Hare krishna gurumaharaj, Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Now its summer time!! Very hot now in Madrid 40 degrees!! I have been in Malaga Temple ten days. I was learning all the secrets of the pujari with Abhimanyu Das, this devotee has more than 25 years in this service and he has a lot of experience. He teaches me a lot: all the different daily services of the deity, what is the meaning of the head pujari, cleaning standar, etc… Now I have to train to do all the services to be more quickly and professional, but I have learned a very good guides to do it.
Abhimanyu said [told] me that with this knowledge of this specific service (pujari) that I have now I can do it in all different ISCKON [ISKCON] temples where you can do it without second initiation.
The idea its [is] to start to put a very basic standar[d] for Madrid in September: have a good standar of cleaning, be more strict with the punctuality, and bath and change the clothes to the small deities. If in the future we can do these things easily we could think in [of] add[ing] other things… But now I want to start from the base (under the supervision of Abhimanyu Prabhu) and try to train and teach to the devotees that want to take part of responsibility in this project.
In think that this will be my goal in Madrid, to establish a basic but good daily program with the deities. I would like to take this responsibility and try to develop, I feel that this is a project that can help to the devotees and me to be more happy in our spiritual life. In my personal experience im feeling that the process of the deity worship is very usefull and I would like to share with the devotees.
ASA - AGTSP!!! Yes, it can also be Sankirtan. Then you have to be patient to train the new devotees in cleanliness, punctuality etc.
In a personal, level daily reading of S.B and now I'm doing part of the works for the Second level of Bhakti Sastri (B.G from chapter 10 to 18) and in a few days I will try to start to memorize the slokas, the titles of the chapters etc… the exam will be in September.
Now Jaramara is travelling and I cover the service of temple commander. I try to give my best, this service gives me the opportunity to learn how to stop of talking and try to listen more to the devotees.
I keep a many goods moments from your visit to Madrid and Radhadesh, thanks for coming and share with us.
Thanks for all.
Your servant Mantri Rama Das.
HpS - ASA -- Very nice to hear from you. Your English is good. I just put in a few suggested corrections so you could see how you can improve.
Your news is very good. Sankirtan and Deity worship are like two rail of the railroad. We have to have both, but because it is Kali-yuga the Sankirtan should lead. So we do Deity worship to enhance the Sankirtan, and everyone has his own way of doing Sankirtan. You can steal techniques from other, but in the end you have to develop your own technique!
More News Soon! Jaya, Sri Sri Radha Govinda-candra.
