Devi Gita (Class 40): "Self is Consciousness & Bliss" by Swami Bhajanananda

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."

Discourse on Devi Mahatmyam

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

"Glory of the Goddess" Spiritual talk during Navaratri

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on the significance of Navratri; stories of Goddess Durga; the Killing of Madhu and Kaitabha and bramah-stuti (Brahma's hymn to the Goddess) from chapter 1 of the Devi Mahatmyam, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 13 October 2018.