Kali Mandir Satsang

"Discipleship" by Swami Vivekananda Part II

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Informal Satsang Part @

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: The Sword of Protection

By Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Verse 18
pūtā pavitrā paramā purāpuṇyavibhūṣaṇā | puṇyanāmnī bhītiharā varadā khaṅgapālinī ||18||
123. pūtā – Daughter 124. pavitrā – Pure 125. paramā – Supreme 126. purā-puṇya-vibhūṣaṇā – Fully adorned with merit 127. puṇya-nāmnī – Whose name is merit 128. bhīti-harā – Remover of fear 129. varadā – Granter of boons 130. khaṅga-pālinī – Who protects with sword
131. nṛ-muṇda-hasta-śastā ca – holding a severed human head (and)

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