Kali Mandir Satsang

Discourse by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati given on 28 March 2026 at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram. Swamiji continues his series on the Principles of Bhakti Yoga, reading from the teachings of Narada Muni from the Srimad Bhagavatam, Skanda 51, Discourse 5 (translation by Swami Bhajanananda):

1.5.8

śrī-nārada uvāca

bhavatānudita-prāyaḿ yaśo bhagavato 'malam

yenaivāsau na tuṣyeta. manye tad darśanaḿ khilam

Sri Narada said:

"You have not praised the stainless glories of Bhagavan. This does not satisfy Him. I think such philosophy incomplete."

1.5.9

yathā dharmādayaś cārthā. muni-varyānukīrtitāḥ

na tathā vāsudevasya mahimā hy anuvarṇitaḥ

"You have repeatedly described dharma and the rest (dharma, kama, artha, moksha) as the goals, but although a great sage, have not described the glories of Vāsudeva."

1.5.10

na yad vacaś citra-padaḿ harer yaśo. jagat-pavitraḿ pragṛṇīta karhicit

tad vāyasaḿ tīrtham uśanti mānasā. na yatra haḿsā niramanty uśik-kṣayāḥ

"Words, however beautiful, that do not describe the glories of Hari, which purify the world, are places of pilgrimage to crows, and not to swans who take pleasure in transcendental bliss."

1.5.11

tad-vāg-visargo janatāgha-viplavo

yasmin prati-ślokam abaddhavaty api

nāmāny anantasya yaśo 'ńkitāni yat

śṛṇvanti gāyanti gṛṇanti sādhavaḥ

"But those words, however badly composed each verses is, that describe the names etc (name, form, abode, qualities, activities) of the Infinite, destroy the sins of all people. Such words are heard, sung, and accepted by sadhus."

Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati continues his series on the Principles of Bhakti Yoga, reading from the teachings of Kapila Muni in the Srimad Bhagavatam, Skanda 3, Discourse 28 (translation by Swami Bhajanananda):

1. śrī-bhagavān uvāca
yogasya lakṣaṇaṁ vakṣye
sabījasya nṛpātmaje
mano yenaiva vidhinā
prasannaṁ yāti sat-patham 

The Blessed Lord said:
"O princess, I shall describe the authorized system of yoga, by the practice of which one’s mind becomes joyful and advances on the path of Truth."

2. sva-dharmācaraṇaṁ śaktyā
vidharmāc ca nivartanam
daivāl labdhena santoṣa
ātmavic-caraṇārcanam

"One must perform one’s dharma with all one’s strength and avoided prohibited actions. One should be satisfied with what one has through destiny  and worship the lotus feet of the Self-realized."

3. grāmya-dharma-nivṛttiś ca
mokṣa-dharma-ratis tathā
mita-medhyādanaṁ śaśvad
vivikta-kṣema-sevanam

"Giving up worldly activities one should then develop a taste for activates that lead to liberation. One should always eat pure food in moderation and stay in a secluded and peaceful dwelling."

4. ahiṁsā satyam asteyaṁ 
yāvad-artha-parigrahaḥ
brahmacaryaṁ tapaḥ śaucaṁ
svādhyāyaḥ puruṣārcanam

"One should practice nonviolence, truthfulness, non-stealing, possessing only what is necessary, celibacy, austerity, cleanliness, self-study, and worship of the Supreme Person."

5. maunaṁ sad-āsana-jayaḥ
sthairyaṁ prāṇa-jayaḥ śanaiḥ
pratyāhāraś cendriyāṇāṁ
viṣayān manasā hṛdi

"One should practice silence, attain mastery of a proper and steady posture, control the breath/prana, gradually withdraw the senses from sense-objects, and focus the mind on the heart."

6. sva-dhiṣṇyānām eka-deśe
manasā prāṇa-dhāraṇam
vaikuṇṭha-līlābhidhyānaṁ
samādhānaṁ tathātmanaḥ

"One should fix the mind and prana  in one place in a chakra in the body and meditate upon the pastimes of Lord of Vaikunta and thus become absorbed in the self."

7. etair anyaiś ca pathibhir
mano duṣṭam asat-patham
buddhyā yuñjīta śanakair
jita-prāṇo hy atandritaḥ

"By these and other ways  this wicked mind on the path of illusion must be gradually controlled by the intelligence and one’s prana should be carefully focused."

8. śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya
vijitāsana āsanam
tasmin svasti samāsīna
ṛju-kāyaḥ samabhyaset

"Spreading a proper seat in a pure place and sitting in an easy posture, with body erect , engage in practice."

9. prāṇasya śodhayen mārgaṁ
pūra-kumbhaka-recakaiḥ
pratikūlena vā cittaṁ
yathā sthiram acañcalam

"One should purify the passages of prana by inhaling, retaining and exhaling and then reversing the process , thus making the mind-stuff (cittam yathā) steady and unwavering."

10. mano ’cirāt syād virajaṁ
jita-śvāsasya yoginaḥ
vāyv-agnibhyāṁ yathā lohaṁ
dhmātaṁ tyajati vai malam

"When a yogi’s breath is thus controlled then the mind is soon freed from disturbance, just like gold in an air-fanned fire becomes free of impurities."

11. prāṇāyāmair dahed doṣān
dhāraṇābhiś ca kilbiṣān
pratyāhāreṇa saṁsargān
dhyānenānīśvarān guṇān

"Through pranayama, one overcomes faults; by concentration, sins; by withdrawal of the mind, worldliness; and by meditation, ungodly qualities."

