Kali Mandir Satsang

Scripture class on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 44, given by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati to students of Ramakrishna Seminary via Zoom on 7 September 2022. नमो देव्यै महादेव्यै शिवायै सत्तं नमः | नमः प्रकृत्यै भद्रायै नियताः प्रणताः स्म ताम् || ४४ || namo devyai mahā-devyai śivāyai sattaṃ namaḥ | namaḥ prakṛtyai bhadrāyai niyatāḥ praṇatāḥ sma tām || 44 || 44. "Hail to the Goddess, to the G...

Scripture class on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 38-39, given by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati to students of Ramakrishna Seminary via Zoom on 31 August 2022. सर्वशृङ्गारवेषाढ्यां सर्वदेवनमस्कृताम् | सर्वाशापूरिकां सर्वमातरं सर्वमोहिनीम् || ४० || sarva-śṛṅgāra-veṣāḍhyāṃ sarva-deva-namaskṛtām | sarvāśā-pūrikāṃ sarva-mātaraṃ sarva-mohinīm || 40 || 40. "Richly adorned in garments all suited for...

Discourse by Revered Swami Chetananandaji Maharaj, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and Minister of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 27 August 2022. Swamiji reads from his new book "Stories of Vedanta Monks) as he remembers Gopesh Maharaj, Swami Saradeshananda, the great ascetic disciple of Holy Mother. _____________ https://kalimandir.org/ https://ww...

Scripture class on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 38-39, given by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati to students of Ramakrishna Seminary via Zoom on 24 August 2022. मल्लिकामालतीमालाकेशपाविराजिताम् | काश्मिऋरबिन्दुनिटिलां नेत्रत्रयविलासिनीम् || ३८ || mallikā-mālatī-mālā-keśapā-virājitām | kāśmiṛra-binduni-ṭilāṃ netra-traya-vilāsinīm || 38 || 38. "A garland of jasmine flowers brightened Her luxurian...

Scripture class on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 36-37, given by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati to students of Ramakrishna Seminary via Zoom on 17 August 2022. अष्तमीचन्द्रबिम्बाभललाटामायतभ्रुवम् | रक्तारविन्दनयनामुन्नसां मधुराधराम् || ३६ || aṣtamī-candra-bimbābha-lalāṭā-māyata-bhruvam | raktāravinda-nayanām-unnasāṃ madhurādharām || 36 || 36. "Above long eyebrows Her forehead shone with an im...

Discourse by Revered Swami Chetananandaji Maharaj, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and Minister of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 20 August 2022. Swamiji reads from his new book "Stories of Vedanta Monks) as he remembers Gopesh Maharaj, Swami Saradeshananda, the great ascetic disciple of Holy Mother. _____________ https://kalimandir.org/ https://ww...

Discourse by Revered Swami Chetananandaji Maharaj, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and Minister of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 13 August 2022. Swamiji reads from his new book "Stories of Vedanta Monks) as he remembers Gopesh Maharaj, Swami Saradeshananda, the great ascetic disciple of Holy Mother. _____________ https://kalimandir.org/ https://ww...

Scripture class on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 33-35, given by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati to students of Ramakrishna Seminary via Zoom on 10 August 2022. कनकाण्गदाकेयूरग्रैवेयकविभूषिताम् | अनर्घ्यमणिसम्भिन्नगलबन्धविराजिताम् || ३३ || kanakāṇgadā-keyūra-graiveyaka-vibhūṣitām | anarghya-maṇi-sambhinna-gala-bandha-virājitām || 33 || 33. "She was adorned with a necklace, armlets, and bracele...

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 6 August 2022. _____________ https://kalimandir.org/ https://www.ramakrishnaseminary.org/ Support the work of Kali Mandir>>

Scripture class on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 32, given by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati to students of Ramakrishna Seminary via Zoom on 3 August 2022. उद्यत्पीनकुचद्वन्द्वनिन्दिताम्भोजकुड्मलाम् | रणत्किण्किणिकाजालसिञ्जन्मञ्जीरमेखलाम् || ३२ || udyat-pīna-kuca-dvandva-ninditām-bhoja-kuḍmalām | raṇat-kiṇkiṇi-kājāla-siñjan-mañjīra-mekhalām || 32 || 32. "Her full, upraised breasts put to sham...

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 30 July 2022. _____________ https://kalimandir.org/ https://www.ramakrishnaseminary.org/ Support the work of Kali Mandir>>

Discourse by Revered Swami Chetananandaji Maharaj, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and Minister of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 30 July 2022. Swamiji reads from his new book "Stories of Vedanta Monks) as he remembers Gopesh Maharaj, Swami Saradeshananda, the great ascetic disciple of Holy Mother. _____________ https://kalimandir.org/ https://www....

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.

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 31 given to students of Ramakrishna Seminary via Zoom on 29 June 2022. तावत्तदेव स्त्रीरूपेणाभाद्दिव्यं मनोहरम् | अतीव रमणीयाङ्गीं कुमारीं नवयौवनाम् || ३१ || tāvat-tadeva strī-rūpeṇābhād-divyaṃ mano-haram |atīva ramaṇīyāṅgīṃ kumārīṃ nava-yauvanām || 31 || "…that light appearing now in the form of a woman, charm...

