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                                                    AUDIO CASSETTE TAPE RECORDINGS
  

                                                     
Swami Chetanananda’s Sunday lectures



1 Self-Knowledge  3/5/78

 

 

2 The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna  3/12/78

 

 

3 Sri Ramakrishna and His Disciples  3/19/78

 

 

4 Mystery of Resurrection  3/26/78

 

 

5 Chaitanya: An Incarnation of Love  4/2/78

 

 

6 The World We Live In  4/9/78

 

 

7 Blessed are the Simple  4/16/78

 

 

8 The Importance of Pilgrimage  4/23/78

 

 

9 In the Company of the Holy  4/30/78

 

 

10 Shankara and His Message  5/7/78

 

 

11 Truth Alone Triumphs  5/14/78

 

 

12 Buddha and His Message  5/21/78

 

 

13 Devotion  5/28/78

 

 

14 How to be Calm and Active  6/4/78

 

 

15 The Beauty of Philosophy  6/11/78

 

 

16 Four Gates of Liberation  6/18/78

 

 

17 Is Life an Empty Dream?  6/25/78

 

 

18 War and Peace in the Gita  7/2/78

 

 

19 The Powers of the Mind  7/9/78

 

 

20 Self-Surrender  7/16/78

 

 

21 Tell Us the Way  7/23/78

 

 

22 Krishna: The Shepherd Boy of Vrindavan  7/30/78

 

 

23 Is Religion at Fault?  9/3/78

 

 

24 Mystery of Love  9/10/78

 

 

25 God Vision  9/17/78

 

 

26 Human Destiny  9/24/78

 

 

27 Blessed Are The Cheerful  10/1/78

 

 

28 Mother Worship  10/8/78

 

 

29 Dive Deep  10/15/78

 

 

30 Man-making Religion  10/22/78

 

 

31 Who Is The Favorite of God?  10/29/78

 

 

32 Religion and Miracles  11/5/78

 

 

33 Kindle the Fire Within  11/12/78

 

 

34 Why Do You Weep, My Friend?  11/19/78

 

 

35 Mysticism  11/26/78

 

 

36 Myth and Its Meaning  12/3/78

 

 

37 They Lived With God - Swami Premananda  12/5/78

 

 

38 They Lived With God - Swami Shivananda  12/12/78

 

 

39 An Unseen Warfare  12/10/78

 

 

40 Unceasing Prayer  12/17/78

 

 

41 Christ:  An Incarnation of God  12/24/78

 

 

42 Holy Mother  12/31/78

 

 

43 Be Illumined  1/7/79

 

 

44 God in Everything  1/14/79

 

 

45 Vivekananda and America  1/21/79

 

 

46 Eternal Companion  1/28/79

 

 

47 The Preamble of Vedanta Philosophy  2/4/79

 

 

48 Visions: True or False?  2/11/79

 

 

49 The Philosophy of Karma  2/18/79

 

 

50 Ritual: Its Meaning and Purpose  2/25/79

 

 

51 Sri Ramakrishna: A Forgotten Chapter of His Life  3/4/79

 

 

52 Flee Not - Fight  3/11/79

 

 

53 Eight Teachings of Sri Chaitanya  3/18/79

 

 

54 You Are Never Alone  3/25/79

 

 

55 Six Centers of Kundalini  4/1/79

 

 

56 Does God Think of Us?  4/8/79

 

 

57 Reincarnation  4/15/79

 

 

58 The Power of Faith  4/22/79

 

 

59 Shankara And Ramanuja  4/29/79

 

 

60 God Intoxication  5/6/79

 

 

61 Eightfold Path of Buddha  5/13/79

 

 

62 Be Sugar or Taste Sugar  5/20/79

 

 

63 Environment of Meditation  5/27/79

 

 

64 No One to Blame  6/3/79

 

 

65 The Influence of the Epic (The Ramayana)  6/10/79

 

 

66 Need of Religious Practice  6/17/79

 

 

67 The Influence of the Epic (The Mahabharata)  6/24/79

 

