Submitted by Damagosha Dasa

Hare Krsna–

Below is a very instructive youtube video with Hrdayananda and Balavanta back in the early 1970’s on national TV where they were debating with one of the main cult deprogramers (Ted Patrick) of the time. There were many devotees kidnapped by these fanatic deprogramers. Both Hrdayananda and Balavanta were  leaders in the Hare Krsna Movement and  as far as anyone could tell, were following all the principles laid out by our spiritual master Srila Prabhupada. These two devotees solidly and with some humor I might add, completely defeated this demoniac man and his accomplice Sandra Sacks.

Now please view this video (below) and then come back to this article. This is a wonderful video of how devotees who are following Srila Prabhupada properly CAN defeat any kinds of demoniac people and get put on national TV while doing so.

https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=AwrTceHMPcFWLOAApwonnIlQ;_ylc=X1MDMTM1MTE5NTY4NwRfcgMyBGZyA3locy1tb3ppbGxhLTAwNARncHJpZANIZE8xalNTX1FqbWpPT244dzF1ZlJBBG5fcnNsdAMwBG5fc3VnZwMwBG9yaWdpbgNzZWFyY2gueWFob28uY29tBHBvcwMwBHBxc3RyAwRwcXN0cmwDBHFzdHJsAzQ1BHF1ZXJ5A3RlZCBwYXRyaWNrIGRlIHByb2dyYW1taW5nIGhhUkUgS1JTTkEgWU9VVFVCRQR0X3N0bXADMTQ1NTUwNDkwNQ–?p=ted+patrick+de+programming+haRE+KRSNA+YOUTUBE&fr2=sb-top-search&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-004

So what happened to Hrdayananda das from that time- to the present?

Below, we see a present day picture of him with one of his female “friends”-and he still claims he is a sannyasi, and goes by the name-Sri Acaryadev.
If you want to know more detail than you can look at a few articles,listed below, one by his own personal servant and another by a Godbrother.

One of the main things to learn here , for all of us, is that we may have a glorious present position given to us by the spiritual master and Krsna, but that is not permanent, it can be lost due to offenses to the  Spiritual Master, the Holy Names,the devotees, and other living entities in general.

One good thing, if you can call it that, is that everybody should learn from the lessons and fall downs provided by some of the original leaders of the Hare Krsna Movement-and try not to do them ourselves.

Better to follow the genuine spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, who wont fall down into gross or subtle materialism, and who CAN take us back to home back to Godhead !

Hare Krsna
damaghosa das


https://www.harekrsna.com/sun/editorials/11-09/editorials5268.htm

https://www.harekrsna.com/sun/editorials/10-09/editorials5194.htm