12. yadā manaḥ svaḿ virajaḿ
yogena susamāhitam
kāṣṭhāḿ bhagavato dhyāyet
sva-nāsāgrāvalokanaḥ

"When one’s mind is purified by yoga, gazing at the tip of the nose, with full concentration one should meditate upon the Supreme Lord."

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34. evaḿ harau bhagavati pratilabdha-bhāvo
bhaktyā dravad-dhṛdaya utpulakaḥ pramodāt
autkaṇṭhya-bāṣpa-kalayā muhur ardyamānas
tac cāpi citta-baḍiśaḿ śanakair viyuńkte

T"hus one will develop intense love for Bhagavan Hari, the heart will melt, hairs stand erect from excessive joy and tears will flow constantly from one’s eyes due to longing . Thus overcome , the mind, which has acted as a hook, begins to withdraw."

Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati continues his  series of discourses on the Principles of Bhakti Yoga, followed by arati and Ramnam Sankirtan.  Swamiji expands on the pillars of dharma discussed in last week's class, focusing on truthfulness, compassion, desire, and company.  

Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati continues his  series of discourses on the Principles of Bhakti Yoga, followed by arati and kirtan.  Swamiji expands on the pillars of dharma discussed in last week's class, and expands on tapasya (austerity/self-discipline); the Yamas & Niyamas; austerities of the body, speech, and mind; and truthfulness.

Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati begins a new series of discourses on the "Principles of Bhakti Yoga.", followed by arati and kirtan.

This class focuses on a story in the Srimad Bhagavatam about the bull of dharma and the cow of Earth being attached by the demon Kali, the personification of the adharma of Kali Yuga. Swamiji reads and discusses chapters 17 and 18 of Skanda I, and then focuses on some important verse given below:

ŚB 1.17.24
राजोवाच
तप: शौचं दया सत्यमिति पादा: कृते कृता: ।

अधर्मांशैस्त्रयो भग्ना: स्मयसङ्गमदैस्तव ॥ २४ ॥
rājovāca
tapaḥ śaucaṁ dayā satyam iti pādāḥ kṛte kṛtāḥ

adharmāṁśais trayo bhagnāḥ smaya-saṅga-madais tava
The King (Parikshit) said:
"In Satya Yuga your four legs were established as austerity (tapaḥ), purity (śaucaṁ), compassion (dayā), and truthfulness (satyam). But it appears that three of your legs have been broken by adharma in the form of pride (smaya), attachment (saṅga), and blinding passion (madaiḥ)."

ŚB 1.17.25
इदानीं धर्म पादस्ते सत्यं निर्वर्तयेद्यत: ।

तं जिघृक्षत्यधर्मोऽयमनृतेनैधित: कलि: ॥ २५ ॥
idānīṁ dharma pādas te satyaṁ nirvartayed yataḥ

taṁ jighṛkṣaty adharmo ’yam anṛtenaidhitaḥ kaliḥ
"At present, O Dharma, you are standing on one leg only, which is truthfulness (satyam), and you are somehow or other hobbling along. But Kali, the personification of adharma, is trying to destroy this leg by dishonesty (anṛtena)."

ŚB 1.17.38
सूत उवाच
अभ्यर्थितस्तदा तस्मै स्थानानि कलये ददौ ।

द्यूतं पानं स्त्रिय: सूना यत्राधर्मश्चतुर्विध: ॥ ३८ ॥
sūta uvāca
abhyarthitas tadā tasmai sthānāni kalaye dadau

dyūtaṁ pānaṁ striyaḥ sūnā yatrādharmaś catur-vidhaḥ
Sūta said:
"Thus petitioned, he (Parikshit) gave Kali permission to reside where there are the four kinds of adharma: gambling (dyūtam), drinking (pānam), womanizing (striyaḥ), and animal slaughter (sūnā)."

ŚB 1.17.39
पुनश्च याचमानाय जातरूपमदात्प्रभु: 
।
ततोऽनृतं मदं कामं रजो वैरं च पञ्चमम् ॥ ३९ ॥
punaś ca yācamānāya jāta-rūpam adāt prabhuḥ

tato ’nṛtaṁ madaṁ kāmaṁ rajo vairaṁ ca pañcamam
"[Kali] asked for something more, and because of his begging, the king gave him permission to live where there is gold (jāta-rūpam), because wherever there is gold, there is also deceit (anṛtam), intoxication (madam), lust (kāmam), cruelty (rajaḥ), and enmity (vairam) the fifth."

ŚB 1.17.41
अथैतानि न सेवेत बुभूषु: पुरुष: क्वचित् ।

विशेषतो धर्मशीलो राजा लोकपतिर्गुरु: ॥ ४१ ॥
athaitāni na seveta bubhūṣuḥ puruṣaḥ kvacit

viśeṣato dharma-śīlo rājā loka-patir guruḥ
"Therefore, whoever desires their own welfare, those who aspire to be virtuous, kings, public leaders, and gurus, should never encounter these under any circumstance."

Revered Swami Chetananandaji Maharaj shares rare reminisces of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi by Swami Ashitananda, Br. Pramesh Kumar, & Golap Ma.

Pujya Swami Chetanananda is a senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math & Mission and the Spiritual Head of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis.

Revered Swami Chetananandaji Maharaj shares rare reminisces of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi by her direct disciples Swami Gaurishananda and Swami Haripriyananda.

Pujya Swami Chetanananda is a senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math & Mission and the Spiritual Head of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis.

Class by Rev. Dr. Mahant Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Book X, chapter 13, verses 6 - 8 of Srimad Bhagavatam given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 21 June 2025.

