Kali Mandir Satsang

Revered Swami Chetananandaji Maharaj shares rare reminisces of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi by Swami Ashitananda, Br. Pramesh Kumar, & Golap Ma. Pujya Swami Chetanananda is a senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math & Mission and the Spiritual Head of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis.

Revered Swami Chetananandaji Maharaj shares rare reminisces of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi by her direct disciples Swami Gaurishananda and Swami Haripriyananda. Pujya Swami Chetanananda is a senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math & Mission and the Spiritual Head of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis.

Class by Rev. Dr. Mahant Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Book X, chapter 13, verses 6 - 8 of Srimad Bhagavatam given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 21 June 2025. Brahma said: तथापि भूमन् महिमागुणस्य ते विबोद्धुम् अर्हत्य् अमलान्तरात्मभिः | अविक्रियात् स्वानुभवाद् अरूपतो ह्य् अनन्यबोध्यात्मतया न चान्यथा || ६ || tathāpi bhūman mahimāguṇasya te viboddhum arhaty amalāntar-ātmabhiḥ | avikriyāt svānubhavād arūpato hy ananya-bodhyātmatayā na cānyathā || 6 ||   6. "Nevertheless, Oh Infinite One (tathāpi bhūman), Your infinite nature beyond the gunas (mahimā aguṇasya te), changeless (avikriyāt), formless (arūpataḥ), and self-effulgent (hi ananya bodhya can be known by self realization (ātmatayā viboddhum) by one whose mind and senses are pure and in-drawn (arhati amala antar-ātmabhih), through one's own direct perception (sva anubhava), and not otherwise (na ca anyathā)."   गुन्̣आत्मनस् तेऽपि गुन्̣आन् विमातुं हितावतीर्̣नस्य क ईशिरेऽस्य | कालेन यैर् वा विमिताह्̣ सुकल्पैर् भूपांशवह्̣ खे मिहिका द्युभासह्̣ || ७ || guṇātmanas te 'pi guṇān vimātuḿ hitāvatīṛnasya ka īśire 'sya | kālena yair vā vimitāḥ su-kalpair bhū-pāḿśavaḥ khe mihikā dyu-bhāsaḥ || 7 ||   7. "Oh Self of the gunas (guṇa-ātmanaḥ), to count Your qualities ( te api guṇān vimātum) -- You who have incarnated for the good of all ( hita-avatīrṇasya ) -- is like a geniuses, for all eternity, counting (asya kālena yaiḥ vā vimitāḥ su-kalpaiḥ) all the grains of sand on the earth (bhū-pāḿśavaḥ), all water drops in the air ( khe mihikāḥ), and all the stars in the sky (dyu-bhāsaḥ)."   तत् ते ऽनुकम्पां सुसमीक्स्̣अमान्̣ओ भुञ्जान एवात्मक्र्̣तं विपाकम् | ह्र्̣द्वाग्वपुर्भिर् विदधन् नमस् ते जीवेत यो मुक्तिपदे स दायभाक् || ८ || tat te 'nukampāṃ su-samīkṣamāṇo bhuñjāna evātma-kṛtaṃ vipākam | hṛd-vāg-vapurbhir vidadhan namas te jīveta yo mukti-pade sa dāya-bhāk || 8 ||   8. "Therefore (tat) whoever lives (jīveta yaḥ) depending upon Your compassion (te anukampām su-samīkṣamāṇaḥ), tolerating the results of their own actions (bhuñjānaḥ eva ātma-kṛtam  vipākam) and surrendering to You with heart, words and body (hṛt vāk vapurbhiḥ vidadhan namaḥ te), becomes the rightful heir of liberation (mukti-pade saḥ dāya-bhāk)."

