Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on guru pūja (worship of the guru), given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 21 July 2018. This is part of a series of class-talks on the theory and practice of Kali Puja, the ritualistic worship of the Divine Mother Kali.

By Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Guru pūja (worship of the guru)

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on gandhādi-arcanā (worship of the sandalwood paste etc.), and sūryārghya (offering to sun) given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 23 June 2018. This is part of a series of class-talks on the theory and practice of Kali Puja, the ritualistic worship of the Divine Mother Kali.

By Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Gandhādi-arcanā (worship of the sandalwood paste etc.), and Sūryārghya (offering to sun)

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on vyāpaka-nyāsa (consecration of the self); rishyādi-mātrika-nyāsa (consecration of the sages etc. for the alphabet); kara-nyāsa (consecration of hands); anga-nyāsa (consecration of the limbs); āntar-mātrikā-nyāsa (internal consecration of the aphabet); bāhya-mātrikā-nyāsa (eternal consecration of the alphabet); and sanhāra-mātrikā-nyāsa (total consecration of the alphabet) given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 16 June 2018. This is part of a series of class-talks on the theory and practice of Kali Puja, the ritualistic worship of the Divine Mother Kali.

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Vyāpaka-nyāsai (consecration of the self); rishyādi-mātrika-nyāsa (consecration of the sages etc. for the alphabet); kara-nyāsa (consecration of hands); anga-nyāsa (consecration of the limbs); āntar-mātrikā-nyāsa (internal consecration of the aphabet); bāhya-mātrikā-nyāsa (eternal consecration of the alphabet); and sanhāra-mātrikā-nyāsa (total consecration of the alphabet)

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on bhuta-śuddhi (purification of the Self) part 2, given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 9 June 2018. This is part of a series of class-talks on the theory and practice of Kali Puja, the ritualistic worship of the Divine Mother Kali.

by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati / Kali Puja: Bhuta-śuddhi Part 2

Discourse by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajananada Saraswati on vahni-prākārcintā (imagining a circle of fire); dehamārjana (purification of the body); ātma-raksha (protection of the self); prānāyāma (contorl of the prana/breath); and bhūta-śuddhi part 1 (purification of the elements) given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram on 2 June 2018. This is part of a series of class-talks on the theory and practice of Kali Puja, the ritualistic worship of the Divine Mother Kali.

By Swami Bhajananada Saraswati / Vahni-prākārcintā (imagining a circle of fire); dehamārjana (purificaton of the body); ātma-raksha (protection of the self); prānāyāma (cotorl of the prana/breath); and bhūta-śuddhi part 1 (purification of the elements)