Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on names 263 & 267 of verse 34 of the "Thousand Names of Kali" given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 30 March 2023, followed by arati and kirtan. भ्रान्तिर्भवानी रुद्राणी मृडानी शत्रुमर्दिनी । उपेन्द्राणी महेन्द्राणी ज्योत्स्ना चन्द्रस्वरूपिणी ॥ bhrāntir-bhavānī rudrāṇī mṛḍānī śatru-mardinī | upendrāṇī mahendrāṇī jyotsnā candra-svarūpiṇī || 52 || 267. bhrāntiḥ 268. bhavānī 269. rudrāṇī 270. mṛdānī 271. śatru-mardinī...
Mar 31, 2024•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 221
Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on names 263 & 267 of verse 34 of the "Thousand Names of Kali" given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 23 March 2023, followed by arati and kirtan. पद्मा पद्मालया पद्ममुखी पद्मविभूषणा । डाकिनी शाकिनी क्षान्ता राकिणी रुधिरप्रिया ॥ ३४॥ padmā padmā-layā padma-mukhī padma-vibhūṣaṇā । ḍākinī śākinī kṣāntā rākiṇī rudhira-priyā ॥ 34॥2 63. ḍākinī 264. śākinī 265. kṣāntā 266. rākiṇī 267. rudhira-priyā...
Mar 25, 2024•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 220
Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on names 258 & 261 of verse 34 of the "Thousand Names of Kali" given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 30 December 2023, followed by arati and kirtan. पद्मा पमालया पममखी पमवभषणा । डाकिनी शाकिनी क्षान्ता राकिणी रुधिर-प्रिया ॥ ३४॥ padmā padmā-layā padma-mukhī padma-vibhūṣaṇā । ḍākinī śākinī kṣāntā rākiṇī rudhira-priyā ॥ 34॥ 258. padmā 259. padmā-layā 260. padma-mukhī 261. padma-vibhūṣaṇā...
Dec 31, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 219
Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on names 251 & 257 of verse 33 of the "Thousand Names of Kali" given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 16 December 2023, followed by arati and kirtan. सुनन्दा नन्दिनी स्तुत्या स्तवनीयस्वभाविनी | रण्किणी भण्किनी चित्रा विचित्रा चित्ररूपिणी |३३| sunandā nandinī stutyā stavanīya-svabhāvinī | raṇkiṇī bhaṇkinī citrā vicitrā citra-rūpiṇī |33| 251. स्तुत्या stutyā 252. स्तवनीयस्वभाविनी stavanīya-svabhāvinī 253. रण्किणी raṇkiṇī 254. भण...
Dec 17, 2023•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 218
Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Swami Sarvadevananda Puri Maharaj, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and spiritual head of the Vedanta Society of Southern California given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 9 December 2023. Pujya Swamiji speaks spontaneously on Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, spiritual consort of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
Dec 10, 2023•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 217
Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on names 249 & 250 of verse 33 of the "Thousand Names of Kali" given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 2 December 2023, followed by arati and kirtan. सुनन्दा नन्दिनी स्तुत्या स्तवनीयस्वभाविनी | रण्किणी भण्किनी चित्रा विचित्रा चित्ररूपिणी |३३| sunandā nandinī stutyā stavanīya-svabhāvinī | raṇkiṇī bhaṇkinī citrā vicitrā citra-rūpiṇī |33| 249. सुनन्दा sunandā 250. नन्दिनी nandinī...
Dec 03, 2023•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 216
Discourse by Revered Swami Chetanananda Puri Maharaj, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and Minister of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 16 September 2023. Swamiji reads from his new book "Stories of Vedanta Monks, Vol. 2" as he remembers the life and message Revered Swami Muktananda, a disciple and Mahapurush Maharaj and Revered Swami Jagadananda, a disciple of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi.
Sep 17, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 215
New moon worship of Ma Dakshineswari Kali performed by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati
Sep 15, 2023•2 hr 54 min•Ep. 214
Discourse by Revered Swami Chetanananda Puri Maharaj, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and Minister of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 26 August 2023. Swamiji reads from his new book "Stories of Vedanta Monks, Vol. 2" as he remembers the life and message Revered Swami Muktananda, a disciple and Mahapurush Maharaj. _____________________ https://kalimandir.org/ https://vedantastl.org/
Aug 27, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 213
Reposted scripture class on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 44, given by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati to students of Ramakrishna Seminary via Zoom on 7 September 2022. नमो देव्यै महादेव्यै शिवायै सत्तं नमः | नमः प्रकृत्यै भद्रायै नियताः प्रणताः स्म ताम् || ४४ || namo devyai mahā-devyai śivāyai sattaṃ namaḥ | namaḥ prakṛtyai bhadrāyai niyatāḥ praṇatāḥ sma tām || 44 || 44. "Hail to the Goddess, to the Great Goddess; to the Auspicious One always hail! Hail to Nature, to the Propitious One; we ...