Class by Rev Dr. Mahant Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Book X of Srimad Bhagavatam given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 14 June 2025.  Brahma said: ज्ञाने प्रयासम् उदपास्य नमन्त एव  जीवन्ति सन्मुखरितां भवदीयवार्ताम् | स्थाने स्थिताह्̣ श्रुतिगतां तनुवाङ्मनोभिर् ये प्रायशोऽजित जितोऽप्य् असि तैस् त्रिलोक्याम् || ३ || jñāne prayāsam udapāsya namanta eva jjīvanti sanmukharitāṃ bhavadīyavārtām | sthāne sthitāḥ śrutigatāṃ tanuvāṅmanobhir ye prāyaśo'jita jito'py asi tais trilokyām || 3 || 3. "Those who give up the path of knowledge (jñāne prayāsam udapāsya) and simple bow to You (namantaḥ eva), spending their lives hearing about You from the lips of saints (jīvanti sat-mukharitām bhavadīya-vārtām), in whatever condition they are (sthāne sthitāḥ), meditate on what they heard with their body, speech, and mind (śruti-gatām tanu vāk manobhiḥ ye prāyaśaḥ)-- Oh Unconquerable One (ajita), You are conquered by them in the three worlds (jitaḥ api asi taiḥ  tri-lokyām). श्रेयह्̣स्र्̣तिं भक्तिम् उदस्य ते विभो क्लिश्यन्ति ये केवलबोधलब्धये | तेस्̣आम् असौ क्लेशल एव शिस्̣यते नान्यद् यथा स्थूलतुस्̣आवघातिनाम् || ४ || śreyaḥ-sṛtiṃ bhaktim udasya te vibho kliśyanti ye kevala-bodha-labdhaye | teṣām asau kleśala eva śiṣyate nānyad yathā sthūla-tuṣāvaghātinām || 4 || 4. "There are some who reject the auspicious path of bhakti (śreyaḥ sṛtim bhaktim udasya). They struggle to know You, Oh Lord, with their minds alone (te vibho kliśyanti ye kevala bodha). The only thing they achieve is that struggle (labdhaye teṣām asau kleśalaḥ eva) and nothing more (na anyat). It is just like beating empty husks (yathā sthūla-tuṣa avaghātinām)." पुरेह भूमन् बहवोऽपि योगिनस् त्वदर्पितेहा निजकर्मलब्धया | विबुध्य भक्त्यैव कथोपनीतया प्रपेदिरेऽञ्जोऽच्युत ते गतिम्́ पराम् || ५ || pureha bhūman bahavo'pi yoginas tvad-arpitehā nija-karma-labdhayā | vibudhya bhaktyaiva kathopanītayā prapedire'ñjo'cyuta te gatiḿ parām || 5 || 5. "In the past, O Infinite One (purā iha bhūman), many yogis (bahavaḥ api yoginaḥ) offered whatever they did to You (tvat arpita īhāḥ nija-karma), and through bhakti cultivated by hearing about You (labdhayā vibudhya bhaktyā eva kathā-upanītayā), easily surrendered to You, Oh Infalliable One (prapedire añjaḥ acyuta) and attained You, the supreme goal (te gatim parām)."    

