Interviewer: Is your movement still growing? It was very popular here in the Beatles' era and so on and so forth.
Prabhupāda: Yes, George Harrison is a good boy. He likes me. He has given us a big house in London about 200,000 pounds' worth.
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: It's 250,000 pounds.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Interviewer: So would it be true to say that perhaps without George Harrison of the Beatles the religion wouldn't be as well known as it is today?
Prabhupāda: No, not like that. That is not that. But in the Western countries nobody comes forward to give us some contribution. But this boy is very nice, he gives us sometimes some thing. He gives, and another boy, who is the great-grandson of Mr. Henry Ford—his name is Alfred—he also helps us. But mostly we get our income by selling these books. We are selling books daily about $200,000 daily. That is our main source of income. And I have made a trust will in which fifty percent of the collection is spent for reprinting the books, and fifty percent is spent for spreading this movement.
Interviewer: One thing, New Zealand cities are passing bylaws which seek to ban the chanting of your disciples in the streets. Do you get much opposition like this?
Prabhupāda: Yes, but we don't depend on the city authorities; we depend on Kṛṣṇa.
Interviewer: But does it worry you that your disciples perhaps annoy city officials by their chanting and their activities in the streets?
Prabhupāda: The city authorities, they like our chanting?
Interviewer: They're annoyed.
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: No, they don't really understand what we're trying to do. They see it as something new, and they may feel a little threatened. We've found all over the world, though, that people are coming to accept now that they understand the character of people that we're developing.
Interviewer: But do you think that'll happen here?
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Oh, yes. I think every government is looking to develop people of high moral character. And our society is doing that.
Interviewer: Do you attempt to speak with governments and city officials and that sort of thing to spread your message?
Prabhupāda: (to devotee:) I think you have talked with these city authorities.
Devotee: Yes.
Prabhupāda: Here is the boy, he can...
Devotee: Yes, we've spoken with some of the government officials. I've spoken with or I've had contact with the cities where we have not personal contact but through the mail, and also some contact with the minister of immigrations.
Interviewer: How long do you intend to keep traveling and, and...
Prabhupāda: If I stayed four days in each center, it takes one year to travel all the centers.