Kali Mandir Satsang

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

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