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verses 27-34, given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 18 June 2025. The Goddess said: तस्मादाकाश उत्पन्नः शब्दतन्मात्ररूपकः | भवेत् स्पर्शात्मको वायुस्तेजोरूपात्मकं पुनः || २७ || tasmādākāśa utpannaḥ śabda-tanmātra-rūpakaḥ | bhavet sparśātmako vāyus-tejo-rūpātmakaṃ punaḥ || 27 || 27. "Out of that primal substance arose ether,  endowed with the subtle quality of sound. Then arose air, characterized by the quality of touch, followed by fire, characterized by visible form." जलं रसात्मकं पशात् ततो गन्धात्मिका धरा | शब्दैकगुण आकासो वायुः स्पर्शरवानितः || २८ || jalaṃ rasātmakaṃ paśāt tato gandhātmikā dharā | śabdaika-guṇa ākāso vāyuḥ sparśa-ravānitaḥ || 28 || 28. "Next arose water, characterized by taste; then earth, characterized by smell. Ether has the single quality of sound; air is endowed with touch and sound." शब्दस्पर्शरूपगुणं तेज ईत्युच्यते बुधैः | शब्दस्पर्शरूपरसैरापो वेदगुणाः स्मृताः || २९ || śabda-sparśa-rūpa-guṇaṃ teja ītyucyate budhaiḥ | śabda-sparśa-rūpa-rasairāpo veda-guṇāḥ smṛtāḥ || 29 || 29. "Fire has the qualities of sound, touch, and visible form, according to the wise; water has the four qualities of sound, touch, visible form, and taste, so they say." शब्दस्पर्शरूपरसगन्धैः पञ्चगुणा धरा | तेभ्योऽभवन् महत्सूत्रं यल्लिण्गं परिचक्षते || ३० || śabda-sparśa-rūpa-rasa-gandhaiḥ pañca-guṇā dharā | tebhyo'bhavan mahat-sūtraṃ yal-liṇgaṃ paricakṣate || 30 || 30. "Earth has the five qualities of sound, touch, visible form, taste, and smell. From those subtle elements came into being the great cosmic thread which is called the Subtle Body." सर्वात्मकं तत्सम्प्रोक्तं सूक्ष्मदेहोऽयमात्मनः | अव्यत्क्तं कारणो देहः स चोक्तः पूर्वमेव हि || ३१ || sarvātmakaṃ tat-samproktaṃ sūkṣma-deho’yamātmanaḥ | avyatktaṃ kāraṇo dehaḥ sa coktaḥ pūrvameva hi || 31 || 31. "It is proclaimed as all-pervading; this is the Subtle Body of the Self.The Unmanifest is the Causal Body, which I mentioned earlier." यस्मिन् जगद्बीजरूपं स्थितं लिङ्गोद्भवो यथः | ततः स्थूलानि भूतानिपञ्चिकरणमागतः || ३२ || yasmin jagad-bīja-rūpaṃ sthitaṃ liṅgodbhavo yathaḥ | tataḥ sthūlāni bhūtāni-pañcikaraṇa-māgataḥ || 32 || 32. "In that lies the world seed, from which evolves the Subtle Body. From that, by the process of fivefold generation, the gross elements," पञ्चसङ्ख्यानि जायन्ते तत्प्रकारस्त्वथोच्यते | पूर्वोक्तानि च भूतानि प्रत्यकं विभजेद् द्विधा || ३३ || pañca-saṅkhyāni jāyante tat-prakāra-stvathocyate | pūrvoktāni ca bhūtāni pratyakaṃ vibhajed dvidhā || 33 || 33. "Five in number, arise. I shall now describe this process. Each of those elements previously mentioned shall be divided in half." एकैकं भागमेकस्य चतुर्धा विभजेद् गिरे | स्वस्वतरद्वितीयांशे योजनात् पञ्च ते || ३४ || ekaikaṃ bhāgamekasya caturdhā vibhajed gire | svasvataradvitīyāṃśe yojanāt pañca te || 34 || 34. "One half-part of each element shall be divided into four, O Mountain. By joining the undivided half of each element with one of the quartered fractions from each of the other four, each element becomes five-fold." तत्कार्यं च विराड्देहः स्थूलदेहोऽयमात्मनः |  tat-kāryaṃ ca virāḍ-dehaḥ sthūla-deho’yamātmanaḥ | 34. "And they produce the Cosmic Body, or Gross Body, of the Self."

Class by Rev Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Book X, Chapter 14 of Srimad Bhagavatam, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 7 June 2025.  श्रीब्रह्मोवाच नौमीद्̣य तेऽभ्रवपुस्̣ए तद्̣इदम्बराय गुञ्जावतम्́सपरिपिच्छलसन्मुखाय वन्यस्रजे कवलवेत्रविस्̣आन्̣अवेन्̣उलक्स्̣मश्रिये म्र्̣दुपदे पशुपाńगजाय śrī-brahmovāca 1. naumīḍya te 'bhra-vapuṣe taḍid-ambarāya guñjāvataḿsa-paripiccha-lasan-mukhāya vanya-sraje kavala-vetra-viṣāṇa-veṇu- lakṣma-śriye mṛdu-pade paśu-pāńgajāya Sri Brahma said: "I worship You, the primordial Lord (naumi īḍya te), whose body is like a dark cloud (abhra vapuṣe); whose garment is like lightning (taḍit ambarāya); wearing a garland of guñjā berries (guñjā avataḿsa) and peacock feather (paripiccha); whose face shines (lasat mukhāya); a garlands of forest flowers (vanya-sraje); holding a morsel of food, stick, buffalo horn, and flute (kavala vetra viṣāṇa veṇu lakṣma), and whose beautiful feet are soft (śriye mṛdu pade), the son of a  cow herder (paśu-pa ańga-jāya)." अस्यापि देव वपुस्̣ओ मदनुग्रहस्य स्वेच्छामयस्य न तु भूत-मयस्य कोऽपि नेशे महि त्व् अवसितुम्ऽमनसान्तरेन्̣अ साक्स्̣आत् तवैव किम् उतात्मसुखानुभूतेह्̣ asyāpi deva vapuṣo mad-anugrahasya svecchā-mayasya na tu bhūta-mayasya ko 'pi neśe mahi tv avasituḿ manasāntareṇa sākṣāt tavaiva kim utātma-sukhānubhūteḥ 2. "Lord, Your body (asya api deva vapuṣaḥ), which is the instrument of grace to me (mat-anugrahasya), appears by Your will (sva-icchā-mayasya), and not by the power of the material elements (na tu bhūta-mayasya). Even with my mind withdrawn in meditation (manasā antareṇa sākṣāt) I cannot grasp its glory (kaḥ api na īśe mahi tu avasitum).  What to speak then of understanding Your blissful Self (ava eva kim uta ātma sukha anubhūteḥ)."  

