Hare Krishna GuruMaharaj! All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! Please accept my humble obeisances.

Thanks for coming,  your association was very inspiring for all of us. We continue in Madrid now I’m studying the Upadesamrita and the Nectar of Devotion. I read these books before but I didn’t spend some time in study, for me the Nectar of Devotion it’s incredible. In the first part Srila Prabhupada achieve to do an amazing theological definitions of the different levels of the Bhakti Yoga. Its funny cause some nights ago I dreamed with the six Goswamis, they were in one room reading some texts in sanscrit. I was out of the room and in one moment I said something to other person and somebody from the room close the door because we were disturbing them. I felt very worry because I incommoded them but after some moments, they open again the door. I don’t know why but the last nights I have a lot of oneiric activity… many strong dreams with friends, devotees, bhutas. Some of them not very nice for example I remember one of them where I was with one spiritual brother and this devotee was talking very bad things from you.

Now many devotees are going to visit the temple in the next days, for example today arrive Yadunandana Swami and Patita Pavana Prabhu from Canary Islands, in one week Dhanesvara Prabhu will come and in a few weeks Harichakra Prabhu will return from India and his plans is to live in Madrid temple.

The service in the temple is ok I continue with the pujari and Kirtan Rasa and his wife are doing an amazing service with the lunch program. I feel that I have a lot of fortune to have their association.

One of the personals purposes that I’m trying to improve is to be more conscious of the time and try to spend in the right way, I realized that if I don’t try to focus in the important things my mind will spend my energies in many stupid things.

The last summer I was in Malaga temple learning puja with the head pujari of the temple, the experience was nice, but the devotee many times was very busy and he dint have enough time. Now I have the opportunity of going some months to study in the Mayapur academy and pass the course of worship (4 months) also I would like to take class of mridanga, the authorities of the temple think that it’s a good idea and they say me that the temple can support the trip. The idea is to return after the courses, share the knowledges and continue with the service in Madrid. Gurudeva what do you think? Is it a good idea?

HpS - To go to India just to learn Mrdanga??  Seems you could learn enough from devotees in Spain, no??

Also from some months ago, I am part of the formal authorities of the temple; this service is very dangerous… Some advice for survive?

HpS - Put personal, vaisnava,  relations before administrative relations. It has worked for us in practical experience also.

4 regs ok

16 Rounds ok

3 Gayatris ok

Thanks for your instructions and your time.

Your servant Mantri Rama Das.

Photo of Lignum Crucis, maybe you remember that i said you that i went to pilgrim to a place where the catholic church have the biggest piece of the world from the cross of Jesus, people start to pilgrim  around 1500. The name of the place is Santo Toribio de Liebana. The scientics said that the wood is more than 2000 years and its from the same kind of wood that they use in Jerusalem to crucify the people.

HpS - Thank you so much for your letter and your news. Don't get trapped in just the external features of Bhakti-yoga. Chant and act with as much love as you can. Understand the logic of Krsna consciousness so that you can concentrate well on the Mantra.

Learn the word by word meaning of the Gurvastak.

Are there regular classes, reading every morning??