YouTube
Visit my YouTube Channel for video teachings on a range of topics including 'Being with Intense Emotions', translation of a text called 'The Blossoming of Awareness,' beginning Sanskrit classes and more.
Podcasts
On Yoga, Tantra and Politics
A Podcast with Amisha Ghadiali
We explore the ancient stories, modern manifestations and internal expanses of tantra and yogic practice. Hareesh joins Amisha in discussion of what it truly means to be a yogi, what happens when we become a focal point of unified consciousness on public transport, the non-difference between the body, mind and bodymind, and what the yoga tradition teaches us about politics.
The Heart of Recognition and Remembering Who You Are
A Podcast with Ashton Szabo
The Heart of Recognition is a sublime 11th Century Tantric text that beautifully synthesizes many threads within the Tantric traditions. Join us as we dive into this incredible text and explain its importance within the context of both the ancient and modern practices and understandings of yoga.
Presence Is a Relaxing of Personal Will
With Ashleigh Sergeant
What is presence, beyond an idea or a concept? In this podcast, Hareesh introduces teachings that aim straight at the heart of experiencing presence, not just conceptualizing it, using tools from the perspective of the Sanskrit language and the Trika tradition of Nondual Shaiva Tantra.
The Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #235
Part 1 | Part 2
With Stuart Goodnick and Dr. Robert Schmidt
The Mystical Positivist is dedicated to the application of reason in the pursuit of spiritual practice and development. It consists of commentary, book reviews, interviews, and discussion in and around the local and larger spiritual community. The thesis of the show is that rationality is in no way the antithesis of deep mystical experience, in fact, we assert that it is a necessary ally.
Tantra Illuminated
A podcast on J Brown Yoga
Hareesh talks with J about the art and science of translating Sanskrit, the influence of Tantra on modern yoga, qualifications on non-duality, Abhinava Gupta, and how the removal of conceptual overlays and integration of transcendence reveals inherent wonder and awe in life.
Tantra, Non-dualism and Awakening to Your True Nature
A podcast with Embodied Philosophy's Jacob Kyle
Hareesh talks with Jacob about the Western spiritual climate with being one oriented around "experiences" and spiritual highs. The question is asked: when the high is over, where do you land? That's what Tantra is interested in; not the fleeting experiences that come and go, but shifting the default state of awareness.
Conscious Speaking - Pulling back the curtains on Tantra
A podcast with Michael Neeley
Hareesh busts some myths about the history of Tantra, and clarifies the nature of classical Tantra as a spiritual movement that emphasizes spiritual technology for inner transformation and empowerment.
Sex vs Tantrik Yoga
A podcast with Ashton Szabo
What is Tantra? Is it synonymous with sex? In this interview with Hareesh, we’ll set the record straight and clear up any confusion about tantrik yoga and sex.
"Modern scholarship now frequently acknowledges that the concept “Hinduism” was constructed by Western ‘Orientalist’ [1] scholarship, and that there was no such indigenous term until the nineteenth century.[2] Yet such acknowledgment is often merely lip-service, for the term continues to be used to describe the entire complex and diverse Indian religious milieu, other than Buddhism and Jainism, throughout the common era."
"The main purpose of this paper is to gather in one place evidence that has been piling up for some years in secondary sources, but the full implications of which are not yet apparent to most scholars who are not specialists in the philological analysis of the primary sources for the study of Tantra."
"Nearly everyone is aware of Coleman Barks’ bestselling English versions of the Persian poems of Jalāl ad-Dīn Rūmī, and most educated readers of Barks are by now aware that his “translations” are not translations at all, Barks having no Persian: they are retooled versions of earlier English translations. But we forgive Barks the false advertising found on the title pages of his works because he has several times in print admitted the truth of the matter, and because his poems based on Rūmī’s are so often very good, providing spiritual inspiration without departing too far from the original."