Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 17-19, given on Zoom to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 20 April 2022. लालने ताडने मातुर्नाकारुण्यं यथाऽर्भके | तद्वदेव जगन्मातुर्नियन्त्र्या गुणदोषयोः || १७ || lālane tāḍane mātur-nākāruṇyaṃ yathā'rbhake | tadvad-eva jagan-mātur-niyantryā guṇa-doṣayoḥ || 17 || 17. "As a mother feels no lack of compassion whether indulging or chastening her child, Just so the World-Mother feels when overseei...
Apr 20, 2022•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 161
Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 14-16, given via Zoom to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 6 April 2022. इति चिन्तातुराः सर्वे जग्मुर्वैकुण्ठमण्डले | शशंसुर्हरिमेकान्ते स चोपायं जगाद ह || १४ || iti cintāturāḥ sarve jagmur-vaikuṇṭha-maṇḍale | śaśaṃsur-harim-ekānte sa copāyaṃ jagāda ha || 14 || 14. "Thus afflicted with worry, all the gods journeyed to Vishnu’s heaven, Taking counsel with him in private. He then explained...
Apr 07, 2022•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 159
Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 10-13, given on Zoom to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 30 March 2022. ब्रह्मदत्तवरो दैत्योऽभवत्त्रैलोक्यनायकः | शिवौरसस्तु यः पुत्रः स ते हन्ता भविष्यति || १० || brahma-datta-varo daityo'bhavat-trailokya-nāyakaḥ | śivaurasastu yaḥ putraḥ sa te hantā bhaviṣyati || 10 || 10. "The fiend became master of the three-tiered universe after procuring from Brahma this boon: 'Only a legitimate s...
Mar 31, 2022•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 158
Scripture class on the Srimad Devi Bhagavatam's Devi Gita , Chapter I, verses 6 to 9, by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Sarasawati given on Zoom to students of Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 23 March 2022. सौभाग्यरहितं जातं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् | शक्तीहीनं जगत्सर्वं साब्धिद्वीपं सपर्वतम् || ६ || saubhāgya-rahitaṃ jātaṃ trailokyaṃ sa-carācaram | śaktī-hīnaṃ jagat-sarvaṃ sābdhi-dvīpaṃ sa-parvatam || 6 || 6. "Meanwhile, the three-tiered universe, with all that is mobile and immobile, lost its a...
Mar 23, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 157
Scripture class on Devi Gita, Chapter I, verses 3-5, by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Sarasawti given on Zoom to students of Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 16 March 2022. व्यास उवाच धन्य्ऽओसि कृतकृत्य्ऽओसि शिक्षित्ऽओसि महात्मभिः | भाग्यवानसि यद्-देव्यां निर्व्याजा भक्तिरस्ति ते || ३ || vyāsa uvāca dhany'osi kṛta-kṛty'osi śikṣit'osi mahātma-bhiḥ | bhāgyavān-asi yad-devyāṃ nirvyājā bhaktirasti te || 3 || Vyasa said: "You are blessed and completely fulfilled; you have been taught by those of ...
Mar 16, 2022•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 156
Scripture class on Devi Gita, Chapter I, verses 1 & 2, by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati given on Zoom to students of Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 9 March 2022. जनमेजय उवाच janamejaya uvāca Janamejaya said: धराधराधीश मौलावाविरासीत्परं महः | यदुक्तं भवता पूर्वं विस्तरात् तद्वदस्व मे || १ || dharādharādhīśa maulāvāvirāsīt-paraṃ mahaḥ | yaduktaṃ bhavatā pūrvaṃ vistarāt tad-vadasva me || 1 || "You said earlier that the supreme lustrous power manifested itself on the crest of the...
Mar 09, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 155
Revered Swami Chetananandaji Maharaj of the St. Louis Vedanta Society discuses japa, the meditative repetition of mantra. Swamiji reads from an untranslated book by the saint Sri Anirvan.
Feb 23, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 152
Satsang by Swami Chetanananda of the St. Louis Vedanta Society
Feb 16, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 151
Satsang with Rev. Swami Sarvadevanandaji Maharaj on the life Latu Maharaj, H.H. Swami Adbhutananda Puri, a beloved disciple of Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
Feb 09, 2020•47 min•Ep. 153
Satsang with Rev. Swami Sarvadevanandaji Maharaj on the life Latu Maharaj, H.H. Swami Adbhutananda Puri, a beloved disciple of Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
Feb 09, 2020•47 min•Ep. 148
Swami Ashokananda Interviews Mrs. Hansbrough
Feb 08, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 150
Swami Ashokananda Interviews Mrs. Hansbrough
Feb 01, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 149
by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati given at the San Diego Vedanta Monastery as part of Swami Vivekananda's birth celebration.
