The first permanent temple was the 10+ acre temple in Coconut Grove across the street from the 50,000+ student population of Florida International University (FIU), the ideal location for preaching. Srila Prabhupada had visited there just before coming to Atlanta in March of 1975.
That temple was an eternal place of pilgrimage.
The temple was moved to a nice 7 or 8 story building directly on the ocean in Miami Beach. Then Genius temple managers decided to move (flip) the temple again. What ever happened to the Collins Ave - on the beach temple?
Well it became a boutique hotel with a 1st class indoor / outdoor Cafe that is visited by many many people who stroll up and down the boardwalk (the boardwalk was built a couple of years later). The most recent temple, on Virginia Ave, is located on the border between Coconut Grove and Miami.
The temple was being managed by a South American Swami for several years.
The technique used to force the sale of an ISKCON temple is simple. The managers / authorities create policies that will drive OUT the resident devotees and the regular congregation away from Srila Prabhupada's temple.
The seller/managers then approach the gbc body to claim that no one is coming to the temple and therefore... The temple must be sold and moved to a "better (and often smaller) location."
Just like 55th street in Manhattan NYC; Brooklyn, NY; Ireland; etc, etc, etc.
As long as the right people are paid, all is well, GBC permission is granted , and the cycle begins again.
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The 4 defects that are exhibited by ordinary human beings and devotees who are not fully 100% God conscious unalloyed pure uttama-adhikari devotees are:
1 - Bhrama: the propensity to commit mistakes
2 - Karanpatava: the living entity's senses are imperfect
3 - Pramada: the propensity to be inattentive or illusioned
4 - Vipralipsa: the propensity to cheat
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Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Madya 19.167:
anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaḿ
jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam
ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānu-
śīlanaḿ bhaktir uttamā
"When first-class devotional service develops, one must be devoid of all material desires, knowledge obtained by monistic philosophy, and fruitive action. The devotee must constantly serve Krsna favorably, as Krsna desires."
The temple was moved to a nice 7 or 8 story building directly on the ocean in Miami Beach. Then Genius temple managers decided to move (flip) the temple again. What ever happened to the Collins Ave - on the beach temple?
Well it became a boutique hotel with a 1st class indoor / outdoor Cafe that is visited by many many people who stroll up and down the boardwalk (the boardwalk was built a couple of years later). The most recent temple, on Virginia Ave, is located on the border between Coconut Grove and Miami.
The temple was being managed by a South American Swami for several years.
The technique used to force the sale of an ISKCON temple is simple. The managers / authorities create policies that will drive OUT the resident devotees and the regular congregation away from Srila Prabhupada's temple.
The seller/managers then approach the gbc body to claim that no one is coming to the temple and therefore... The temple must be sold and moved to a "better (and often smaller) location."
Just like 55th street in Manhattan NYC; Brooklyn, NY; Ireland; etc, etc, etc.
As long as the right people are paid, all is well, GBC permission is granted , and the cycle begins again.
- - - o - - -
The 4 defects that are exhibited by ordinary human beings and devotees who are not fully 100% God conscious unalloyed pure uttama-adhikari devotees are:
1 - Bhrama: the propensity to commit mistakes
2 - Karanpatava: the living entity's senses are imperfect
3 - Pramada: the propensity to be inattentive or illusioned
4 - Vipralipsa: the propensity to cheat
- - - o - - -
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Madya 19.167:
anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaḿ
jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam
ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānu-
śīlanaḿ bhaktir uttamā
"When first-class devotional service develops, one must be devoid of all material desires, knowledge obtained by monistic philosophy, and fruitive action. The devotee must constantly serve Krsna favorably, as Krsna desires."
[Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]
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