Rāmeśvara: I've been studying the record business in America. People spend more money on records than they do on books. In general, in general people are buying more records than books.
Prabhupāda: (aside:) Give them some seat. Is there any carpet? Bring something.
Hari-śauri: What time do you want to take prasādam, Śrīla Prabhupāda? It's 8:25 now.
Prabhupāda: Whenever . . . You take?
Hari-śauri: Well, we'll all take in that other carriage, and you can eat undisturbed. I'll remain here, or whatever you want.
Prabhupāda: I may take little later.
Hari-śauri: Well, we can take later on.
Rāmeśvara: So I found out that people spend more money on records than on books in America. That means that if we sell our record in the store, it can bring us a lot of income. In general, people spend more money on records.
Prabhupāda: So you get more income. For using it, let them come and take prasādam. Don't accumulate money.
Rāmeśvara: No.
Prabhupāda: Get money and spend it.
Rāmeśvara: Prasādam distribution is the best thing.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Rāmeśvara: There was a big parade in Los Angeles called the Rose Bowl. One million people. So we made ten thousand bags of peanuts and raisins and called it "Govinda's Nuts 'n' Raisins." We were tossing it to the crowd, and they were going "Hare Kṛṣṇa! Here! Kṛṣṇa!" They were begging for it.
Prabhupāda: Just see.
Rāmeśvara: We could have passed out prasādam for one million people if we had had enough money.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Earn money like that.
Rāmeśvara: It costs a lot of money.
Prabhupāda: Either produce food in the farm or earn money and purchase, but give prasādam.
Rāmeśvara: We saw it that they . . . they knew it was Kṛṣṇa prasādam, and they were standing up in the crowds, "Kṛṣṇa! Here!" and begging for it.
Prabhupāda: (laughs) So they have at least chanted "Kṛṣṇa." That is our profit.
Rāmeśvara: Yes. And everyone liked it. And we were giving it out for free. That they very much appreciated.
Prabhupāda: Yes.