Aug 24, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 212
Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 27 & 28 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 15 June 2022 on Zoom. चतुर्दिक्षु चतुर्वेदैर्मूर्तिमद्भिरभिष्टुतम् | कोटिसूर्याप्रतीकाशं चन्द्रकोटिसुशीतलम् || २७ || catur-dikṣu catur-vedair-mūrtimadbhir-abhiṣṭutam | koṭi-sūryā-pratīkāśaṃ candra-koṭi-suśītalam || 27 || "Praised on all sides by the four Vedas incarnate, It blazed like ten million suns, yet soothed like ten million mo...
Aug 24, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 211
Discourse by Revered Swami Chetanananda Puri Maharaj, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and Minister of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 12 August 2023. Swamiji reads from his new book "Stories of Vedanta Monks, Vol. 2" as he remembers the life and message of the great ascetic Most Revered Swami Saradeshananda, a disciple and attendant of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi. _____________________ https://kalimandir.org/ https://vedantastl.org/...
Aug 13, 2023•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 210
Discourse by Revered Swami Chetananandaji Maharaj, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and Minister of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 27 August 2022. Swamiji reads from his new book "Stories of Vedanta Monks" as he remembers the life and message of the great ascetic Most Revered Swami Saradeshananda, a disciple and attendant of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi. _____________________ https://kalimandir.org/ https://vedantastl.org/...
Aug 06, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 209
Discourse by Rev. Swami Chetanananda Puri, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, and Minister of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 29 July 2023.
Jul 30, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 208
Two Poems by His Holiness Guruji Swami Vishnudevanand Saraswati of Prayagraj~Allahabad (1904-1997), read by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati. Guruji wrote these poems in 1978 sitting on a bench in Central Park in response to a devotee's question: "What is vairagya?" ADMONITION I Oh Son of Immortality! You are the Divine Dweller You have come here as a stranger and a traveler It is a domain of diversity and endless dilemma Life is perpetually puzzling in its phenomena and panorama Here there...
Jul 01, 2023•4 min•Ep. 207
Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati is joined by special guest scholar George Barselaar, a disciple and attendant of the great master of Kashmiri Shaivism His Holiness Swami Lakshmanjoo, live from Swamiji's ashram in Srinagar, Kashmir. We are continuing the discussion we started last week on verse 2.10: विमर्श इति तां प्राहुः शैवशास्त्रविशारदाः | अविद्यामितरे प्राहुर्वेदतत्त्वार्थचिन्तकाः || १० || 10. vimarśa iti tāṃ prāhuḥ śaiva-śāstra-viśāradāḥ | avidyāmitare prāhur-veda-tattvārtha-cintakāḥ || 10 || ...
Jun 27, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 206
A short exert from "Advice for Spiritual Living" by His Holiness Gurudev Swami Chidananda Saraswati (1916-2008), read by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati. "Blessed Immortal Atman! "It is now the holy period of Navaratri as I write this. The atmosphere is surcharged with deep devotion to Maha-Devi and vibrant with the fervor of worshipfulness, adoration and prayer. Our thoughts are filled with the glorious Divine Mother, and Her Blessed and wondrous manifestation as Durga-Lakshmi-Saraswati. ...
Jun 24, 2023•4 min•Ep. 205
A short exert from "Sadhana, a Textbook of the Psychology and Practice of the Techniques to Spiritual Perfection", pg 365-367 by His Holiness Gurudev Swami Sivananda Saraswati (1887-1963), read by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati. "Why should you prolong your bondage unnecessarily? Why should you not claim your birthright right now? Do it now. Stand up. Gird your loins. Do rigorous and vigorous sadhana and attain freedom, immortality and eternal bliss. Make the lower nature the servant of t...
Jun 22, 2023•3 min•Ep. 204
Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati is joined by special guest scholar George Barselaar, a disciple and attendant of the great master of Kashmiri Shaivism His Holiness Swami Lakshmanjoo, live from Swamiji's ashram in Srinagar, Kashmir. We are continuing the discussion we started last week on verse 2.10: विमर्श इति तां प्राहुः शैवशास्त्रविशारदाः | अविद्यामितरे प्राहुर्वेदतत्त्वार्थचिन्तकाः || १० || 10. vimarśa iti tāṃ prāhuḥ śaiva-śāstra-viśāradāḥ | avidyāmitare prāhur-veda-tattvārtha-cintakāḥ || 10 || ...
Jun 22, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 203
Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verses 9 & 10 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 14 June 2023. केचित् तां तप इत्याहुस्तमः केचिज्जडं परे | ज्ञानं मायां प्रधानं च प्रकृतिं शक्तिमप्यजाम् || ९ || kecit tāṃ tapa ityāhus-tamaḥ kecij-jaḍaṃ pare | jñānaṃ māyāṃ pradhānaṃ ca prakṛtiṃ śakti-mapyajām || 9 || 9. "Some call this Maya the power of austerity; others call it darkness; still others, dullness, or knowledge,...
