Kali Mandir Satsang

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 auspicious charm when the entire world with its oceans continents, and mountains, was bereft of energy."

आनन्दः शुष्कतां यातः सर्वेषां हृदयान्तरे | उदासीनाः सर्वलोकाश्चिन्ताजर्जरचेतसः || ७ ||

ānandaḥ śuṣkatāṃ yātaḥ sarveṣāṃ hṛdayāntare | udāsīnāḥ sarva-lokāścintā-jarjara-cetasaḥ || 7 ||

7. "Joy shriveled up in the heart of each and every being. All peoples were despondent, their careworn spirits exhausted."

सदा दुःखोदधौ मग्ना रोगग्रस्तास्तदाऽभवन् | ग्रहाणां देवतानां च वैपरीत्येन वर्तनम् || ८ ||

sadā duḥkho-dadhau magnā roga-grastās-tadā'bhavan | grahāṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca vaiparītyena vartanam || 8 ||

8. "Then, ever drowning in a sea of misery, they were consumed by disease. The planets retrograded ominously; the fortunes of the gods declined."

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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 great heart and you are fortunate, for you possess true devotion to the Goddess."

शृणु राजन्पुरा वृत्तं सतीदेहेऽग्निभर्जिते | भ्रान्तः शिवस्तु बभ्राम क्वचिद्देशे स्थिरोऽभवत् || ४ ||

śṛṇu rājan-purā vṛttaṃ satī-dehe'gni-bharjite | bhrāntaḥ śivastu babhrāma kvacid-deśe sthiro'bhavat || 4 ||

"Hear, O King, this ancient tale. When the body of Sati was consumed in flames, the bewildered Shiva wandered about, falling here and there motionless on the ground."

प्रपञ्चमानरहितः समाधिगतमानसः | ध्यायन्देवीस्वरूपं तु कालं निन्ये स आत्मवान् || ५ ||

prapañca-māna-rahitaḥ samādhi-gata-mānasaḥ | dhyāyan-devī-svarūpaṃ tu kālaṃ ninye sa ātmavān || 5 ||

"He was unaware of the manifest world, His mind being fully absorbed. Regaining His self-composure, He passed the time contemplating the true form of the Goddess."

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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 Himalaya, the Mountain Lord. This you mentioned only in passing. Now explain it to me in full detail."

को विरज्येत मतिमान् पिबञ्छक्तिकत्ःआमृतम् | सुधां तु पिबतां मृत्युः स नैतच्छृण्वतो भवेत् || २||

ko virajyeta matimān pibañchakti-katḥāmṛtam | sudhāṃ tu pibatāṃ mṛtyuḥ sa naitacchṛṇvato bhavet || 2||

"What thoughtful person would ever tire of drinking the nectarine tales of Shakti? Death comes even to those who drink divine ambrosia, but not to one who hears this act of Hers."

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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.

Satsang by Swami Chetanananda of the St. Louis Vedanta Society

Satsang with Rev. Swami Sarvadevanandaji Maharaj on the life Latu Maharaj, H.H. Swami Adbhutananda Puri, a beloved disciple of Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.

Satsang with Rev. Swami Sarvadevanandaji Maharaj on the life Latu Maharaj, H.H. Swami Adbhutananda Puri, a beloved disciple of Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.

Swami Ashokananda Interviews Mrs. Hansbrough

Swami Ashokananda Interviews Mrs. Hansbrough

by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati given at the San Diego Vedanta Monastery as part of Swami Vivekananda's birth celebration. 

Reading and discourse on Swami Vivekananda’s “The Necessity of Religion” by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati (Audio Only)

VIDEO Version - Reading and discourse on Swami Vivekananda’s “The Necessity of Religion” by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati

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

Pravachan (discourse) by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Sahashranama.

Swamiji discuses the names "Bhagavati" and "Anuragini".

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.

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

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.

Satsang with Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda on the Kali Sahashrana, discussing Saraswati and Matangi.