 

68 They Lived With God - Swami Adbhutananda  7/1/79

 

 

69 They Lived With God - Swami Saradananda  7/8/79

 

 

70 They Lived With God - Swami Ramakrishnananda  7/15/79

 

 

71 They Lived With God - Swami Turiyananda  7/22/79

 

 

72 The Message of the Gita  9/2/79

 

 

73 Human Affection and Divine Love  9/9/79

 

 

74 Free Will  9/16/79

 

 

75 The Signs of an Illumined Soul  9/23/79

 

 

76 The Glory of the Divine Mother  9/30/79

 

 

77 The Word and Its Power  10/7/79

 

 

78 The Inner Light  10/14/79

 

 

79 Maya and Freedom  10/21/79

 

 

80 The Milestones of Spiritual Life  10/28/79

 

 

81 Transformation through Love  11/4/79

 

 

82 Shall I Assert or Surrender?  11/11/79

 

 

83 From My Diary  11/18/79

 

 

84 Listen To A Story  11/25/79

 

 

85 The Holy Mother  12/9/79

 

 

86 Reminiscences of Swami Shivananda   12/11/79

 

 

87 Be the Witness  12/16/79

 

 

88 Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself  12/23/79

 

 

89 Man, the Maker of His Destiny  12/30/79

 

 

90 Religion of Today  1/6/80

 

 

91 Vivekananda and Vedanta  1/13/80

 

 

92 Spiritual Teachings of Brahmananda     1/20/80

 

 

93 The World, Neither Good nor Bad  1/27/80

 

 

94 They Lived With God - (M)  2/3/80

 

 

95 Philosophy of Non-Attachment  2/10/80

 

 

96 The Voice of Silence  2/17/80

 

 

97 Ramakrishna: A Spiritual Phenomenon  2/24/80

 

 

98 Vedantic Art of Living  3/2/80

 

 

99 Tranquility  3/9/80

 

 

100 The Ladder of Love  3/16/80

 

 

101 They Lived With God (Gopaler Ma)  3/23/80

 

 

102 The Necessity of Studying the Scriptures  3/30/80

 

 

103 Man in Search of Immortality  4/6/80

 

 

104 Divine Incarnation  4/13/80

 

 

105 Three Rare Treasures  4/20/80

 

 

106 Love, Lover and Beloved  4/27/80

 

 

107 Buddha's Message to the World  5/4/80

 

 

108 Adventures in Spiritual Life  5/11/80

 

 

109 The Message of the Upanishads  5/18/80

 

 

110 Karma Yoga (Path of Action)  5/25/80

 

 

111 Evolution of the Conception of God  6/1/80

 

 

112 How to Attain Happiness  6/8/80

 

 

113 Knowledge and Devotion  6/15/80

 

 

114 The Glory of Self-Sacrifice  6/22/80

 

 

115 Some Vital Questions of Life  6/29/80

 

 

116 They Lived With God - Swami Akhandananda  7/6/80

 

 

117 They Lived With God - Swami Vijnanananda  7/13/80

 

 

118 Ramakrishna and the Renaissance of Art  7/20/80

 

 

119 The Last Message of Sri Krishna  9/7/80

 

 

120 Seven Stages of Realization  9/14/80

 

 

121 Obstacles to Meditation  9/21/80

 

 

122 Preparation for Higher Life  9/28/80

 

 

123 Yearning for Illumination  10/5/80

 

 

124 Formal Worship  10/26/80

 

 

125 Suffering: Its Cause and Cure  11/2/80

 

 

126 Ideals of Indian Womanhood  11/9/80

 

 

127 We Seek But Find Not - Why?  11/16/80

 

 

128 They Lived With God (Girish Chandra Ghosh)  11/23/80

 

 

129 The Mystery of the Atman  11/30/80

 

 

130 How to be Detached  12/7/80

 

 

131 Thou Art That  12/14/80

 

 

132 Blessed Are The Pure  12/21/80

 

 

