Conversations with the great masters and scholars.
Podcasts
Episode 1: Confluence of Vedas and Tantra
In this episode, Tirtha inquires Acharya Dr. Sthaneshwar Timalsina (Professor, Stony Brook University) whether the two streams of practice, Vedas and Tantra, are separate from each other or they have much in common. Spoken with theological authority, Acharya ji explains the nuances of interrelationships between the two streams.
Episode 2: Esoterism in Vedas and Tantra
In this episode, Shubhadeep Basu (Researcher at IISc Bengaluru) asks Dr. Sthaneshwar Timalsina in detail about the esoteric rituals in the Tantra practices and how one might find synchronicity between the two fields.
Episode 3: Vedas, Tantra, and Consciousness
In this episode, Tirtha and Sthaneshwar Timalsina engage in a discussion on the nature of consciousness as explored in the texts of Tantra and the Vedas. They argue whether it is static or dynamic or both at the same time. And, if so, what are the principles that can lay before us the fundamentals of understanding what consciousness is?