Practitioners came from different countries to help with this activity in Madrid, Spain.
The lectures were held in pleasant rooms in an alternative centre in Old Madrid. Plenty of Falun Gong materials were left at the centre as many people who attended courses there were interested in Falun Gong and the nine-day Video Lectures.
The majority of people attending the lectures were local residents from Madrid. On the first day of the video lecture everyone seemed pleased, happy and a little excited about learning the Fa [principles of Falun Gong]. After the video there were some questions and then the exercises were taught. The new people and the practitioners attended every night and the majority finished the nine days. Many who attended had some kind of cleansing.
Because the video lecture was not available in Spanish, a practitioner who spoke Spanish had recorded each lecture on to audiotape which was played along with the video in Chinese. It worked well. Other practitioners who didn't speak Chinese or Spanish listened to the nine-day lectures audio tapes in various languages, played on personal CD players.
A daily exercise site was established in a square in the centre of Madrid. Many practitioners and the people from the lectures attended as it was a holiday and they didn't have to go to work. It was very cold practising the exercises in the mornings below zero Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit) and freezing.
We also handed out leaflets and practiced the exercises on the pavement in a busy street.
All the practitioners both new and veteran formed close friendships with each other and created a very good, harmonious and pleasant atmosphere for learning the Fa together. The new practitioners each received the book Falun Gong, book marks and tapes and CDs of the exercise music. The course was very successful and it was sad to say good-bye.
16 December 2001