133 What Holy Mother Taught  1/4/81

 

 

134 Eight Limbs of Yoga  1/11/81

 

 

135 Mystic Experience  1/18/81

 

 

136 Holy Company  1/25/81

 

 

137 Vivekananda and the Americans  2/1/81

 

 

138 Brahmananda: A Spiritual Dynamo  2/8/81

 

 

139 An Odyssey Toward Vedanta  2/15/81

 

 

140 How to Cope with the Troublesome Ego  2/22/81

 

 

141 Finding Fulfillment in Daily Life  3/1/81

 

 

142 The Philosophy of Ramakrishna  3/15/81

 

 

143 The Power of the Divine Name  3/22/81

 

 

144 The Flame of One Lamp Lights Another  3/29/81

 

 

145 The Efficacy of Prayer  4/5/81

 

 

146 Saving the Life from Stagnation  4/12/81

 

 

147 Life After Death  4/19/81

 

 

148 Humor in Religion  4/26/81

 

 

149 Nine Kinds of Devotion  5/3/81

 

 

150 Evolution of Vedantic Thought – Introduction I  5/10/81

 

 

151 The Life and Teachings of Buddha  5/24/81

 

 

152 Overcoming Obstacles in Spiritual Life  5/31/81

 

 

153 Evolution of Vedantic Thought – Introduction II   6/7/81

 

 

154 Be Watchful Over Yourself  6/14/81

 

 

155 God First, Then the World  6/21/81

 

 

156 The Mystery of the Kundalini  6/28/81

 

 

157 Ramakrishna and His Band of Minstrels - I  7/5/81

 

 

158 Ramakrishna and His Band of Minstrels - II  7/12/81

 

 

159 Krishna and His Message  9/6/81

 

 

160 Concept of Liberation  9/13/81

 

 

161 How to Overcome Loneliness  9/20/81

 

 

162 God as Mother  10/11/81

 

 

163 Mind and its Possibilities  10/18/81

 

 

164 Pilgrimage of the Soul  10/25/81

 

 

165 What Vedanta Offers to the West  11/1/81

 

 

166 Silence is Golden  11/8/81

 

 

167 The Power of Austerity  11/15/81

 

 

168 The Mystery of Dreams  11/22/81

 

 

169 In Search of I-Ness  11/29/81

 

 

170 Love: Selfish and Unselfish  12/6/81

 

 

171 The Holy Mother  12/13/81

 

 

172 Christ and His Message  12/27/81

 

 

173 God Plays and Laughs  1/3/82

 

 

174 The Mystery of Religion  1/10/82

 

 

175 Vivekananda and His Message  1/17/82

 

 

176 Concentration  1/24/82

 

 

177 The Signs of a Holy Man  2/7/82

 

 

178 Four Aphorisms of Vedanta  2/14/82

 

 

179 The Centenary of M's Immortal Diary  2/21/82

 

 

180 Four Aphorisms of Ramakrishna  3/7/82

 

 

181 Meditation According to Vedanta  3/14/82

 

 

182 Learn Till Your Face Shines  3/21/82

 

 

183 They Lived with God (Saint Durgacharan Nag)  3/28/82

 

 

184 How to Study the Scriptures  4/4/82

 

 

185 The Mystery of Death  4/11/82

 

 

186 I Am My Enemy and My Friend  4/18/82

 

 

187 Vedanta: Its Application to Human LIfe  4/25/82

 

 

188 Shankara as a Philosopher and Devotee  5/2/82

 

 

189 Nirvana of Buddha  5/9/82

 

 

190 How to be a Yogi  5/16/82

 

 

191 Five Kinds of Bliss  5/30/82

 

 

192 The Quintessence of Vedanta  6/6/82

 

 

193 Divine Incarnations  6/13/82

 

 

194 Work Without Worry  6/20/82

 

 

195 Meditation and Its Methods  6/27/82

 

 

196 Blessed Are the Humble  7/11/82

 

 

197 My Pilgrimage  11/28/82

 

 