Jan 20, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 146
Reading and discourse on Swami Vivekananda’s “The Necessity of Religion” by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati (Audio Only)
Jan 12, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 135
VIDEO Version - Reading and discourse on Swami Vivekananda’s “The Necessity of Religion” by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati
Jan 12, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 147
Pravachan (discourse) by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the Kali Sahashranam (Thousand Names of Kali). Swamiji discusses names 244-248 from verse 32: paramānandarūpā ca ciddānandasvarūpiṇī | sarvānandamayī nitya sarvānandasvarūpiṇī || 244. Paramānanda-Rūpā 245. Ciddānanda-Svarūpiṇī 246. Sarvānanda-Mayī 247. Nitya 248. Sarvānanda-Svarūpiṇī
Jan 05, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 136
Pravachan (discourse) by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Sahashranama. Swamiji discuses the names "Bhagavati" and "Anuragini".
Dec 29, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 137
Pravachan (discourse) on the Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi by Revered Swami Sarvadevananda Puri Maharaj, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math & Mission and Spiritual Head of the Vedanta Society of Southern California and its affiliated centers.
Dec 22, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 138
Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati. Swamiji continues his series on the Kali Sahashranam (Thousand Names of Goddess Kali) with a discussion of the cluster of names from verse 231: śuddhā taraṇginī medhā lākinī bahu-rūpiṇī | sthūlā sūkṣmā sūkṣma-tarā bhagavatyanurāgiṇī || 234. śuddhā 235. taraṇginī 236. medhā 237. lākinī 238. bahu-rūpiṇī 239. sthūlā 240. sūkṣmā 241. sūkṣma-tarā
Dec 15, 2019•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 139
Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Sahashranama (Thousand Names of Goddess Kali). Swamiji discuses the names Vijaya, Jaya, Nadi Sindhu, Tara, and Shunya Nivasini.
Dec 08, 2019•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 140
Satsang with Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda on the Kali Sahashrana, discussing Saraswati and Matangi.
Nov 30, 2019•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 145
Pravachan (discourse) on Kali Sahashranam by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati. The divine names under discussion: 213. Nītiḥ 214. Sunītiḥ 215. Suruciḥ 216. Tuṣṭiḥ 217. Puṣṭiḥ 218. Dhṛtiḥ 219. Kṣamā 220. Vāṇī 221. Buddhiḥ 222. Mahā-lakṣmīḥ 223. Lakṣmīḥ
Nov 17, 2019•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 141
Pravacan (discourse) by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati. Swamiji continue his series on the "Kali Sahashranam" (Thousand Names of Goddess Kali) with discussion on names 209. Śacī, 210. Sītā, 211. Satī, & 212. Satya-parāyaṇā from verse 28.
Nov 02, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 142
Pravachan (discourse) by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Sahashranam. Name 208: Kaśi
Oct 19, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 143
Pravachan (discourse) on Devi Mahatmyam by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati
Sep 28, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 144
Pravachan (discourse) by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the Thousand Names of Goddess Kali. Swamiji discuses name 207 “Ganga”.
Sep 14, 2019•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 131
Pravachan (discourse) by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the Kali Sahashranam (Thousand Names of Kali). 203. Niścalā – She who is immovable (om niścalāyai namah) 204. Lolā – She who has lolling tongue (om lolāyai namah) 205. Sarva-vidyā – She who is all knowledge (om sarva-vidyāyai namah) 206. Tapasvinī – She who performs austerities (om tapasvinyai namah)
Sep 08, 2019•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 130
Satsang with Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the Thousand Names of Kali Verses 98-202
Sep 01, 2019•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 129
Satsanga with Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Sahasranama (the Thousand Names of Goddess Kāli). In this discourse Swamiji discusses names 195 through 198 from verse 27 (given below). śrutiḥ smṛtir-mahā-vidyā guhya-vidyā purātanī | cintyācintyā svadhā svāhā nidrā tandrā ca pārvatī |27| 190. Śrutiḥ– She who is what is heard (Vedas) 191. Smṛtiḥ - She who is what is remembered 192. Mahā-vidyā– She who is the great knowledge 193. Guhya-vidyā– She who is hidden knowledge 194. Purātanī– S...
Aug 18, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 132
Satsang by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the Kali Sahashranam (Thousand Names of Goddess Kali). In this class Swamiji discusses names 185 through 194 from verses 26 and 27 (given below). vidyā-dharī vasumatī yakṣiṇī yogini jarā | rākṣaśī dakini veda -mayī veda-vibhūṣaṇā |26| 181. Vidyā-dharī– She who holds knowledge 182. Vasumatī– She who is wealth 183. Yakṣiṇī– She who is a Yakshi/ who guards wealth 184. Yogini– She who is in union 185. Jarā– She who is elderly 186. Rākṣaśī– She w...
Aug 11, 2019•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 128
