Whatever increases book distribution

Pragosh : When I was introduced to Prabhupada in Washington, Hari Sauri said, “Prabhupada, Pragosh was trying to learn how to sell your books like full sets like an encyclopedia.” Prabhupada asked, “So how did that go?” I said, “Well, Srila Prabhupada, Tamal Krishna Maharaj and I had attempted this but it was pretty clear that the BBT didn’t have all the full sets in stock. Also, generally speaking, the common man is not going to be able to buy this many books at one time.” Then he said, “So what are you doing now?” I said, “Well, I went right back to the airport, Srila Prabhupada, like I was for the last few years.” Prabhupada looked at me for a second and he kind of smiled and said, “Yes, whatever increases book distribution, we accept. Whatever decreases it, we reject.” It was a simple statement and I took it as a sort of a very specific instruction, which I look back on my life and I realize that I made many decisions that really didn’t increase my book distribution.