I can have the great selected words of Prabhupada to a New York Times reporter, John Nordheimer, in September 1972. ️ “How many followers do you have?” asked Nordheimer. “Well, this is a very difficult job, naturally,” Srila Prabhupada replied. “We don’t have a large number of followers. When you try to sell a diamond , you can’t expect a lot of customers. However, a diamond is a diamond, even if there are no customers. The number of customers is not the proof. The customer must pay the value of the article. “In this Society we propose that they give up illegal sex, meat, poisoning and gambling. When people listen to this, they get away, saying, ‘Oh, Swamiji is very conservative.’ But I can’t get my students liberal and tell