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 28 - 30 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 22 June 2022 on Zoom. विद्युत्कोटिसमानाभमरुणं तत्परं महः | नैव चोर्ध्वं न तिर्यक्च न मध्ये परिजग्रभत् || २८ || vidyut-koṭi-samānā-bhamaruṇaṃ tat-paraṃ mahaḥ | naiva cordhvaṃ na tiryak-ca na madhye pari-jagrabhat || 28 || "Flashing like ten...

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 27 & 28 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 15 June 2022 on Zoom. चतुर्दिक्षु चतुर्वेदैर्मूर्तिमद्भिरभिष्टुतम् | कोटिसूर्याप्रतीकाशं चन्द्रकोटिसुशीतलम् || २७ || catur-dikṣu catur-vedair-mūrtimadbhir-abhiṣṭutam | koṭi-sūryā-pratīkāśaṃ candra-koṭi-suśītalam || 27 || "Praised on all sid...

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 26 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 8 June 2022 on Zoom. अकस्माच्चैत्रमासीयनवम्यां च भृगोर्दिने | प्रादुर्बभूव पुरतस्तन्महः श्रुतिबोधितम् || २६ || akasmāc-caitra-māsīya-navamyāṃ ca bhṛgordine | prādurbabhūva purata-stan-mahaḥ śruti-bodhitam || 26 || "Suddenly, on the ninth lunar d...

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 24 & 25 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 1 June 2022. मन्त्रपारायणपराः केचित् कृच्छ्रादिकारिणः | अन्तर्यागपराः केचित् केचित् न्यासपरायणाः || २४ || mantra-pārāyaṇa-parāḥ kecit kṛcchrādi-kāriṇaḥ | antaryāga-parāḥ kecit kecit nyāsa-parāyaṇāḥ || 24 || 24. "Some were devoted...

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 24  given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 25 May 2022 on Zoom.  मन्त्रपारायणपराः केचित् कृच्छ्रादिकारिणः | अन्तर्यागपराः केचित् केचित् न्यासपरायणाः || २४ || mantra-pārāyaṇa-parāḥ kecit kṛcchrādi-kāriṇaḥ | antaryāga-parāḥ kecit kecit nyāsa-parāyaṇāḥ || 24 || "Some were devoted...

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 23 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 18 May 2022 on Zoom. केचित्समाधिनिष्नाताः केचिन्नामपरायणाः | केचित्सूक्तपराः केचिन्नामपारायणोत्सुकाः || २३ || kecit-samādhi-niṣnātāḥ kecin-nāma-parāyaṇāḥ | kecit-sūkta-parāḥ kecin-nāma-pārāyaṇot-sukāḥ || 23 || 23. "Some gods were fully absorbed...

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verse 22 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on Zoom on 4 May 2022. अम्बायज्ञविधानज्ञा अम्बायज्ञं च चक्रिरे | तृतीयादिव्रतान्याशु चक्रुः सर्वे सुरा नृप || २२ || ambā-yajña-vidhānajñā ambā-yajñaṃ ca cakrire | tṛtīyādi-vratānyāśu cakruḥ sarve surā nṛpa || 22 || 22. "They all performed the Mothe...

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 20 & 21 giveento students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 27 April 2022. इत्यादिश्य सुरान्सर्वान्महाविष्णुः स्वजायया | संयुतो निर्जगामाऽशु देवैः सह सुराधिपः || २० || ityādiśya surān-sarvān-mahā-viṣṇuḥ svajāyayā | saṃyuto nirjagāmā'śu devaiḥ saha surādhipaḥ || 20 || 20. "Thus enjoining all the god...

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 17-19, given on Zoom to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 20 April 2022.   लालने ताडने मातुर्नाकारुण्यं यथाऽर्भके | तद्वदेव जगन्मातुर्नियन्त्र्या गुणदोषयोः || १७ || lālane tāḍane mātur-nākāruṇyaṃ yathā'rbhake | tadvad-eva jagan-mātur-niyantryā guṇa-doṣayoḥ || 17 || 17. "As a mother feels no lack...

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 14-16, given via Zoom to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 6 April 2022. इति चिन्तातुराः सर्वे जग्मुर्वैकुण्ठमण्डले | शशंसुर्हरिमेकान्ते स चोपायं जगाद ह || १४ || iti cintāturāḥ sarve jagmur-vaikuṇṭha-maṇḍale | śaśaṃsur-harim-ekānte sa copāyaṃ jagāda ha || 14 || 14. "Thus afflicted with wor...

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 10-13, given on Zoom to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir on 30 March 2022. ब्रह्मदत्तवरो दैत्योऽभवत्त्रैलोक्यनायकः | शिवौरसस्तु यः पुत्रः स ते हन्ता भविष्यति || १० || brahma-datta-varo daityo'bhavat-trailokya-nāyakaḥ | śivaurasastu yaḥ putraḥ sa te hantā bhaviṣyati || 10 || 10. "The fiend be...