Brahma said:

तथापि भूमन् महिमागुणस्य ते विबोद्धुम् अर्हत्य् अमलान्तरात्मभिः |

अविक्रियात् स्वानुभवाद् अरूपतो ह्य् अनन्यबोध्यात्मतया न चान्यथा || ६ ||

tathāpi bhūman mahimāguṇasya te viboddhum arhaty amalāntar-ātmabhiḥ |

avikriyāt svānubhavād arūpato hy ananya-bodhyātmatayā na cānyathā || 6 ||

6. "Nevertheless, Oh Infinite One (tathāpi bhūman), Your infinite nature beyond the gunas (mahimā aguṇasya te), changeless (avikriyāt), formless (arūpataḥ), and self-effulgent (hi ananya bodhya can be known by self realization (ātmatayā viboddhum) by one whose mind and senses are pure and in-drawn (arhati amala antar-ātmabhih), through one's own direct perception (sva anubhava), and not otherwise (na ca anyathā)."

गुन्̣आत्मनस् तेऽपि गुन्̣आन् विमातुं हितावतीर्̣नस्य क ईशिरेऽस्य |

कालेन यैर् वा विमिताह्̣ सुकल्पैर् भूपांशवह्̣ खे मिहिका द्युभासह्̣ || ७ ||

guṇātmanas te 'pi guṇān vimātuḿ hitāvatīṛnasya ka īśire 'sya |

kālena yair vā vimitāḥ su-kalpair bhū-pāḿśavaḥ khe mihikā dyu-bhāsaḥ || 7 ||

7. "Oh Self of the gunas (guṇa-ātmanaḥ), to count Your qualities ( te api guṇān vimātum) -- You who have incarnated for the good of all ( hita-avatīrṇasya ) -- is like a geniuses, for all eternity, counting (asya kālena yaiḥ vā vimitāḥ su-kalpaiḥ) all the grains of sand on the earth (bhū-pāḿśavaḥ), all water drops in the air ( khe mihikāḥ), and all the stars in the sky (dyu-bhāsaḥ)."

तत् ते ऽनुकम्पां सुसमीक्स्̣अमान्̣ओ भुञ्जान एवात्मक्र्̣तं विपाकम् |

ह्र्̣द्वाग्वपुर्भिर् विदधन् नमस् ते जीवेत यो मुक्तिपदे स दायभाक् || ८ ||

tat te 'nukampāṃ su-samīkṣamāṇo bhuñjāna evātma-kṛtaṃ vipākam |

hṛd-vāg-vapurbhir vidadhan namas te jīveta yo mukti-pade sa dāya-bhāk || 8 ||

8. "Therefore (tat) whoever lives (jīveta yaḥ) depending upon Your compassion (te anukampām su-samīkṣamāṇaḥ), tolerating the results of their own actions (bhuñjānaḥ eva ātma-kṛtam  vipākam) and surrendering to You with heart, words and body (hṛt vāk vapurbhiḥ vidadhan namaḥ te), becomes the rightful heir of liberation (mukti-pade saḥ dāya-bhāk)."

Class by Rev Dr. Mahant Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Book X of Srimad Bhagavatam given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 14 June 2025. 

Brahma said:

ज्ञाने प्रयासम् उदपास्य नमन्त एव 
जीवन्ति सन्मुखरितां भवदीयवार्ताम् |
स्थाने स्थिताह्̣ श्रुतिगतां तनुवाङ्मनोभिर्
ये प्रायशोऽजित जितोऽप्य् असि तैस् त्रिलोक्याम् || ३ ||
jñāne prayāsam udapāsya namanta eva
jjīvanti sanmukharitāṃ bhavadīyavārtām |
sthāne sthitāḥ śrutigatāṃ tanuvāṅmanobhir
ye prāyaśo'jita jito'py asi tais trilokyām || 3 ||
3. "Those who give up the path of knowledge (jñāne prayāsam udapāsya) and simple bow to You (namantaḥ eva), spending their lives hearing about You from the lips of saints (jīvanti sat-mukharitām bhavadīya-vārtām), in whatever condition they are (sthāne sthitāḥ), meditate on what they heard with their body, speech, and mind (śruti-gatām tanu vāk manobhiḥ ye prāyaśaḥ)-- Oh Unconquerable One (ajita), You are conquered by them in the three worlds (jitaḥ api asi taiḥ  tri-lokyām).

श्रेयह्̣स्र्̣तिं भक्तिम् उदस्य ते विभो
क्लिश्यन्ति ये केवलबोधलब्धये |
तेस्̣आम् असौ क्लेशल एव शिस्̣यते
नान्यद् यथा स्थूलतुस्̣आवघातिनाम् || ४ ||
śreyaḥ-sṛtiṃ bhaktim udasya te vibho
kliśyanti ye kevala-bodha-labdhaye |
teṣām asau kleśala eva śiṣyate
nānyad yathā sthūla-tuṣāvaghātinām || 4 ||
4. "There are some who reject the auspicious path of bhakti (śreyaḥ sṛtim bhaktim udasya). They struggle to know You, Oh Lord, with their minds alone (te vibho kliśyanti ye kevala bodha). The only thing they achieve is that struggle (labdhaye teṣām asau kleśalaḥ eva) and nothing more (na anyat). It is just like beating empty husks (yathā sthūla-tuṣa avaghātinām)."

