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Actor Ed Asner passed away today. Back when deprogramming was in the news and devotees were negatively portrayed as cult members, he and his popular T.V. show defended a person’s right to become a devotee of Krishna.
This is from the first year of the Lou Grant television series, and some of it was filmed in the New Dwarka Temple in Los Angeles. That scene begins at 14:58.
On his T.V. show he spoke to an enormous audience of millions in a positive manner about chanting Hare Krishna, and anyone who publicly spreads the glories of chanting the Holy Name like he did has successfully counteracted the effects of all bad karma whether they know it or not. Another important factor in anyone’s spiritual progress is if they have a personal relationship with a devotee, which is the only way to be introduced to devotional service.
In this episode of the popular Lou Grant TV series, Lou Grant (Ed Asner) is called upon to pacify the situation when his co-worker, Charlie Hume (Mason Adams), undergoes a family crisis: Charlie’s son, Visnu Das (David Hunt Stafford), has joined the Hare Krishnas! Shows the spectacular ISKCON Los Angeles temple room with a nice shot of the beautiful Radha-Krishna Deities, Rukmini-Dwarkadhish.
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