198 Holy Mother  12/5/82

 

 

199 What I Have Learned  12/19/82

 

 

200 What Christ Means to Me  12/26/82

 

 

201 Be Still and Know That I Am God  1/2/83

 

 

202 Some Glimpses of Vivekananda  1/9/83

 

 

203 Some Glimpses of Brahmananda  1/16/83

 

 

204 Rythm of Life  1/23/83

 

 

205 Ten Signs of Righteousness  1/30/83

 

 

206 Vedanta Philosophy  2/6/83

 

 

207 Five Relationships with God  2/13/83

 

 

208 Experiments in Spiritual Life  2/20/83

 

 

209 Meditation According to the Gita  2/27/83

 

 

210 Vedanta Through Stories-Part 1  3/6/83

 

 

211 Vedanta Through Stories-Part 2  3/13/83

 

 

212 Samadhi and Ramakrishna  3/27/83

 

 

213 Christ Rose from the Grave  4/3/83

 

 

214 Vedanta Through Stories-Part 3  4/17/83

 

 

215 Self-Effort and Divine Grace  4/24/83

 

 

216 Five Ways to Attain Devotion  5/1/83

 

 

217 In Quest of Peace  5/8/83

 

 

218 Man Moves 1 Step, God Comes 10 Steps  5/15/83

 

 

219 Crest Jewel of Discrimination  5/22/83

 

 

220 The World's Debt to Buddha  5/29/83

 

 

221 Four Steps to Realization  6/5/83

 

 

222 Joy in Spiritual Life  6/12/83

 

 

223 Four Vital Questions of Life  6/19/83

 

 

224 Sufi Mysticism  6/26/83

 

 

225 Live and Learn  7/3/83

 

 

226 The Dual Character of Krishna  9/4/83

 

 

227 Religious Symbols  9/11/83

 

 

228 How to Conquer Fear  9/18/83

 

 

229 The Practice of Religion  9/25/83

 

 

230 Gandhi's Experiments with Truth  10/2/83

 

 

231 Self-Mastery  10/9/83

 

 

232 The Evolution of Mother Worship  10/23/83

 

 

233 Mystery of Meditation  10/30/83

 

 

234 Vedantic Mysticism  11/6/83

 

 

235 Raja Yoga  11/13/83

 

 

236 Be Firm and Fearless  11/20/83

 

 

237 Jnana Yoga  11/27/83

 

 

238 Self-Control  12/4/83

 

 

239 The Goal of Human Life  12/11/83

 

 

240 Bhakti Yoga  12/18/83

 

 

241 Hindu View of Christ  12/25/83

 

 

242 Some Glimpses of the Holy Mother  1/8/84

 

 

243 Do Not Seek God, See Him  1/15/84

 

 

244 Mantra Yoga  1/22/84

 

 

245 Reminiscences of Vivekananda  1/29/84

 

 

246 Reminscences of Swami Brahmananda  2/5/84

 

 

247 Experience of Cosmic Consciousness  2/12/84

 

 

248 From The Diary of a Monk – Part 1  2/19/84

 

 

249 The Key to God Realization  2/26/84

 

 

250 Vacation With Ramakrishna  3/11/84

 

 

251 Eight Instructions for a Newcomer  3/18/84

 

 

252 From The Diary of a Monk – Part 2  3/25/84

 

 

253 The Yoga of Meditation  4/8/84

 

 

254 Five Sheaths of the Soul  4/15/84

 

 

255 The Death of the Deathless One  4/22/84

 

 

256 When the Lotus Blooms, The Bees Come  4/29/84

 

 

257 They Lived With God (Rani Rasmani & Mathur)  5/13/84

 

 

258 The Compassionate Buddha  5/20/84

 

 

259 `How to Intensify Devotion  5/27/84

 

 

260 What Takes Man Away From God?  6/3/84

 

 

261 They Lived With God (Lakshmi and Gauri Ma)  6/10/84

 

 

262 Permanent Values Of A Changing World  6/17/84

 