पुरेह भूमन् बहवोऽपि योगिनस्
त्वदर्पितेहा निजकर्मलब्धया |
विबुध्य भक्त्यैव कथोपनीतया
प्रपेदिरेऽञ्जोऽच्युत ते गतिम्́ पराम् || ५ ||
pureha bhūman bahavo'pi yoginas
tvad-arpitehā nija-karma-labdhayā |
vibudhya bhaktyaiva kathopanītayā
prapedire'ñjo'cyuta te gatiḿ parām || 5 ||
5. "In the past, O Infinite One (purā iha bhūman), many yogis (bahavaḥ api yoginaḥ) offered whatever they did to You (tvat arpita īhāḥ nija-karma), and through bhakti cultivated by hearing about You (labdhayā vibudhya bhaktyā eva kathā-upanītayā), easily surrendered to You, Oh Infalliable One (prapedire añjaḥ acyuta) and attained You, the supreme goal (te gatim parām)."

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verses 27-34, given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 18 June 2025.

The Goddess said:

तस्मादाकाश उत्पन्नः शब्दतन्मात्ररूपकः |
भवेत् स्पर्शात्मको वायुस्तेजोरूपात्मकं पुनः || २७ ||
tasmādākāśa utpannaḥ śabda-tanmātra-rūpakaḥ |
bhavet sparśātmako vāyus-tejo-rūpātmakaṃ punaḥ || 27 ||
27. "Out of that primal substance arose ether,  endowed with the subtle quality of sound. Then arose air, characterized by the quality of touch, followed by fire, characterized by visible form."

जलं रसात्मकं पशात् ततो गन्धात्मिका धरा |
शब्दैकगुण आकासो वायुः स्पर्शरवानितः || २८ ||
jalaṃ rasātmakaṃ paśāt tato gandhātmikā dharā |
śabdaika-guṇa ākāso vāyuḥ sparśa-ravānitaḥ || 28 ||
28. "Next arose water, characterized by taste; then earth, characterized by smell. Ether has the single quality of sound; air is endowed with touch and sound."

शब्दस्पर्शरूपगुणं तेज ईत्युच्यते बुधैः |
शब्दस्पर्शरूपरसैरापो वेदगुणाः स्मृताः || २९ ||
śabda-sparśa-rūpa-guṇaṃ teja ītyucyate budhaiḥ |
śabda-sparśa-rūpa-rasairāpo veda-guṇāḥ smṛtāḥ || 29 ||
29. "Fire has the qualities of sound, touch, and visible form, according to the wise; water has the four qualities of sound, touch, visible form, and taste, so they say."

शब्दस्पर्शरूपरसगन्धैः पञ्चगुणा धरा |
तेभ्योऽभवन् महत्सूत्रं यल्लिण्गं परिचक्षते || ३० ||
śabda-sparśa-rūpa-rasa-gandhaiḥ pañca-guṇā dharā |
tebhyo'bhavan mahat-sūtraṃ yal-liṇgaṃ paricakṣate || 30 ||
30. "Earth has the five qualities of sound, touch, visible form, taste, and smell. From those subtle elements came into being the great cosmic thread which is called the Subtle Body."

सर्वात्मकं तत्सम्प्रोक्तं सूक्ष्मदेहोऽयमात्मनः |
अव्यत्क्तं कारणो देहः स चोक्तः पूर्वमेव हि || ३१ ||
sarvātmakaṃ tat-samproktaṃ sūkṣma-deho’yamātmanaḥ |
avyatktaṃ kāraṇo dehaḥ sa coktaḥ pūrvameva hi || 31 ||
31. "It is proclaimed as all-pervading; this is the Subtle Body of the Self.The Unmanifest is the Causal Body, which I mentioned earlier."

यस्मिन् जगद्बीजरूपं स्थितं लिङ्गोद्भवो यथः |
ततः स्थूलानि भूतानिपञ्चिकरणमागतः || ३२ ||
yasmin jagad-bīja-rūpaṃ sthitaṃ liṅgodbhavo yathaḥ |
tataḥ sthūlāni bhūtāni-pañcikaraṇa-māgataḥ || 32 ||
32. "In that lies the world seed, from which evolves the Subtle Body. From that, by the process of fivefold generation, the gross elements,"

पञ्चसङ्ख्यानि जायन्ते तत्प्रकारस्त्वथोच्यते |
पूर्वोक्तानि च भूतानि प्रत्यकं विभजेद् द्विधा || ३३ ||
pañca-saṅkhyāni jāyante tat-prakāra-stvathocyate |
pūrvoktāni ca bhūtāni pratyakaṃ vibhajed dvidhā || 33 ||
33. "Five in number, arise. I shall now describe this process. Each of those elements previously mentioned shall be divided in half."

एकैकं भागमेकस्य चतुर्धा विभजेद् गिरे |
स्वस्वतरद्वितीयांशे योजनात् पञ्च ते || ३४ ||
ekaikaṃ bhāgamekasya caturdhā vibhajed gire |
svasvataradvitīyāṃśe yojanāt pañca te || 34 ||
34. "One half-part of each element shall be divided into four, O Mountain. By joining the undivided half of each element with one of the quartered fractions from each of the other four, each element becomes five-fold."

तत्कार्यं च विराड्देहः स्थूलदेहोऽयमात्मनः | 
tat-kāryaṃ ca virāḍ-dehaḥ sthūla-deho’yamātmanaḥ |
34. "And they produce the Cosmic Body, or Gross Body, of the Self."

Class by Rev Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Book X, Chapter 14 of Srimad Bhagavatam, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 7 June 2025. 