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verses 22-26, given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 28 May 2025. स पुनः कामकर्मादियुक्तया स्रीयमायया | पूर्वानुभूतसंस्कारात् कालकर्मविपाकतः || २२ || sa punaḥ kāma-karmādi-yuktayā srīyamāyayā | pūrvānubhūta-saṃskārāt kāla-karma-vipākataḥ || 22 || 22. "This Self, however, by its own power of Maya conjoined with desires, actions, and the like, through the influence of prior experience ripening in time in accord with the law of karma, ..."   अविवेकाच्च तत्त्वस्य सिसृक्षावान् प्रजायते | अबुद्धिपूर्वः सर्गोऽयं कथितस्ते नगाधिप || २३ || avivekāc-ca tattvasya sisṛkṣāvān prajāyate | abuddhi-pūrvaḥ sargo'yaṃ kathitaste nagādhipa || 23 || 23. "And by confounding the primal elements, being desirous to create, begins to bring forth. The resulting creation, devoid of intelligence, will be further described to you, O Mountain King."   एतद्धि यन्मया प्रोक्तं मम रूपमलौकिकम् | अव्याकृतं तदव्यक्तं मायाशबलमित्यपि || २४ || etaddhi yanmayā proktaṃ mama rūpa-malaukikam | avyākṛtaṃ tadavyaktaṃ māyāśabalamityapi || 24 || 24. "This extraordinary form of mine which I have mentioned is unevolved and unmanifest, yet becomes segmented through the power of Maya."   प्रोच्यते सवशास्त्रेषु सर्वकारणकारणम् | तत्त्वानामादिस्भूतं च सच्चिदानन्दविग्रहम् || २५ || procyate sava-śāstreṣu sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam | tattvā-nāmādis-bhūtaṃ ca sac-cid-ānanda-vigraham || 25 || 25. "All the religious treatises declare it to be the cause of all causes, The primal substance behind the elements, and as having the form of being, consciousness, bliss."   सर्वकर्मघनीभूतमिच्छाज्ञानक्रियाश्रयम् | ह्रीङ्कारमन्त्रवाचयं तदादितत्त्वं तदुच्यते || २६ || sarva-karma-ghanī-bhūtam-icchā-jñāna-kriyā-śrayam | hrīṇ-kāra-mantra-vācayaṃ tadādi-tattvaṃ taducyate || 26 || 26. "It is the condensation of all karma; it is the seat of will, knowledge, and action; it is expressed in the mantra Hrim; it is the primal principle—so it is said."

Class by Rev Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Book X of Srimad Bhagavatam introducing the story of Brahma stealing the cows and cowherd boya given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 19 May 2025.

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verses 19-21, given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 16 April 2025.   अपरिच्छन्नताऽप्येवमत एव मता मम | तच्चज्ञानं नात्मधर्मो धर्मत्वे जडताऽत्मनः || १९ || aparicchannatā'pyevamata eva matā mama | taccajñānaṃ nātma-dharmo dharmatve jaḍatā'tmanaḥ || 19 || 19. "Therefore I am regarded truly as an undivided whole, and that consciousness is not an attribute of the Self, for then the Self would be like an object."   ज्ञानस्य जडशेषत्वं म दृष्टं न च सम्भवै | चिद्धर्मत्वं तथा नास्ति चितश्चिन्न हि विद्यते || २० || jñānasya jaḍaśeṣatvaṃ ma dṛṣṭaṃ na ca sambhavai | cid-dharma-tvaṃ tathā nāsti citaścinna hi vidyate || 20 || 20. "In consciousness no possible trace of the object state can be found. And so consciousness also has no attributes: consciousness is not a quality separable from consciousness itself."   तस्मादात्मज्ञानरूपः सुखरूपश्च सर्वदा | सत्यः पूर्णोऽप्यसङ्गश्च द्वैतज्जालविवर्जितः || २१ || tasmād-ātma-jñāna-rūpaḥ sukha-rūpaśca sarvadā | satyaḥ pūrṇo'pyasaṅgaśca dvaitajjālavivarjitaḥ || 21 || 21. "Therefore the Self in essence is consciousness, and bliss as well, always, it is the real and complete, beyond all relation, and free from the illusion of duality."

