"God of Love" Vivekananda’s Bhakti Yoga (Part 14)

Discourse by Rev. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Swami Vivekananda's "Bhakti Yoga", chapters: "God of Love is His Own Proof" and "Representations of Divine Love", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 17 March 2018.

"The Triange of Love" Vivekananda’s "Bhakti Yoga" (Part 13)

Discourse by Rev. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Swami Vivekananda's "Bhakti Yoga", chapter: "The Triangle of Love", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 10 March 2018.
 
 

"Universal Love" Vivekananda’s "Bhakti Yoga" (Part 12)

Discourse by Rev. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Swami Vivekananda's "Bhakti Yoga", chapters: "Universal Love and How it Leads to Self-Surrender" and "The Higher Knowledge and the Higher Love are One and the Same", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 3 March 2018.

"Naturalness of Bhakti" Vivekananda’s "Bhakti Yoga" (Part 11)

Discourse by Rev. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Swami Vivekananda's "Bhakti Yoga", chapters: "The Naturalness of Bhakti-Yoga and It's Central Secret" and "The Forms of Love-Manifestation" given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 13 January 2018.

"The Bhakta's Renunciation Results from Love" Vivekananda’s "Bhakti Yoga" (Part 10)

Discourse by Rev. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Swami Vivekananda's "Bhakti Yoga", chapter: "The Bhakta's Renunciation Results from Love" given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 13 January 2018.

"Preparatory Renunciation" Vivekananda’s "Bhakti Yoga" (Part 9)

Discourse by Rev. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Swami Vivekananda's "Bhakti Yoga", chapter: "The Preparatory Renunciation" given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 30 December 2017.

Kali Sahasranama: The Sword of Protection

By Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Verse 18
pūtā pavitrā paramā purāpuṇyavibhūṣaṇā | puṇyanāmnī bhītiharā varadā khaṅgapālinī ||18||
123. pūtā – Daughter 124. pavitrā – Pure 125. paramā – Supreme 126. purā-puṇya-vibhūṣaṇā – Fully adorned with merit 127. puṇya-nāmnī – Whose name is merit 128. bhīti-harā – Remover of fear 129. varadā – Granter of boons 130. khaṅga-pālinī – Who protects with sword
131. nṛ-muṇda-hasta-śastā ca – holding a severed human head (and)

Kali Sahasranama: She Who is the Giver of Merit

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswat / Verses 17 / Names 115-122
115] Smasana-vasini : Residing in the cremation grounds 116] Punya : Merit 117] Punyada : Giver of merit. 118] Kula-pandita : Knower of the Kula. 119] Punya-laya : Resident of merit 120] Punya-deha : Embodiment of merit 121] Punya-sloka: Meritorious hymn 122] Pavini : wind

Kali Sahashranama (Talk 11): "With Terrible Form"

Discourse by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Sahashranam (Thousand Names of Kali) given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram, with a discussion of names 74 through 871 from verse 11.
ghora-rūpā ghora-daṁṣṭrā ghorāghora-tarā śubhā | mahā-daṁṣṭrā mahā-māyā sudantī yuga-danturā |11|
Ghora-rūpā– She who has a terrible form
Ghora-daṁṣṭrā– She who has terrible teeth
Ghorāghora-tarā– She who is beyond both wonderful and terrible
Śubhā– She who is pure
Mahā-daṁṣṭrā– She who has great teeth
Mahā-māyā– She who is the great illusion
Sudantī– She who as wonderful teeth
Yuga-danturā– She whose teeth are the ages
 

Kali Sahashranama (talk 10) "Galand of Heads" etc.

Discourse by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Sahashranam (Thousand Names of Kali) given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram, with a discussion of names 65 through 73 from verse 9 and 10.
māheśvarī ca cāmuṇdā vārāhī nāra-siṁhikā | vajrāṅgī Vajra-kaṅkālī nṛmuṇda-sragviṇī śivā |9|
Vajrāṅgī– She who has limbs of lightning/diamond
Vajra-kaṅkālī– She who has bones of lightning/diamond
Nṛmuṇda-sragviṇī– She who is adorned with a garland of human heads
Śivā– She who is Shiva
mālinī nara-muṇdālī galat-rudhira-bhūṣaṇā | rakta-canda-nasiktāṅgī sindūrāruṇa-mastakā |10|
Mālinī – She who wears a garland
Nara-muṇdālī– She who holds a human head
Galat-rudhira-bhūṣaṇā– She whose neck is adorned with blood
Rakta-canda-nasiktāṅgī– She whose limbs are smeared with red sandal paste
Sindūrāruṇa-mastakā– She whose forehead is marked with vermillion