श्रीब्रह्मोवाच
नौमीद्̣य तेऽभ्रवपुस्̣ए तद्̣इदम्बराय गुञ्जावतम्́सपरिपिच्छलसन्मुखाय
वन्यस्रजे कवलवेत्रविस्̣आन्̣अवेन्̣उलक्स्̣मश्रिये म्र्̣दुपदे पशुपाńगजाय

śrī-brahmovāca
1. naumīḍya te 'bhra-vapuṣe taḍid-ambarāya
guñjāvataḿsa-paripiccha-lasan-mukhāya
vanya-sraje kavala-vetra-viṣāṇa-veṇu-
lakṣma-śriye mṛdu-pade paśu-pāńgajāya

Sri Brahma said:
"I worship You, the primordial Lord (naumi īḍya te), whose body is like a dark cloud (abhra vapuṣe); whose garment is like lightning (taḍit ambarāya); wearing a garland of guñjā berries (guñjā avataḿsa) and peacock feather (paripiccha); whose face shines (lasat mukhāya); a garlands of forest flowers (vanya-sraje); holding a morsel of food, stick, buffalo horn, and flute (kavala vetra viṣāṇa veṇu lakṣma), and whose beautiful feet are soft (śriye mṛdu pade), the son of a  cow herder (paśu-pa ańga-jāya)."

अस्यापि देव वपुस्̣ओ मदनुग्रहस्य स्वेच्छामयस्य न तु भूत-मयस्य कोऽपि
नेशे महि त्व् अवसितुम्ऽमनसान्तरेन्̣अ साक्स्̣आत् तवैव किम् उतात्मसुखानुभूतेह्̣
asyāpi deva vapuṣo mad-anugrahasya
svecchā-mayasya na tu bhūta-mayasya ko 'pi
neśe mahi tv avasituḿ manasāntareṇa
sākṣāt tavaiva kim utātma-sukhānubhūteḥ

2. "Lord, Your body (asya api deva vapuṣaḥ), which is the instrument of grace to me (mat-anugrahasya), appears by Your will (sva-icchā-mayasya), and not by the power of the material elements (na tu bhūta-mayasya). Even with my mind withdrawn in meditation (manasā antareṇa sākṣāt) I cannot grasp its glory (kaḥ api na īśe mahi tu avasitum).  What to speak then of understanding Your blissful Self (ava eva kim uta ātma sukha anubhūteḥ)."

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verses 22-26, given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 28 May 2025.

स पुनः कामकर्मादियुक्तया स्रीयमायया |

पूर्वानुभूतसंस्कारात् कालकर्मविपाकतः || २२ ||

sa punaḥ kāma-karmādi-yuktayā srīyamāyayā |

pūrvānubhūta-saṃskārāt kāla-karma-vipākataḥ || 22 ||

22. "This Self, however, by its own power of Maya conjoined with desires, actions, and the like, through the influence of prior experience ripening in time in accord with the law of karma, ..."

अविवेकाच्च तत्त्वस्य सिसृक्षावान् प्रजायते |

अबुद्धिपूर्वः सर्गोऽयं कथितस्ते नगाधिप || २३ ||

avivekāc-ca tattvasya sisṛkṣāvān prajāyate |

abuddhi-pūrvaḥ sargo'yaṃ kathitaste nagādhipa || 23 ||

23. "And by confounding the primal elements, being desirous to create, begins to bring forth. The resulting creation, devoid of intelligence, will be further described to you, O Mountain King."

एतद्धि यन्मया प्रोक्तं मम रूपमलौकिकम् |

अव्याकृतं तदव्यक्तं मायाशबलमित्यपि || २४ ||

etaddhi yanmayā proktaṃ mama rūpa-malaukikam |

avyākṛtaṃ tadavyaktaṃ māyāśabalamityapi || 24 ||

24. "This extraordinary form of mine which I have mentioned is unevolved and unmanifest, yet becomes segmented through the power of Maya."

प्रोच्यते सवशास्त्रेषु सर्वकारणकारणम् |

तत्त्वानामादिस्भूतं च सच्चिदानन्दविग्रहम् || २५ ||

procyate sava-śāstreṣu sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam |

tattvā-nāmādis-bhūtaṃ ca sac-cid-ānanda-vigraham || 25 ||

25. "All the religious treatises declare it to be the cause of all causes, The primal substance behind the elements, and as having the form of being, consciousness, bliss."

सर्वकर्मघनीभूतमिच्छाज्ञानक्रियाश्रयम् |

ह्रीङ्कारमन्त्रवाचयं तदादितत्त्वं तदुच्यते || २६ ||

sarva-karma-ghanī-bhūtam-icchā-jñāna-kriyā-śrayam |

hrīṇ-kāra-mantra-vācayaṃ tadādi-tattvaṃ taducyate || 26 ||

26. "It is the condensation of all karma; it is the seat of will, knowledge, and action; it is expressed in the mantra Hrim; it is the primal principle—so it is said."

Class by Rev Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Book X of Srimad Bhagavatam introducing the story of Brahma stealing the cows and cowherd boya given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 19 May 2025.

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verses 19-21, given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 16 April 2025.

अपरिच्छन्नताऽप्येवमत एव मता मम |

तच्चज्ञानं नात्मधर्मो धर्मत्वे जडताऽत्मनः || १९ ||

aparicchannatā'pyevamata eva matā mama |

taccajñānaṃ nātma-dharmo dharmatve jaḍatā'tmanaḥ || 19 ||

19. "Therefore I am regarded truly as an undivided whole, and that consciousness is not an attribute of the Self, for then the Self would be like an object."