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verse18, given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 9 April 2025. मा न भूवं हि भूयासमिति प्रेमात्मनि स्थितम् | सर्वस्याऽन्यस्य मिथ्यात्वादसङ्गत्वं स्फुटं मम || १८ || mā na bhūvaṃ hi bhūyāsamiti premātmani sthitam | sarvasyā'nyasya mithyātvādasaṅgatvaṃ sphuṭaṃ mama || 18 || 18. "The feeling "Let me not cease to be; let me exist forever," is rooted in love for the Self. Certainly there is no actual relations between me and all else, since all else is false."

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verses 15 through 17 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 2 April 2025. जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्त्यादौ दृश्यस्य व्यभिचारतः | संविदो व्यभिचारश्च नाऽनुभूतोऽस्ति कर्हिछित् || १५ || jāgrat-svapna-suṣuptyādau dṛśyasya vyabhicārataḥ | saṃvido vyabhicāraśca nā'nubhūto'sti karhichit || 15 || 15. "The visible world appears and disappears constantly in the various states of waking, dream, and deep sleep." यदि तस्याऽप्यनुभवस्तर्ह्ययं येन साक्शिणा | अनुभूतः स एवाऽत्र शिष्टः संविद्वपुः पुरा || १६ || yadi tasyā'pyanubhavastarhyayaṃ yena sākśiṇā | anubhūtaḥ sa evā'tra śiṣṭaḥ saṃvidvapuḥ purā || 16 || 16. "Even if this consciousness itself became an object of perception, then the witness of that perception would abide as the real pure consciousness, as before." अत एव नित्यत्वं प्रोक्तं सछास्त्रकोविदैः | आनन्दरूपता चऽस्याः परप्रेमास्पदत्वतह् || १७ || ata eva nitya-tvaṃ proktaṃ sachāstra-kovidaiḥ | ānanda-rūpatā ca'syāḥ para-premāspadatvatah || 17 || 17. "And so those versed in religious treaties regarding the real declare consciousness to be eternal. Its nature is bliss, for it is the object of supreme love."

Discourse by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, on names 340 through 344 of verses 42 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 29 March 2025. ऋक्सामाथर्वनिलया रागिणी शोभनस्वरा | कलकण्ठी कम्बुकण्ठी वेणुवीणापरायणा || ४२ || ṛk-sāmātharva-nilayā rāgiṇī śobhana-svarā | kala-kaṇṭhī kambu-kaṇṭhī veṇu-vīṇā-parāyaṇā || 42 || 340. रागिणी rāgiṇī 341. शोभनस्वरा śobhana-svarā  342. कलकण्ठी kala-kaṇṭhī 343. कम्बुकण्ठी kambu-kaṇṭhī 344. वेणुवीणापरायणा veṇu-vīṇā-parāyaṇā

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verses 9 & 10 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 26 March 2025. एवं नानाविधानि स्युर्नामानि निगमादिषु | तस्या जडत्वं दृश्यत्वाज्ज्ञाननाशात् ततोऽसती ||११|| evaṃ nānāvidhāni syurnāmāni nigamādiṣu | tasyā jaḍa-tvaṃ dṛśya-tvāj-jñāna-nāśāt tato'satī ||11|| 11. Such are its various names found in the Vedic and other sacred texts. Since Māya is something we can perceive, it has the nature of non-conscious matter; since knowledge destroys it, it is not truly existent.  चैतन्यस्य न दृश्यत्वं दृश्यत्वे जडमेव तत् | स्वप्रकाशं च चैतन्यं न परेण प्रकाशितम् || १२ || caitanyasya na dṛśyatvaṃ dṛśyatve jaḍameva tat | svaprakāśaṃ ca caitanyaṃ na pareṇa prakāśitam || 12 ||= 12. "Consciousness is not something we can perceive; what we perceive is indeed non-conscious. Consciousness is self-luminous; nothing else illuminates it." अनवस्थादोषसत्त्वान्न स्वेनाऽपि प्रकाशितम् | कर्मकर्तृविरोधः स्यात् तस्मात् तद्दीपवत् स्वयम् || १३ || anavasthā-doṣa-sattvānna svenā'pi prakāśitam | karma-kartṛ-virodhaḥ syāt tasmāt tad-dīpavat svayam || 13 || 13. It does not even illuminate itself, for that would lead to the fallacy of infinite regress. As an agent and the object acted upon are distinct entities, so consciousness itself, like a lamp... प्रकाशमानमन्येषां भासकं विद्धि पर्वत | अत एव च नित्यत्वं सिद्धसंवित् तनोर्मम || १४ || prakāśa-mānamanyeṣāṃ bhāsakaṃ viddhi parvata | ata eva ca nityatvaṃ siddha-saṃvit tanormama || 14 || 14. While shining brightly, illuminates what is other than itself. Know, this, O Mountain, for thus have I demonstrated that consciousness, belonging to My own nature, is eternal. 

Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, on names 337 through 339 of verses 41 & 52of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 22 March 2025. 337. यज्ञकर्त्री yajña-kartrī   338. यजुःप्रिया yajuḥ-priyā 339. ऋक्सामाथर्वनिलया ṛk-sāmātharva-nilayā   भीमा भयानका भीमनादिनी भीः प्रभावती | वागीश्वरी श्रीर्यमुना यज्ञकर्त्री यजुःप्रिया || ४१ || bhīmā bhayānakā bhīma-nādinī bhīḥ prabhāvatī | vāgīśvarī śrīr-yamunā yajña-kartrī yajuḥ-priyā || 41 || ऋक्सामाथर्वनिलया रागिणी शोभनस्वरा | कलकण्ठी कम्बुकण्ठी वेणुवीणापरायणा || ४२ || ṛk-sāmātharva-nilayā rāgiṇī śobhana-svarā | kala-kaṇṭhī kambu-kaṇṭhī veṇu-vīṇā-parāyaṇā || 42 ||

Discourse by Revered Swami Chetananandaji Mahara, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and spiritual head of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 25 January 2025.

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, on names 334 through 336 of verse 41 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 15 March 2025. भीमा भयानका भीमनादिनी भीः प्रभावती | वागीश्वरी श्रीर्यमुना यज्ञकर्त्री यजुःप्रिया |४१| bhīmā bhayānakā bhīma-nādinī bhīḥ prabhāvatī | vāgīśvarī śrīr-yamunā yajña-kartrī yajuḥ-priyā |41|  vāgīśvarī– She Who is the Supreme Ruler of All Vibrations |334  śrīḥ - She Who is Respect |335  yamunā– She Who Manifests Complete Control |336

Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, on names 327 through 332 of verses 40 & 41 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 9 March 2025.   सत्यवती धर्मनिष्ठा श्रेष्था निष्ठुरनादिनी | गरिष्ठा दुष्टसṁहर्ती विशिष्टा श्रेयसी घृणा |४०| भीमा भयानका भीमनादिनी भीः प्रभावती | वागीश्वरी श्रीर्यमुना यज्ञकर्त्री यजुःप्रिया |४१| satyavatī dharma-niṣṭhā śreṣthā niṣṭhura-nādinī | gariṣṭhā duṣṭa-saṁhartī viśiṣṭā śreyasī ghṛṇā |40| bhīmā bhayānakā bhīma-nādinī bhīḥ prabhāvatī | vāgīśvarī śrīr-yamunā yajña-kartrī yajuḥ-priyā |41|   śreyasī |327 ghṛṇā |328 bhīmā |329 bhayānakā |330 bhīma-nādinī |331 bhīḥ |332

Discourse by Revered Swami Chetananandaji Mahara, senior monk of the Ramakrishna Math and spiritual head of the Vedanta Society of St. Louis, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 18 January 2025.

Discourse by Pujya (Revered) Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, on names 320 through 325 of veres 40 of the "Thousand Names of Kali", given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 28 December 2024. सत्यवती धर्मनिष्ठा श्रेष्ठा निष्ठुरवादिनी ।  गरिष्ठा दुष्टसंहर्त्री विशिष्टा श्रेयसी घृणा ॥ ४०॥ satyavatī dharma-niṣṭhā śreṣṭhā niṣṭhura-vādinī ।  gariṣṭhā duṣṭa-saṃhartrī viśiṣṭā śreyasī ghṛṇā ॥ 40॥ satyavatī |320 dharma-niṣṭhā |321 śreṣthā |322 niṣṭhura-vādinī |323 gariṣṭhā |324 duṣa-saṁhartī |325 viśiṣṭā |326

Discourse by Pujya Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati, given on Dattatreya Jayanti at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 14 December 2024.