Kali Sahasranama: She Who Wears Space

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Verse 20

Kali Sahasranama: She Who Holds a Human Skull in Her Hand

Class on the Thousands Names of Kali by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Verse 19 nṛmuṇdahastaśastā ca chinnamastā sunāsikā | dakṣiṇā śyāmalā śyāmā śāntā pīnonnatastanī |19| 131. nṛ-muṇda-hasta-śastā – holding a human skull in Her hand 132. chinnamastā – holding Her own severed head 133. sunāsikā – beautiful nose 134. dakṣiṇā – south 135. śyāmalā – dark completion 136. śyāmā - dark 137. śāntā – peaceful 138. pīnonnatastanī – holding trident

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

Prayer of Brahma

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Bhagavatam - Skanda X - Discourse 14, Verses 1-8

She Who Sits Upon a Corpse

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Kali Sahashranama V. 112-115
112. pretāsanā ~ seated upon a corpse 113. priya-pretā ~ beloved of corpses 114. preta-bhūmi-kṛtā-layā ~ dwelling in the land of corpses 115. smaśana-vasina ~dwelling in the cremation ground

“Discipleship” by Swami Vivekananda

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Informal Satsang Part 1

She Who has Unbounded Hair

By Swami Bhajananada Saraswati / Class on "Kali Sahashranama/Thousand Names of Kali" Verses 106-111 su-keśī mukta-keśī ca dīrgha-keśī mahat-kucā || preta-deha-karṇa-pūrā preta-pāṇisumekhalā | 106. su-keśī ~ beautiful hair 107. mukta-keśī ~ unbound hair 108. dīrgha-keśī ~ long hair 109. mahat-kucā ~ large breasts 110. preta-deha-karṇa-pūrā ~ earring made from corpses 111. preta-pāṇisumekhalā ~ girdle of corpse hands

Swami Sarvadevananda Speaks on Holy Mother Sarada Devi

by Revered Swami Sarvadevananda, Head of Vedanta Society of Southern California

Brahma Steals the Calves and Cowherd Boys

By Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Bhagavatam - Skanda 10, Ch.13, V. 1-64

Kali Sahasranama: Chinamasta

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati /  V. 100-105
100. caṇdā 101. caṇda-muṇdāti-veginī 102. pracaṇda-caṇdikā 103. caṇdī 104. caṇdikā 105. caṇda-veginī