Discourse by Rev. Swami Chetananandaji Maharaj, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and spiritual head of the Vedanta Society of St. Louise on his book "Stories of Vedanta Monks" given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 23 July 2022.

Revered Swami Chetananandaji Maharaj of the St. Louis Vedanta Society discuses japa, the meditative repetition of mantra. Swamiji reads from an untranslated book by the saint Sri Anirvan.

Pravachan (discourse) on the Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi by Revered Swami Sarvadevananda Puri Maharaj, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math & Mission and Spiritual Head of the Vedanta Society of Southern California and its affiliated centers.

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

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)

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

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Bhagavatam - Skanda X - Discourse 14, Verses 1-8

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

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Informal Satsang Part 1

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

by Revered Swami Sarvadevananda, Head of Vedanta Society of Southern California

By Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Bhagavatam - Skanda 10, Ch.13, V. 1-64

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati /  V. 100-105

100. caṇdā 101. caṇda-muṇdāti-veginī 102. pracaṇda-caṇdikā 103. caṇdī 104. caṇdikā 105. caṇda-veginī

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati. Swamiji continues his series on the Kali Sahashranam (Thousand Names of Goddess Kali) with a discussion of the cluster of names from verse 231: śuddhā taraṇginī medhā lākinī bahu-rūpiṇī | sthūlā sūkṣmā sūkṣma-tarā bhagavatyanurāgiṇī || 234. śuddhā 235. taraṇginī 236. medhā 237. lākinī 238. bahu-rūpiṇī 239. sthūlā 240. sūkṣmā 241. sūkṣma-tarā

by Swami Bhajananada Saraswati / Skanda 10, Chapter 11 & 12

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / V. 87-101

aṭṭahāsa-prasannāsyā smera-vaktrā subhāṣiṇī | prasanna-padma-vadanā smitāsyā priya-bhāṣiṇī |13| 87. aṭṭahāsa-prasannāsyā 89. smera-vaktrā 90. subhāṣiṇī 91. prasanna-padma-vadanā 92. smitāsyā 93. priya-bhāṣiṇī koṭarākṣī kulaśreṣṭhā mahatī bahu-bhāṣiṇī | sumatiḥ kumatiścaṇdā caṇda-muṇdāti-veginī |14| 94. koṭarākṣī 95. kula-śreṣṭhā 96. mahatī 97. bahu-bhāṣiṇī 98. sumatiḥ 99. kumatiḥ 100. caṇdā 101. caṇda-muṇdāti-veginī

By Swami Chetanananda of St. Louis Vedanta

by Swami Chetanananda of St. Louis Vedanta Center

by Swami Chetanananda from St. Louis Vedanta Center

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Talk on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Swami Vishnudevananda Saraswati

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Class on Yoga Sutra

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Bhagavatam Skanda 7, Ch. 11

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Bhagavatam Skanda 10, Ch.11

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Class on Sri Chandi on Durgashtami - Durga Puja

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Sahashranama (Thousand Names of Goddess Kali).

Swamiji discuses the names Vijaya, Jaya, Nadi Sindhu, Tara, and Shunya Nivasini.

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 74 through 871 from verse 11.

ghora-rūpā ghora-daṁṣṭrā ghorāghora-tarā śubhā | mahā-daṁṣṭrā mahā-māyā sudantī yuga-danturā |11|

1. Ghora-rūpā– She who has a terrible form
2. Ghora-daṁṣṭrā– She who has terrible teeth
3. Ghorāghora-tarā– She who is beyond both wonderful and terrible
4. Śubhā– She who is pure
5. Mahā-daṁṣṭrā– She who has great teeth
6. Mahā-māyā– She who is the great illusion
7. Sudantī– She who as wonderful teeth
8. Yuga-danturā– She whose teeth are the ages

Satsang with Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda on the Kali Sahashrana, discussing Saraswati and Matangi.

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|

1. Vajrāṅgī– She who has limbs of lightning/diamond
2. Vajra-kaṅkālī– She who has bones of lightning/diamond
3. Nṛmuṇda-sragviṇī– She who is adorned with a garland of human heads
4. Śivā– She who is Shiva

mālinī nara-muṇdālī galat-rudhira-bhūṣaṇā | rakta-canda-nasiktāṅgī sindūrāruṇa-mastakā |10|

1. Mālinī – She who wears a garland
2. Nara-muṇdālī– She who holds a human head
3. Galat-rudhira-bhūṣaṇā– She whose neck is adorned with blood
4. Rakta-canda-nasiktāṅgī– She whose limbs are smeared with red sandal paste
5. Sindūrāruṇa-mastakā– She whose forehead is marked with vermillion

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

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|

1. Māheśvarī – She who is Shiva, the great controller
2. Cāmuṇdā– She who beheaded Chanda and Munda
3. 63. Vārāhī – She who has the form of boar
4. Nārasiṁhikā – She who has the form of a man-lion

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|

1. Nīlā-ghanā– She who is blue like a rain cloud
2. Valākā – She who is swan-like
3. Mudrāmitā-sitā – She who shows elegant gestures
4. Brāhmī – She who is Brahma
5. Nārāyaṇī – She who is Narayana
6. Bhadrā – She who is good
7.  Subhadrā– She who is excellent
8. Bhakta-vatsalā– She who loves devotees

Pravachan (discourse) on Kali Sahashranam by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati.

The divine names under discussion: 213. Nītiḥ 214. Sunītiḥ 215. Suruciḥ 216. Tuṣṭiḥ 217. Puṣṭiḥ 218. Dhṛtiḥ 219. Kṣamā 220. Vāṇī 221. Buddhiḥ 222. Mahā-lakṣmīḥ 223. Lakṣmīḥ

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 ||

1. Kumārī – She who is a young girl
2. Kulajā – She who is well born
3. Kṛṣṇā– She who is dark
4. Kṛṣṇa-dehā – She who has a dark body
5. Kṛśo-dārā – She who has a thin waist (holds all action)
6. Kṛśāṁgī – She who has a thin body
7. Kuliśāṁgī – She whose body is like a lightning bolt
8. Krīṁ-kārī – She is the sound “Kring”
9. Kamala– She who is a lotus (Lakshmi)
10. Kalā – She who is art