tantrailluminated.org/live-access/
#shivaratri #shiva #classicaltantra
February 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Wednesday, 26th Mahā-Śivarātri livestream at 8pm GMT0.
Hareesh will be leading a celebration in London with traditional stories and kirtan in reverence of Śiva.
Create an account and join via the Live Calls page at learn.tantrailluminated.org/live-access/
#shivaratri #shiva #classicaltantra
Hareesh will be leading a celebration in London with traditional stories and kirtan in reverence of Śiva.
Create an account and join via the Live Calls page at learn.tantrailluminated.org/live-access/
#shivaratri #shiva #classicaltantra
Shiva Sutra 1.9
svapno vikalpāḥ
dream means mental constructs
From our Shiva Sutras course
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIxE...
#tantra #shaivism #shiva #shivaratri #classicaltantra #contemplation #nonduality #spirituality #shivasutra #sanskrit
svapno vikalpāḥ
dream means mental constructs
From our Shiva Sutras course
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIxE...
#tantra #shaivism #shiva #shivaratri #classicaltantra #contemplation #nonduality #spirituality #shivasutra #sanskrit
Shiva Sutras 9
YouTube video by Tantra Illuminated
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February 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Shiva Sutra 1.9
svapno vikalpāḥ
dream means mental constructs
From our Shiva Sutras course
learn.tantrailluminated.org/courses/the-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIxE...
#tantra #shaivism #shiva #shivaratri #classicaltantra #contemplation #nonduality #spirituality #shivasutra #sanskrit
svapno vikalpāḥ
dream means mental constructs
From our Shiva Sutras course
learn.tantrailluminated.org/courses/the-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIxE...
#tantra #shaivism #shiva #shivaratri #classicaltantra #contemplation #nonduality #spirituality #shivasutra #sanskrit
As a matter of direct experience, it is of course impossible to not be in the present moment. You can’t be anywhere but here, and you can’t be anywhen but now. If you are lost in thought about the past or future, you are lost in thought here and now.
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February 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
As a matter of direct experience, it is of course impossible to not be in the present moment. You can’t be anywhere but here, and you can’t be anywhen but now. If you are lost in thought about the past or future, you are lost in thought here and now.
app.thestorygraph.com/books/7538c4...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/7538c4...
Experience Classical Tantra in the UK – July 2025
Step away from the noise and immerse yourself in meditation, mantra, movement, and deep teachings at The Vedanta, Lincoln, UK from July 22-27, 2025.
www.tantrailluminated.org/calendar/uk-...
#tantra #yoga #meditation #classicaltantra #retreat
Step away from the noise and immerse yourself in meditation, mantra, movement, and deep teachings at The Vedanta, Lincoln, UK from July 22-27, 2025.
www.tantrailluminated.org/calendar/uk-...
#tantra #yoga #meditation #classicaltantra #retreat
February 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Experience Classical Tantra in the UK – July 2025
Step away from the noise and immerse yourself in meditation, mantra, movement, and deep teachings at The Vedanta, Lincoln, UK from July 22-27, 2025.
www.tantrailluminated.org/calendar/uk-...
#tantra #yoga #meditation #classicaltantra #retreat
Step away from the noise and immerse yourself in meditation, mantra, movement, and deep teachings at The Vedanta, Lincoln, UK from July 22-27, 2025.
www.tantrailluminated.org/calendar/uk-...
#tantra #yoga #meditation #classicaltantra #retreat
Do not go to the garden of flowers! O Friend! go not there;
In your body is the garden of flowers.
Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus, and there, gaze on the Infinite Beauty.
_
Kabir
Art by www.camatkaracreative.com
#meditation #yoga #tantrikyoga #tantra #nonduality
In your body is the garden of flowers.
Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus, and there, gaze on the Infinite Beauty.
_
Kabir
Art by www.camatkaracreative.com
#meditation #yoga #tantrikyoga #tantra #nonduality
February 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Do not go to the garden of flowers! O Friend! go not there;
In your body is the garden of flowers.
Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus, and there, gaze on the Infinite Beauty.
_
Kabir
Art by www.camatkaracreative.com
#meditation #yoga #tantrikyoga #tantra #nonduality
In your body is the garden of flowers.
Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus, and there, gaze on the Infinite Beauty.
_
Kabir
Art by www.camatkaracreative.com
#meditation #yoga #tantrikyoga #tantra #nonduality
Free Online Satsang this Saturday with Christopher Wallis!
This Saturday, Feb 1st, at 6 PM (GMT+0). This gathering is an opportunity to explore the wisdom of Tantrik teachings in a space of reflection, connection, and open-hearted dialogue.
learn.tantrailluminated.org/live-access/
#tantra
This Saturday, Feb 1st, at 6 PM (GMT+0). This gathering is an opportunity to explore the wisdom of Tantrik teachings in a space of reflection, connection, and open-hearted dialogue.
learn.tantrailluminated.org/live-access/
#tantra
January 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Free Online Satsang this Saturday with Christopher Wallis!
This Saturday, Feb 1st, at 6 PM (GMT+0). This gathering is an opportunity to explore the wisdom of Tantrik teachings in a space of reflection, connection, and open-hearted dialogue.
learn.tantrailluminated.org/live-access/
#tantra
This Saturday, Feb 1st, at 6 PM (GMT+0). This gathering is an opportunity to explore the wisdom of Tantrik teachings in a space of reflection, connection, and open-hearted dialogue.
learn.tantrailluminated.org/live-access/
#tantra
