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Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Acharya Shunya: The Five Phases of the Vedic Afterlife Journey | Part 1

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Acharya Shunya joins Tami Simon to explore Vedic perspectives on reincarnation, the journey of the soul, and the deeper meaning behind life, death, and rebirth. Are you curious about what happens after we die? This week’s episode continues our series of talks on reincarnation. Here, Tami Simon joins Acharya Shunya, a trailblazing Vedic teacher and author, to explore ancient wisdom about the soul’s journey beyond this life, as well as her own direct insights gained in service of her own lineage's evolution. Acharya Shunya shares her step-by-step guide to what happens after death, revealing a compassionate, non-judgmental process focused on growth and remembrance—not punishment for the misconceived concept of "bad karma."  Note: This interview originally aired on Sounds True One, where these special episodes of Insights at the Edge are available to watch live on video and with exclusive access to Q&As with our guests. Learn more at join.soundstrue.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

The Sounds True Podcast Network.

0:07.7

There is no greater justice than death.

0:11.4

There is no greater justice than the dissolution of everything we have known.

0:15.9

We're like standing in this shunit, this emptiness, and it's a moral field in which truth catches up with

0:24.3

our self-deceptions. It's not punishment that we are waiting for, but we are waiting for the

0:30.4

wisdom of the cosmos. Welcome, friends, to this special Sounds True series where we're exploring the case for reincarnation and the gap between lives.

0:47.1

Once more.

0:49.1

In this episode, my guest is Acharya Shunya.

0:53.6

Born in India, Acharya Shunya. Born in India, Acharya Shunya is the first female leader of a 2,000-year-old Vedic lineage.

1:04.0

She's a best-selling author on a mission to restore the sacred fire of yoga in modern times with its full power and authority.

1:18.3

She is the author of several books and audiobooks, which sounds true, including roar like a goddess

1:27.0

and sovereign self in which she draws on the wisdom of the Vedas,

1:32.6

who Panishads and the Bhagavad Gita.

1:36.0

Friends, stay with us. Shania, welcome.

1:52.1

Thank you, Tammy.

1:53.5

This is such a beautiful, profound topic,

1:57.4

and I feel excited to talk about it with you. I'm excited to have you. In putting together

2:03.6

this series, exploring reincarnation, our team wanted to look at it from many different perspectives

2:10.7

and when it came to understanding the Vedic perspective, this thousand-year-old tradition,

2:19.1

and how the process of dying and then this gap,

2:25.9

and then, yes, is there a process of rebirth?

2:29.3

What do the great Vedic sages have to teach us about this? I thought of you, you as the perfect

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