Kali Sahasranama (Talk 4) "The Beauty of Desire" 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 19 through 25 from verse 4.
ककारवर्णसर्वाण्गी कामिनी कामसुन्दरी।
कामार्ता कामरूपा च कामधेनुः कलावती॥ ४॥
ka-kāra-varṇa-sarvāṇgī kāminī kāma-sundarī |
kāmārtā kāma-rūpā ca kāma-dhenuḥ kalāvatī || 4 ||
Ka-kāra-varṇa-sarvāṇgī – She who is the “KA” group of letters
Kāminī – She who is a desire-filled woman
Kāma-sundarī –She who is the beauty of desire
Kāmārtā – She who is the object of desire
Kāma-rūpā – She who is the form of desire
Kāma-dhenuḥ -She who is desire-fulfilling cow
Kalāvatī – She who is expert at all arts
 

Kali Sahasranama (Talk 3 ) "Mother of Desire" 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 13 through 18 from verse 2.
कामदा कामिनी काम्या कमनीयस्वभाविनी।
कस्तूरीरसलिप्ताण्गी कुञ्जरेश्वरगामिनी॥ ३॥
 
kāmadā kāminī kāmyā kama-nīya-svabhāvinī |
kastūrī-rasa-liptāṇgī kuñjareśvara-gāminī || 3 ||
kāmadā – She who grants desires
kāminī – She who is desire
kāmyā – She who is desired
kama-nīya-svabhāvinī – She whose nature is desirable
kastūrī-rasa-liptāṇgī – She whose limbs are smeared with musk oil
kuñjareśvara-gāminī – She who moves like the lord of elephants

Kali Sahasranama (Talk 2): "The Dark Night" 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 8 through 12
कालिका कालरातिश्च महाकालनितम्बिनी।
कालभैरवभारया च कुलवर्त्मप्रकाशिनी॥ २॥
kālikā kāla-rātiś-ca mahā-kāla-nitambinī |
kāla-bhairava-bhārayā ca kula-vartma-prakāśinī || 2 ||
Kālikā – She who is the remover of darkness
Kāla-rātiś – She who is the dark night
Mahā-kāla-nitambinī – She who sits upon Mahakala
Kāla-Bhairava-bhārayā – She who is the consort of Kala Bhairava
Kula-vartma-prakāśinī – She who illuminates the Kula path
 

Blinded by a Whirlwind - The Attack of Trinavarta Asura

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Gems from the Garden of Saints: Vishuddhananda Part 7

by Swami Chetanananda of St. Louis Vedanta Society

Gems from the Garden of Saints: Vishuddhananda Part 6

by Swami Chetanananda of St. Louis Vedanta Society

Gems from the Garden of Saints: Vishuddhananda Part 5

by Swami Chetanananda of St. Louis Vedanta Society