Kali Mandir Satsang

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Spiritual discourses given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram, a traditional Hindu temple, ashram, and seminary dedicated to the worship of the Divine Mother in Laguna Beach, California.

  1. 3 DAYS AGO · VIDEO

    "The Four Legs of Dharma & the Kali Yuga", Satsang with Swami Bhajanananda

    Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati begins a new series of discourses on the "Principles of Bhakti Yoga.", followed by arati and kirtan. This class focuses on a story in the Srimad Bhagavatam about the bull of dharma and the cow of Earth being attached by the demon Kali, the personification of the adharma of Kali Yuga. Swamiji reads and discusses chapters 17 and 18 of Skanda I, and then focuses on some important verse given below: ŚB 1.17.24 राजोवाच तप: शौचं दया सत्यमिति पादा: कृते कृता: ।
 अधर्मांशैस्त्रयो भग्ना: स्मयसङ्गमदैस्तव ॥ २४ ॥ rājovāca tapaḥ śaucaṁ dayā satyam iti pādāḥ kṛte kṛtāḥ
 adharmāṁśais trayo bhagnāḥ smaya-saṅga-madais tava The King (Parikshit) said: "In Satya Yuga your four legs were established as austerity (tapaḥ), purity (śaucaṁ), compassion (dayā), and truthfulness (satyam). But it appears that three of your legs have been broken by adharma in the form of pride (smaya), attachment (saṅga), and blinding passion (madaiḥ)." ŚB 1.17.25 इदानीं धर्म पादस्ते सत्यं निर्वर्तयेद्यत: ।
 तं जिघृक्षत्यधर्मोऽयमनृतेनैधित: कलि: ॥ २५ ॥ idānīṁ dharma pādas te satyaṁ nirvartayed yataḥ
 taṁ jighṛkṣaty adharmo ’yam anṛtenaidhitaḥ kaliḥ "At present, O Dharma, you are standing on one leg only, which is truthfulness (satyam), and you are somehow or other hobbling along. But Kali, the personification of adharma, is trying to destroy this leg by dishonesty (anṛtena)." ŚB 1.17.38 सूत उवाच
अभ्यर्थितस्तदा तस्मै स्थानानि कलये ददौ ।
 द्यूतं पानं स्त्रिय: सूना यत्राधर्मश्चतुर्विध: ॥ ३८ ॥ sūta uvāca
abhyarthitas tadā tasmai sthānāni kalaye dadau
 dyūtaṁ pānaṁ striyaḥ sūnā yatrādharmaś catur-vidhaḥ Sūta said: "Thus petitioned, he (Parikshit) gave Kali permission to reside where there are the four kinds of adharma: gambling (dyūtam), drinking (pānam), womanizing (striyaḥ), and animal slaughter (sūnā)." ŚB 1.17.39 पुनश्च याचमानाय जातरूपमदात्प्रभु:  ।
ततोऽनृतं मदं कामं रजो वैरं च पञ्चमम् ॥ ३९ ॥ punaś ca yācamānāya jāta-rūpam adāt prabhuḥ
 tato ’nṛtaṁ madaṁ kāmaṁ rajo vairaṁ ca pañcamam "[Kali] asked for something more, and because of his begging, the king gave him permission to live where there is gold (jāta-rūpam), because wherever there is gold, there is also deceit (anṛtam), intoxication (madam), lust (kāmam), cruelty (rajaḥ), and enmity (vairam) the fifth." ŚB 1.17.41 अथैतानि न सेवेत बुभूषु: पुरुष: क्वचित् ।
 विशेषतो धर्मशीलो राजा लोकपतिर्गुरु: ॥ ४१ ॥ athaitāni na seveta bubhūṣuḥ puruṣaḥ kvacit
 viśeṣato dharma-śīlo rājā loka-patir guruḥ "Therefore, whoever desires their own welfare, those who aspire to be virtuous, kings, public leaders, and gurus, should never encounter these under any circumstance."

    2h 16m

  2. 01/09/2025 · VIDEO

    "Rare Reminisces of Holy Mother" (Part 2), Satsang with Swami Chetanananda

    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.

    1h 15m

  3. 24/08/2025 · VIDEO

    "Rare Reminisces of Holy Mother" (Part 1), Satsang with Swami Chetanananda

    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.

    1h 27m

  4. 05/07/2025 · VIDEO

    Brahma's prayers to Sri Krishna (part 3) "Bhakti Leads to Liberation" by Swami Bhajanananda

    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)."

    2h 8m

  5. 21/06/2025 · VIDEO

    Brahma's prayers to Sri Krishna (part 2) "Bhakti Conquers God" by Swami Bhajanananda

    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)."

    1h 57m

  6. 19/06/2025 · VIDEO

    Devi Gita (Class 42): "Generating the Five Elements" by Swami Bhajanananda

    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."

    1h 51m

  7. 15/06/2025 · VIDEO

    Brahma's prayers to Sri Krishna (part 1) "Brahma Realizes Who Krishna Is" by Swami Bhajanananda

    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)."

    1h 30m

  8. 29/05/2025 · VIDEO

    Devi Gita (Class 41): "The Cause of Causes" by Swami Bhajanananda

    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."

    1h 45m
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