Lollipops are bona fide. In 1972, Bhakta Gopāl saw the Salvation Army giving out candy canes for donations, so he went and got candy canes. Then some devotees complained to Prabhupāda and said he's given out bhoga. And then Prabhupāda inquired a little further about what it was, and he said, "What is the harm? It's in the Vedabase." He said, "What is the harm?" He said, "In India, all the time, pūjāris buy simple sugar candies. They offer them to the Deities, and they give them out. They distribute as mahāprasādam." He gave us permission to offer lollipops to the Deities. So lollipops are something you can use because everyone in the universe likes lollipops, even monkeys. In Vṛndāvana, if you throw a lollipop to a monkey, they'll catch it and put it in their mouth before, I mean, you have to have a slow-motion camera to watch how fast they take the wrapper off and put it in their mouth.

I once gave one to the Secretary of State of the United States of America, and he had it in his mouth before I could even tell him who I was. It was at the airport. I had a suit and tie on, but he just took the lollipop and put it in his mouth as I was showing him the Bhagavad-gītā. He was going, "crunch, crunch, crunch." So lollipops are important. They're prasādam. We want to touch their heart with some prasādam, and then you thank them for taking their valuable time, telling them it was an honor to meet them. And then also be ready with some kind of QR code or a form they can write on to get their name and number. If they're a nice person, if they're a seeker, you can connect them up to your next best place where the habitat is ripe for them.

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