ज्ञानस्य जडशेषत्वं म दृष्टं न च सम्भवै |

चिद्धर्मत्वं तथा नास्ति चितश्चिन्न हि विद्यते || २० ||

jñānasya jaḍaśeṣatvaṃ ma dṛṣṭaṃ na ca sambhavai |

cid-dharma-tvaṃ tathā nāsti citaścinna hi vidyate || 20 ||

20. "In consciousness no possible trace of the object state can be found. And so consciousness also has no attributes: consciousness is not a quality separable from consciousness itself."

तस्मादात्मज्ञानरूपः सुखरूपश्च सर्वदा |

सत्यः पूर्णोऽप्यसङ्गश्च द्वैतज्जालविवर्जितः || २१ ||

tasmād-ātma-jñāna-rūpaḥ sukha-rūpaśca sarvadā |

satyaḥ pūrṇo'pyasaṅgaśca dvaitajjālavivarjitaḥ || 21 ||

21. "Therefore the Self in essence is consciousness, and bliss as well, always, it is the real and complete, beyond all relation, and free from the illusion of duality."

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verse18, given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 9 April 2025.

मा न भूवं हि भूयासमिति प्रेमात्मनि स्थितम् |
सर्वस्याऽन्यस्य मिथ्यात्वादसङ्गत्वं स्फुटं मम || १८ ||
mā na bhūvaṃ hi bhūyāsamiti premātmani sthitam |
sarvasyā'nyasya mithyātvādasaṅgatvaṃ sphuṭaṃ mama || 18 ||
18. "The feeling "Let me not cease to be; let me exist forever," is rooted in love for the Self. Certainly there is no actual relations between me and all else, since all else is false."

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verses 15 through 17 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 2 April 2025.

जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्त्यादौ दृश्यस्य व्यभिचारतः |
संविदो व्यभिचारश्च नाऽनुभूतोऽस्ति कर्हिछित् || १५ ||
jāgrat-svapna-suṣuptyādau dṛśyasya vyabhicārataḥ |
saṃvido vyabhicāraśca nā'nubhūto'sti karhichit || 15 ||
15. "The visible world appears and disappears constantly in the various states of waking, dream, and deep sleep."

यदि तस्याऽप्यनुभवस्तर्ह्ययं येन साक्शिणा |
अनुभूतः स एवाऽत्र शिष्टः संविद्वपुः पुरा || १६ ||
yadi tasyā'pyanubhavastarhyayaṃ yena sākśiṇā |
anubhūtaḥ sa evā'tra śiṣṭaḥ saṃvidvapuḥ purā || 16 ||
16. "Even if this consciousness itself became an object of perception, then the witness of that perception would abide as the real pure consciousness, as before."

अत एव नित्यत्वं प्रोक्तं सछास्त्रकोविदैः |
आनन्दरूपता चऽस्याः परप्रेमास्पदत्वतह् || १७ ||
ata eva nitya-tvaṃ proktaṃ sachāstra-kovidaiḥ |
ānanda-rūpatā ca'syāḥ para-premāspadatvatah || 17 ||
17. "And so those versed in religious treaties regarding the real declare consciousness to be eternal. Its nature is bliss, for it is the object of supreme love."

Discourse by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, on names 340 through 344 of verses 42 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 29 March 2025.

ऋक्सामाथर्वनिलया रागिणी शोभनस्वरा |
कलकण्ठी कम्बुकण्ठी वेणुवीणापरायणा || ४२ ||
ṛk-sāmātharva-nilayā rāgiṇī śobhana-svarā |
kala-kaṇṭhī kambu-kaṇṭhī veṇu-vīṇā-parāyaṇā || 42 ||

340. रागिणी rāgiṇī
341. शोभनस्वरा śobhana-svarā 
342. कलकण्ठी kala-kaṇṭhī
343. कम्बुकण्ठी kambu-kaṇṭhī
344. वेणुवीणापरायणा veṇu-vīṇā-parāyaṇā

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 26 March 2025.

एवं नानाविधानि स्युर्नामानि निगमादिषु |
तस्या जडत्वं दृश्यत्वाज्ज्ञाननाशात् ततोऽसती ||११||
evaṃ nānāvidhāni syurnāmāni nigamādiṣu |
tasyā jaḍa-tvaṃ dṛśya-tvāj-jñāna-nāśāt tato'satī ||11||
11. Such are its various names found in the Vedic and other sacred texts. Since Māya is something we can perceive, it has the nature of non-conscious matter; since knowledge destroys it, it is not truly existent. 

चैतन्यस्य न दृश्यत्वं दृश्यत्वे जडमेव तत् |
स्वप्रकाशं च चैतन्यं न परेण प्रकाशितम् || १२ ||
caitanyasya na dṛśyatvaṃ dṛśyatve jaḍameva tat |
svaprakāśaṃ ca caitanyaṃ na pareṇa prakāśitam || 12 ||=
12. "Consciousness is not something we can perceive; what we perceive is indeed non-conscious. Consciousness is self-luminous; nothing else illuminates it."

अनवस्थादोषसत्त्वान्न स्वेनाऽपि प्रकाशितम् |
कर्मकर्तृविरोधः स्यात् तस्मात् तद्दीपवत् स्वयम् || १३ ||
anavasthā-doṣa-sattvānna svenā'pi prakāśitam |
karma-kartṛ-virodhaḥ syāt tasmāt tad-dīpavat svayam || 13 ||
13. It does not even illuminate itself, for that would lead to the fallacy of infinite regress. As an agent and the object acted upon are distinct entities, so consciousness itself, like a lamp...