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

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.

Pravachan (discourse) by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda
Saraswati on Kali Sahashranam.

Name 208: Kaśi

Pravachan (discourse) on Devi Mahatmyam by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati

Pravachan (discourse) by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the Thousand Names of Goddess Kali. Swamiji discuses name 207 “Ganga”.

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)

Satsang with Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the Thousand Names of Kali

Verses 98-202

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– She who is ancient
195. Cintyā – She who is thinkable
196. Acintyā– She who is unthinkable
197. Svadhā– She who is the mantra “svadhā”
198. Svāhā– She who is the mantra “svāhā”
199. Nidrā– She who is sleep
200. Tandrā – She who is half awake
201. Pārvatī– She who is the daughter of the mountain

Discourse on “Kali Sahashranam” by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati. Swamiji discusses names 177 through 185 from verses 25 & 26.

nāga-kanyā deva-kanyā
gandharvī kinnareśvarī |
moha-rātrir-mahā-rātrir
-dāruṇā bhāsvarāsurī |25|

177. Moha-rātriḥ– She whothe night of ignorance

178. Mahā-rātriḥ - She who is the great night

179. Dāruṇā – She who is severe/ferocious

180. Bhāsvarāsurī– She whose light destroys darkness (who is both light and darkness)

vidyā-dharī vasumatī
yakṣiṇī yogini jarā |
rākṣaśī dakini veda
-mayī veda-vibhūṣaṇā |26|

Pravachan (discourse) by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the Thousand Names of Goddess Kali. Swamiji discuses names 173-176. Verse 25

Satsang: Discourse by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the Kali Sahashranam (Thousand Names of Kali).

kātyāyanī jagan-mātā
jagatāṁ parameśvarī |
jagad-bandhur-jagad-dhātri
jagadānanda-kāriṇī |23|

160. Kātyāyanī - She who is the daughter of Katyanana Rishi

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Sahashranam (Thousand Names of Kali) with a discussion of names 154-159:

gīta-priyā vādya-ratā
preta-nṛtya-parāyaṇā |
catur-bhujā daśa-bhujā
aṣṭā-daśa-bhujā tathā |22|

by Swami Sarvadevananda, Minister of Vedanta Society of Southern California

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Sahashranam (Thousand Names of Kali) with a discussion of names 147-153:

mattā pramattā pramadā sudhāsindhunivāsinī |
atimattā mahāmattā sarvākarṣṇakāriṇī |21|

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on pranāma (salutation mantras), aparadha-sodhana (begging forgiveness for mistakes), ārati (waving of lights) and homa (fire ceremony), given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on  27 April 2019. This is part of a series on the theory and practice of Kali Puja, the ritual worship of the Divine Mother Kali.

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Puja

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Puja

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Puja

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Puja

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the Manasa Puja

Satsang by Rev. Swami Chetananadaji Maharaj, Head of St. Louis Vedanta Society

Satsang by Rev. Swami Chetananadaji Maharaj, Head of St. Louis Vedanta Society

Satsang by Rev. Swami Chetananadaji Maharaj, Head of St. Louis Vedanta Society

Rev. Swami Chetananadaji Maharaj, Head of St. Louis Vedanta Society, speaks on the life of Srimat Swami Shradanananda, a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, attendant of Holy Mother, and author of the “Ramakrishna Lilaprasana”.

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the Kali Dhyanam

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the birthday of Swami Saradananda, Disciple of Sri Ramakrishna

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the Dakshina Kali Dhyan Mantra.

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the Dakshina Kali Dhyan Mantra.

By Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Topics include the meaning of Kali's four arms based upon the second verse (of 9) of the Dakshina Kali Dhyana Mantra.

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the theory and practice of Kali Puja, the ritual worship of the Goddess, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on Saturday, 8 December 2018. Topics include the history and form of Dakshina Kali and the first verse (of 9) of the Dakshina Kali Dhyana Mantra.