Mother Yashoda Sees the Universe in Sri Krishna's Mouth

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Srimad Bhagavatam Sk. 10, Ch. 8, V. 21-52

Kali Sahashranama (Talk 6): "The Dark One" 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 34 through 43 from verse 6.
kumārī kulajā kṛṣṇā kṛṣṇa-dehā kṛśo-dārā | kṛśāṁgī kuliśāṁgī ca krīṁ-kārī kamala kalā || 6 ||
Kumārī – She who is a young girl
Kulajā – She who is well born
Kṛṣṇā– She who is dark
Kṛṣṇa-dehā – She who has a dark body
Kṛśo-dārā – She who has a thin waist (holds all action)
Kṛśāṁgī – She who has a thin body
Kuliśāṁgī – She whose body is like a lightning bolt
Krīṁ-kārī – She is the sound “Kring”
Kamala– She who is a lotus (Lakshmi)
Kalā – She who is art
 
 

Name Giving Ceremony of Krishna and Balaram by Garga Muni

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Srimad Bhagavatam Sk. 10, Ch. 8, V. 1-20

Kali Sahasranama (Talk 7): "Who Swallows All" 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 44 through 51 from verse 7.
karālāsyā karālī ca kulakāntāparājitā |
ugrā ugra-prabhā dīptā vipra-cittā mahānanā || 7 ||
Karālāsyā– She who has a gaping mouth
Karālī – She who swallows everything
Kula-kāntāparājitā – She whose beauty is undefeated
Ugrā – She who is angry
Ugra-prabhā – She whose effulgence is terrible
Dīptā– She who is light
Vipra-cittā – She who is the mind of sages
51. Mahānanā – She who has a great face

Gems from the Garden of Saints: Vishuddhananda Part 11

by Swami Chetanananda of St. Louis Vedanta Society

Gems from the Garden of Saints: Vishuddhananda Part 10

by Swami Chetanananda of St. Louis Vedanta Society

Gems from the Garden of Saints: Vishuddhananda Part 9

by Swami Chetanananda of St. Louis Vedanta Society

Vivekananda's Talk on Hinduism at the Parliament of Religions

by Swami Bhajanananda Sarawati

Kali Sahashranama (Talk 5): "Mother of the Kulas" 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 26 through 33 from verse 5.
 
kāntā kāma-svarūpā ca kāmākhyā kula-pālinī | kulīnā kula-vatyambā durgā durgārti-nāśinī || 5 ||
 
26. Kāntā – She who is effulgent
27. Kāma-svarūpā – She whose nature is desire
28. Kāmākhyā – She who is the seat of desire
29. Kula-pālinī – She who protect the Kulas 30. Kulīnā – She who is aristocratic
31. Kula-vatyambā – She who is the mother of noble families
32. Durgā – She who overcomes difficulties
33. Durgārti-nāśinī – She who destroys difficulties
 
 

Q&A with Pravrajika Gitaprana Puri

Informal satsang with Gitaprana, Nun of the Ramakrishna Mission, Head of the Vivekananda Retreat at Ridgley