प्रकाशमानमन्येषां भासकं विद्धि पर्वत |
अत एव च नित्यत्वं सिद्धसंवित् तनोर्मम || १४ ||
prakāśa-mānamanyeṣāṃ bhāsakaṃ viddhi parvata |
ata eva ca nityatvaṃ siddha-saṃvit tanormama || 14 ||
14. While shining brightly, illuminates what is other than itself. Know, this, O Mountain, for thus have I demonstrated that consciousness, belonging to My own nature, is eternal. 

Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, on names 337 through 339 of verses 41 & 52of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 22 March 2025.

337. यज्ञकर्त्री yajña-kartrī  
338. यजुःप्रिया yajuḥ-priyā
339. ऋक्सामाथर्वनिलया ṛk-sāmātharva-nilayā

भीमा भयानका भीमनादिनी भीः प्रभावती |
वागीश्वरी श्रीर्यमुना यज्ञकर्त्री यजुःप्रिया || ४१ ||
bhīmā bhayānakā bhīma-nādinī bhīḥ prabhāvatī |
vāgīśvarī śrīr-yamunā yajña-kartrī yajuḥ-priyā || 41 ||

ऋक्सामाथर्वनिलया रागिणी शोभनस्वरा |
कलकण्ठी कम्बुकण्ठी वेणुवीणापरायणा || ४२ ||
ṛk-sāmātharva-nilayā rāgiṇī śobhana-svarā |
kala-kaṇṭhī kambu-kaṇṭhī veṇu-vīṇā-parāyaṇā || 42 ||

Discourse by Revered Swami Chetananandaji Mahara, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and spiritual head of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 25 January 2025.

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, on names 334 through 336 of verse 41 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 15 March 2025.

भीमा भयानका भीमनादिनी भीः प्रभावती |
वागीश्वरी श्रीर्यमुना यज्ञकर्त्री यजुःप्रिया |४१|

bhīmā bhayānakā bhīma-nādinī bhīḥ prabhāvatī |
vāgīśvarī śrīr-yamunā yajña-kartrī yajuḥ-priyā |41|

 vāgīśvarī– She Who is the Supreme Ruler of All Vibrations |334
 śrīḥ - She Who is Respect |335
 yamunā– She Who Manifests Complete Control |336

Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, on names 327 through 332 of verses 40 & 41 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 9 March 2025.

सत्यवती धर्मनिष्ठा श्रेष्था निष्ठुरनादिनी |

गरिष्ठा दुष्टसṁहर्ती विशिष्टा श्रेयसी घृणा |४०|

भीमा भयानका भीमनादिनी भीः प्रभावती |

वागीश्वरी श्रीर्यमुना यज्ञकर्त्री यजुःप्रिया |४१|

satyavatī dharma-niṣṭhā śreṣthā niṣṭhura-nādinī |

gariṣṭhā duṣṭa-saṁhartī viśiṣṭā śreyasī ghṛṇā |40|

bhīmā bhayānakā bhīma-nādinī bhīḥ prabhāvatī |

vāgīśvarī śrīr-yamunā yajña-kartrī yajuḥ-priyā |41|

śreyasī |327

ghṛṇā |328

bhīmā |329

bhayānakā |330

bhīma-nādinī |331

bhīḥ |332

Discourse by Revered Swami Chetananandaji Mahara, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and spiritual head of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 18 January 2025.

Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, on names 320 through 325 of veres 40 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 28 December 2024.

सत्यवती धर्मनिष्ठा श्रेष्ठा निष्ठुरवादिनी । 
गरिष्ठा दुष्टसंहर्त्री विशिष्टा श्रेयसी घृणा ॥ ४०॥
satyavatī dharma-niṣṭhā śreṣṭhā niṣṭhura-vādinī । 
gariṣṭhā duṣṭa-saṃhartrī viśiṣṭā śreyasī ghṛṇā ॥ 40॥

satyavatī |320
dharma-niṣṭhā |321
śreṣthā |322
niṣṭhura-vādinī |323
gariṣṭhā |324
duṣa-saṁhartī |325
viśiṣṭā |326

Discourse by Pujya Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, given on Dattatreya Jayanti at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 14 December 2024.

Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, on names 310 through 313 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 23 November 2024.

चार्वङ्गी चञ्चला लोलजिह्वा चारुचरित्रिणी |

त्रपा त्रपावती लज्जा विलज्जा ह्रीः रजोवती |३९|

cārvaṅgī cañcalā lola-jihvā cāru-caritriṇī |

trapā trapāvatī lajjā vilajjā hrīḥ rajovatī |39|

310. cārvaṅgī

311. cañcalā

312. lola-jihvā

313. cāru-caritriṇī

Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, on names 314 through 319 of verese 39 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 7 December 2024.

चार्वङ्गी चञ्चला लोलजिह्वा चारुचरित्रिणी |
त्रपा त्रपावती लज्जा विलज्जा ह्रीः रजोवती |३९|
cārvaṅgī cañcalā lola-jihvā cāru-caritriṇī |
trapā trapāvatī lajjā vilajjā hrīḥ rajovatī |39|

314. trapā
315. trapāvatī
316.lajjā
317. vilajjā
318. hrīḥ
319. rajovatī

Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Swami Chetananandaji Maharaj, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and spiritual head of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 17 February 2024.

Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, on names 298 through 309 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 15 June 2024, followed by arati and kirtan. 