 

263 From the Diary of a Monk – Part 3  6/24/84

 

 

264 An Introspection  9/2/84

 

 

265 Ten Commandments of Krishna  9/16/84

 

 

266 Ten Commandments of Buddha  9/23/84

 

 

267 Mother Worship  10/7/84

 

 

268 How To Increase Will Power  10/14/84

 

 

269 What Happens When God Holds You  10/21/84

 

 

270 Without Seeing God How Can I Love Him?  10/28/84

 

 

271 Japa Yoga  11/4/84

 

 

272 The Greatness Of Pain  11/11/84

 

 

273 Prayer  11/18/84

 

 

274 They Lived With God (Ram and Manomohan)  11/25/84

 

 

275 How To Still the Restless Mind  12/2/84

 

 

276 Brahmavindu Upanishad  12/9/84

 

 

277 "I Am the Mother of the Virtuous and the Wicked"  12/23/84

 

 

278 The Nine Beatitudes  12/30/84

 

 

279 What Is Vedanta?  1/6/85

 

 

280 Vivekananda and His Disciples  1/13/85

 

 

281 Spiritual Hunger  1/20/85

 

 

282 Brahmananda and His Disciples  1/27/85

 

 

283 The Gospel of Sri RK Acc'd to Girish Chandra Sen  2/3/85

 

 

284 The Gospel of Sri RK Acc'd to Suresh Chandra  2/10/85

 

 

285 The Gospel of Sri RK Acc'd to Ram Chandra Datta  2/17/85

 

 

286 Gospel of Sri RK Acc'd to Mahendra Nath Gupta  3/3/85

 

 

287 Gospel of Sri RK Acc'd to Swami Brahmananda  3/10/85

 

 

288 Sri RK the Great Master Acc'd to Sw. Saradananda  3/17/85

 

 

289 My Master According to Swami Vivekananda  3/24/85

 

 

290 Sri Ramakrishna and the Western World  3/31/85

 

 

291 Dialogue With Death  4/7/85

 

 

292 They Lived With God (Balaram & Surendra)  4/14/85

 

 

293 Who Directs the Mind and the Senses?  4/21/85

 

 

294 Instructions on Self Knowledge  4/28/85

 

 

295 The Teachings of Buddha  5/5/85

 

 

296 Ten Commandments of Patanjali  5/12/85

 

 

297 Practice of the Presence of God  5/19/85

 

 

298 They Lived With God (Purna and Adhar)  5/26/85

 

 

299 The Power of Purity  6/2/85

 

 

300 Ten Means of God-Realization  6/9/85

 

 

301 Reason and Faith  6/16/85

 

 

302 They Lived With God (Yogin-Ma)  6/23/85

 

 

303 The Mystery of the Gunas  6/30/85

 

 

304 Krishna's Instructions on Self Knowledge - I  9/22/85

 

 

305 Krishna's Instructions on Self Knowledge - II  9/29/85

 

 

306 Grace  10/6/85

 

 

307 Sahaja Yoga  10/13/85

 

 

308 Brahman and Shakti  10/27/85

 

 

309 Hold To The Truth  11/3/85

 

 

310 They Lived With God (Devendra)  11/10/85

 

 

311 Love is Everywhere  11/17/85

 

 

312 Precepts for Perfection  11/24/85

 

 

313 Brahma Upanishad  12/1/85

 

 

314 The Importance of Ethical Life  12/8/85

 

 

315 From the Diary Of A Monk – Part 4  12/15/85

 

 

316 "Follow Me"  12/22/85

 

 

317 They Lived With God (Golap-Ma)  12/29/85

 

 

318 January 1, 1886:  A Memorable Day  1/12/86

 

 

319 Maitri Upanishad  1/19/86

 

 

320 They Lived With God (Hriday)  1/26/86

 

 

321 The Heart of Vivekananda  2/2/86

 

 

322 The Effect of Holy Company  2/9/86

 

 

323 Brahmananda on Spiritual Life  2/16/86

 

