Kulavadhuta Satpurananda: The Path of a Yogi, Gone Beyond
Love & Liberation with Olivia Clementine
Release Date: 07/21/2025
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info_outlineKulavadhuta Satpurananda (Khyapababa) was initiated into the secret oral tradition of the great Indian lineage of Buddhist tantra at the age of five. He then spent decades practicing under great Indian gurus and mystics. Kulavadhuta is an artist, teacher and research guide in Buddhism, Tantra, Sufism, and the Indigenous practices of Mystics of India and Tibet. And at the heart is an Avadhuta, one who has transcended worldly concerns and even the dharma.
Time notes:
00:00:00 Introduction
01:05:80 Spiritual matriarchy from birth
0:6:30 Early spiritual experiences
00:10:00 Near-death experiences as a child
00:11:00 Knowledge making him an orphan
00:14:00 Spiritual experience with Baba Ramnath Aghori
00:22:00 Cremation ground practice
00:22:56 Internal conflict around Ma, the divine goddess
00:28:00 Renunciation with Ma Annandamoyee
00:30:00 Leaving his family and material support, for spiritual life
00:34:00 Museum iconography consultant and designer
00:37:00 Confirmed as an Avadhuta
00:41:00 Self-initiated into Buddhist tantra
00:44:00 Why Vedas are not Khyapababa's cup of tea
00:49:00 Comparing Christian Gnostic, Wrathful Sufi Order, and Leftist Tantra
00:55:00 2 Essences of cremation ground practice
00:57:00 5 Deaths
00:50 Compassionate exorcism
01:03:00 Taking obstacles as the game of life
01:08:00 Life beyond the world and dharmas
01:11:00 Meeting his spiritual partner and marrying at 60
01:15:00 Meaning of a tantric practitioner
01:16:00 On tantric partnership and 5 elemental relationship
01:23:00 Baul traditions historical Siddhas
01:30:00 Ngakpa robes, dreadlocks, and earrings
01:34:00 Non-importance and samadhi
01:38:00 Baba shares a doha by Lalan Shah Fakir of Kushthiya, Bangladesh,19th Century.
Lalan made it clear in his teaching songs that Vajrayana came up to Vaishnavism and Sufism to create Sahajiya Bauls of Bengal. His Teachings are pointing out to Voidness and Tantrayoga.
01:38:48 Closing: Khyapababa sings about the Guru
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