Jun 15, 2023•2 hr 9 min•Ep. 202
A short selection from "Ramdas Speaks, Vol. V", page 142-143 by His Holiness Papa Swami Ramdas (1884-1963), read by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati "The easiest way to attain this beatific vision, Ramdas can tell you, is the repetition of God's holy name. Ramdas has read in the teachings of all the great sages and saints of India, about the glory of the Divine Name. Sri Ramakrishna and the Holy Mother also have been telling us to repeat God's name and do japa, because it is so very easy. W...
Jun 09, 2023•5 min•Ep. 201
Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verses 7 & 8 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 7 June 2023. स्वाशक्तेश्च समायोगादहं बीजात्मतां गता | स्वाधारावरणात् तस्या दोषत्वं च समागतम् || ७ || svāśakteśca samā-yogād-ahaṃ bījātmatāṃ gatā | svādhārā-varaṇāt tasyā doṣatvaṃ ca samāgatam || 7 || 7. "By uniting with this inherent power of mine, I become the cosmic seed. By obscuring Me, its own basis, this power is prone t...
Jun 08, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 200
Narendra Hathaway, Dante, and Trevor Hall (Rampriya Das) perform in Laguna Canyon in celebration of Kali Mandir's 30th anniversary.
May 30, 2023•2 hr 15 min•Ep. 199
Morning worship of Ma Dakshineswari Kali and bhajans recorded on 28 May 2023
May 30, 2023•2 hr 56 min•Ep. 198
Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the Devi Gita of the Srimad Devi Bhagavatam, chapter 2, verses 5 & 6 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 17 May 2023. पावकस्योष्ण्यतेवेयमुष्णांशोरिव दीधितिः | चन्द्रस्य चन्द्रिकेवेयं ममेयं सहजा ध्रुवा || ५ || pāvakasyoṣṇyateveyamuṣṇāṃśoriva dīdhitiḥ | candrasya candrikeveyaṃ mameyaṃ sahajā dhruvā || 5 || 5. "As heat inheres in fire, as brilliance in the sun, as cool light in the moon, just so thi...
May 18, 2023•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 197
Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verses 3 & 4 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 10 May 2023. अप्रतर्क्यमनिर्देश्यमनौपम्यमनामयम् | तस्य काचित् स्वतः सिद्धा शक्तिर्मायेति विश्रुता || ३ || apratarkyam-anirdeśyam-anaupamyam-anāmayam | tasya kācit svataḥ siddhā śaktirmāyeti viśrutā || 3 || 3. "It is beyond reason, indescribable, incomparable, incorruptible. From out of itself evolves a certain power renowned a...
May 11, 2023•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 196
Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verses 1 & 2 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 26 April 2023. शृण्वन्तु निर्जराः सर्वे व्याहर्न्त्या वचो मम | यस्य श्रवणमात्रेण मद्रूपत्वं प्रपद्यते || १ || śṛṇvantu nirjarāḥ sarve vyāharntyā vaco mama | yasya śravaṇa-mātreṇa mad-rūpa-tvaṃ prapadyate || 1 || 1. "May all the gods attend to what I have to say. By merely hearing these words of mine, one attains My essential n...
Apr 27, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 195
Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 71-74 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 13 April 2023. न जानेऽस्मत्पितॄणां किं स्थानं स्यान्निर्मितं परम् | एतादृशानां वास्याय येषां वंशेऽस्ति मादृशः || ७१ || na jāne’smat-pitṝṇāṃ kiṃ sthānaṃ syānnirmitaṃ param | etādṛśānāṃ vāsyāya yeṣāṃ vaṃśe’sti mādṛśaḥ || 71 || 71. "I know not what heavenly realm has been prepared for my ancestors to rest in, so blessed are they to h...
Apr 13, 2023•2 hr 11 min•Ep. 194
Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 66-70 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 29 March 2023. व्यास उवाच vyāsa uvāca Vyasa said: हिमालयोऽपि तच्छ्रुत्वात्यनुग्रह-करम् वचः | बाष्पैः संरुद्धकण्ठाक्षो महाराज्ञीं वचोऽब्रवीत् || ६६ || himālayo’pi tacchrutvātyanugraha-karam vacaḥ | bāṣpaiḥ saṃ-ruddha-kaṇṭhākṣo mahā-rājñīṃ vaco’bravīt || 66 || 66. "Hearing Her exceedingly kind words, Himalaya on his part replied to ...
Mar 30, 2023•2 hr 19 min•Ep. 193
Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 63-65 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 15 March 2023. इति तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा प्रोवाच परमेश्वरी | मम शक्तिस्तु या गौरी भविष्यति हिमालये || ६३ || iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā provāca parameśvarī | mama śaktistu yā gaurī bhaviṣyati himālaye || 63 || 63. (Vyasa continued): "The Supreme Ruler listened to these words of theirs and gave reply." (The Goddess spoke): "My potency who ...
Mar 16, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 192
