Devi Gita (class 2): ”Dissapearance of Sati” by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati

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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Devi Gita (class 1): ”Nectar of Shakti’s Tales” by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati

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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Vivekananda and Religious Pluralism

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

Audio: Discourse on Swami Vivekananda's "The Necessity of Religion"

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

Video: Discourse on Swami Vivekananda's "The Necessity of Religion"

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

Kali Sahashranam: She Who Is the Nature of Supreme Bliss

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-Svarūpiṇī246. Sarvānanda-Mayī247. Nitya248. Sarvānanda-Svarūpiṇī

Kali Sahashranama: She Who Is Bhagavati

Pravachan (discourse) by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Sahashranama.
Swamiji discuses the names "Bhagavati" and "Anuragini".

Kali Sahashranama: She Who Is the Gross and the Subtle

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. śuddhā235. taraṇginī236. medhā237. lākinī238. bahu-rūpiṇī239. sthūlā240. sūkṣmā241. sūkṣma-tarā

Kali Sahashranama: She Who Is Victorious

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.

Kali Sahashranama: She Who Is All Speech, Etc

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