22 July 2025 morning – Kali Maharaja’s Shelter (English) | Washington, USA | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

– Kali Maharaja and his duty to disturb.
– A pastime in which Kali Maharaja surrenders to Pariksit Maharaja and asks for his shelter.
– Explanation of the representation of the bull as the personification of religious principles, the Dharma, and of the cow as the personification of Mother Earth.
– Kali Maharaja requests five places to take shelter: in gambling, in alcoholic beverages (intoxicants), in gold, in illicit sex, and in animal slaughterhouses.
– Citation of the four regulative principles: not eating meat, not gambling, not having illicit sex, and not becoming intoxicated.
– About the presence of gold only in the service of Lord Vishnu.
– ⁠Instruction on the routine of spiritual life, such as participating in Mangala Arati.
– Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami wrote about the Seven Oceans of Divine Qualities of Srimati Radhika.
– Krsna says that Srimati Radhika is His teacher and He is Her student of dance.
– About the words used by Srimati Radhika.
– About the moods of submission and opposition.