Stories of the Old Monks of the Ramakrishna Order Part 4

by Swami Chetanananda of St. Louis Vedanta Society

Stories of the Old Monks of the Ramakrishna Order Part 3

by Swami Chetanananda of St. Louis Vedanta Society

Stories of the Old Monks of the Ramakrishna Order Part 2

by Swami Chetanananda of St. Louis Vedanta Society

Stories of the Old Monks of the Ramakrishna Order

by Swami Chetanananda of St. Louis Vedanta Society

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
 

Krishna Knocks Over the Arjuna Trees: The Hymn of the Guhyakas Part 1

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Srimad Bhagavatam Sk. 10, Ch. 10, V. 23-29

Talk on Phalaharani Kali Puja

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Discourse given during Kali Mandir's Annual Festival

Kali Sahashranama (Talk 9): "The Man-lion" 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 61 through 64 from verse 9.
māheśvarī ca cāmuṇdā vārāhī nārasiṁhikā | vajrāṅgī vajrakaṅkālī nṛmuṇdasragviṇī śivā |9|
Māheśvarī – She who is Shiva, the great controller
Cāmuṇdā– She who beheaded Chanda and Munda
63. Vārāhī – She who has the form of boar
Nārasiṁhikā – She who has the form of a man-lion

Krishna Tied to the Mortar / Narada's Curse of Kubera's Sons

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Srimad Bhagavatam Sk. 10, Ch. 9, V. 1-22

Kali Sahasranama (Talk 8): "Lover of Devotees" 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 52 through 59 from verse 8.
nīlā-ghanā valākā ca mātrā mudrāmitāsitā | brāhmī nārāyaṇī bhadrā subhadrā bhakta-vatsalā |8|
Nīlā-ghanā– She who is blue like a rain cloud
Valākā – She who is swan-like
Mudrāmitā-sitā – She who shows elegant gestures
Brāhmī – She who is Brahma
Nārāyaṇī – She who is Narayana
Bhadrā – She who is good
 Subhadrā– She who is excellent
Bhakta-vatsalā– She who loves devotees