कर्त्री हर्त्री पालयित्री शर्वरी तामसी दया |
तमिस्रा तामसी स्थाणुः स्थिरा धीरा तपस्विनी || ३८ ||
kartrī hartrī pālayitrī śarvarī tāmasī dayā |
tamisrā tāmasī sthāṇuḥ sthirā dhīrā tapasvinī || 38 ||

298. कर्त्री kartrī
299. हर्त्री hartrī
300. पालयित्री pālayitrī
301. शर्वरी śarvarī
302. तामसी tāmasī
303. दया dayā
304. तमिस्रा tamisrā
305. तामसी tāmasī
306. स्थाणुः sthāṇuḥ
307. स्थिरा sthirā
308. धीरा dhīrā
309. तपस्विनी tapasvinī
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Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, on names 293 and 294 from verse 37 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 18 May 2023.

293. siddhidā

294. siddhā

सर्वेश्वरी सर्वमाता शर्वाणी हरवल्लभा |

सर्वज्ञा सिद्धिदा सिद्धा भव्या भाव्या भयापहा || ३७ ||

sarveśvarī sarva-mātā śarvāṇī hara-vallabhā |

sarva-jñā siddhidā siddhā bhavyā bhāvyā bhayāpahā || 37 ||

Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on name 293 from verse 37 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 11 May 2023, followed by arati and kirtan. 

293. siddhidā 

सर्वेश्वरी सर्वमाता शर्वाणी हरवल्लभा |
सर्वज्ञा सिद्धिदा सिद्धा भव्या भाव्या भयापहा || ३७ ||
sarveśvarī sarva-mātā śarvāṇī hara-vallabhā |
sarva-jñā siddhidā siddhā bhavyā bhāvyā bhayāpahā || 37 ||

New moon worship of Ma Dakshineswari Kali.

Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on names 290 through 292 from verse 37 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 4 May 2023, followed by arati and kirtan. 

290. śarvāṇī 
291. hara-vallabhā 
292. sarva-jñā

सर्वेश्वरी सर्वमाता शर्वाणी हरवल्लभा |
सर्वज्ञा सिद्धिदा सिद्ध भव्या भाव्या भयापहा || ३७ ||
sarveśvarī sarva-mātā śarvāṇī hara-vallabhā |
sarva-jñā siddhidā siddha bhavyā bhāvyā bhayāpahā || 37 ||

Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on names 287 through 289 the "Thousand Names of Kali" given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 27 April 2023, followed by arati and kirtan. 

287. pati-vratā 
288. sarveśvarī 
289. sarva-mātā 

सूर्यात्मिका रुद्रपत्नी रौद्री स्त्री प्रकृइः पुमान् |

शक्तिः सूक्तिर्मतिर्माता भुक्तिर्मुक्तिः पतिव्रता || ३६ ||
sūryātmikā rudra-patnī raudrī strī prakṛiḥ pumān |

śaktiḥ sūktir-matir-mātā bhuktir-muktiḥ pati-vratā || 36 ||
सर्वेश्वरी सर्वमाता शर्वाणी हरवल्लभा |

सर्वज्ञा सिद्धिदा सिद्ध भव्या भाव्या भयापहा || ३७ ||
sarveśvarī sarva-mātā śarvāṇī hara-vallabhā |

sarva-jñā siddhidā siddha bhavyā bhāvyā bhayāpahā || 37 ||

Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Swami Sarvadevananda Puri Maharaj, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and spiritual head of the Vedanta Society of Southern California and is associated centers, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 20 April 2024.

Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on names 272 through 280 of verse 36 of the "Thousand Names of Kali" given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 13 April 2023, followed by arati and kirtan.

सूर्यात्मिका रुद्रपत्नी रौद्री स्त्री प्रकृइः पुमान् |

शक्तिः सूक्तिर्मतिर्माता भुक्तिर्मुक्तिः पतिव्रता |३६|

sūryātmikā rudra-patnī raudrī strī prakṛiḥ pumān |

śaktiḥ sūktir-matir-mātā bhuktir-muktiḥ pati-vratā || 36 ||

śaktiḥ | 281

sūktiḥ | 282

matiḥ | 283

mātā | 284

bhuktiḥ | 285

muktiḥ | 286

Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on names 272 & 280 of verses 35 & 36 of the "Thousand Names of Kali" given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 6 April 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 || 35 ||

सूर्यात्मिका रुद्रपत्नी रौद्री स्त्री प्रकृइः पुमान् |

शक्तिः सूक्तिर्मतिर्माता भुक्तिर्मुक्तिः पतिव्रता |३६|
sūryātmikā rudra-patnī raudrī strī prakṛiḥ pumān |

śaktiḥ sūktir-matir-mātā bhuktir-muktiḥ pati-vratā ||
 36 ||


272. upendrāṇī 

273. mahendrāṇī 

274. jyotsnā 
275. candra-svarūpiṇī 
276. sūryātmikā 

277. rudra-patnī 

278. raudrī 
279. strī prakṛiḥ 

280. pumān 

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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

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 

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 

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. भण्किनी  bhaṇkinī
255. चित्रा  citrā
256. विचित्रा  vicitrā
257. चित्ररूपिणी  citra-rūpiṇī

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. 

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

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.

New moon worship of Ma Dakshineswari Kali performed by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati

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. 
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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 humble ourselves attentively before Her."

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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 moons."

विद्युत्कोटिसमानाभमरुणं तत्परं महः |
नैव चोर्ध्वं न तिर्यक्च न मध्ये परिजग्रभत् || २८ ||

vidyut-koṭi-samānā-bhamaruṇaṃ tat-paraṃ mahaḥ |
naiva cordhvaṃ na tiryak-ca na madhye pari-jagrabhat || 28 ||

"Flashing like ten million streaks of lightning tinged with red, that supreme lustrous power, shone forth encompassed above, across, and in the middle."

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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. 
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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. 

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