 

324 Kausitaki Upanishad  2/23/86

 

 

325 Unripe Ego and Ripe Ego  3/2/86

 

 

326 Chaitanya and His Disciples  3/9/86

 

 

327 Visions of Ramakrishna  3/23/86

 

 

328 What Happens to Man After Death  3/30/86

 

 

329 The Infinite Is Bliss  4/6/86

 

 

330 From the Diary of a Monk – Part 5  4/13/86

 

 

331 They Lived With God (Navagopal and Suresh)  4/20/86

 

 

332 The Life and Teachings of Ramachandra  4/27/86

 

 

333 Spiritual Training  5/4/86

 

 

334 Shankara and Advaita Vedanta  5/11/86

 

 

335 Buddha and His Religion  5/25/86

 

 

336 The Philosophical Traditions of India  6/1/86

 

 

337 Is The World Real?  6/8/86

 

 

338 From the Diary of a Monk-Part 1B  6/15/86

 

 

339 The Signs of a Devotee  6/22/86

 

 

340 Vedanta: Voice of Freedom  6/29/86

 

 

341 From My Travel Diary  11/23/86

 

 

342 Ramakrishna and His Devotees  11/30/86

 

 

343 A Symposium on the Harmony of Religions  12/7/86

 

 

344 Sermon on the Mount According to Vedanta  12/21/86

 

 

345 Holy Mother: Divine and Human  1/4/87

 

346 From The Diary of a Monk-Part 2B  1/11/87

 

 

347 We Reap What We Have Sown  1/18/87

 

 

 

348 Vivekananda - The Awakener of the Soul  1/25/87

 

 

349 Spiritual Quest  2/1/87

 

 

350 Samkhya Philosophy  2/8/87

 

 

351 Yoga Psychology  2/15/87

 

 

352 From The Diary of a Monk-Part 3B  2/22/87

 

 

353 Ramakrishna: A Wish-Fulfilling Tree  3/8/87

 

 

354 Evolution Of Love  3/15/87

 

 

355 The World Is Our Playground  3/22/87

 

 

356 From the Diary of a Monk-Part 4B  3/29/87

 

357 Worship and Devotion  4/5/87

 

 

358 Mundaka Upanishad  4/12/87

 

 

359 Encounters With Eternity  4/19/87

 

 

360 From the Diary of a Monk-Part 5B  4/26/87

 

 

361 From Darkness To Light  5/3/87

 

 

362 The Path Of Dharma  5/17/87

 

 

363 From the Diary of a Monk-Part 6  5/24/87

 

 

364 They Lived With God (Hazra and Kalipada)  5/31/87

 

 

365 The Way To Perfection  6/7/87

 

 

366 Hide And Seek  6/14/87

 

 

367 The Mystery Of Last Birth  6/21/87

 

 

368 From the Diary of a Monk-Part 7  6/28/87

 

 

369 From the Diary of a Monk-Part 8  7/5/87

 

 

370 End Of Sorrow  9/27/87

 

 

371 Mother Worship  10/11/87

 

 

372 The Purpose of Human Life  10/18/87

 

 

373 From the Diary of a Monk-Part 9  10/25/87

 

 

374 Upanishadic Meditation  11/1/87

 

 

375 Illumination Through Psychic Control  11/8/87

 

 

376 Remember Me And Fight  11/15/87

 

 

377 The Mystery Of The Mind  11/22/87

 

 

378 From the Diary of a Monk-Part 10  11/29/87

 

 

379 How To Revive Religious Life  12/6/87

 

 

380 Holy Mother and Her Disciples  12/20/87

 

 

381 Christ and His Disciples  12/27/87

 

 

382 "I Have A Message To The West"  1/3/88

 

 

383 Sri Ramakrishna As We Saw Him  2/28/88

 

 

384 Evolution Of Vedantic Thought-Part 1  3/6/88

 

 

385 Evolution Of Vedantic Thought-Part 2  3/13/88

 

 

386 Self-Knowledge  3/27/88