# The Glories of Preaching *The mission of the Lord to liberate conditioned souls and the transcendental glories of preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness.* ← Back to [[wiki/compile/preaching-is-the-essence|Preaching Is the Essence]] --- ## The Mission of the Lord ### It is the mission of the Lord to liberate the conditioned souls ![[sb/3/5/24#purport|The cosmic manifestation gives the conditioned souls a chance to go back home, back to Godhead, and that is its main purpose...The whole process is to enliven the sleeping conditioned souls to the real life of spiritual consciousness so that they may thus become as perfect as the ever-liberated souls in the Vaikuṇṭha-lokas]] —SB [[sb/3/5/24|3.5.24]] Purport --- ### The Lord's plan is to end the living entities' suffering ![[sb/1/10/2#purport|He wants the suffering human beings to come back home, back to Him, and cease to suffer the threefold material pangs. The whole plan of creation is made in that way]] —SB [[sb/1/10/2|1.10.2]] Purport --- ### The Lord desires to bring all living entities back to His kingdom ![[sb/1/11/22#purport|the Lord is equally affectionate to all His parts and parcels, despite material gradation. He descends only to recall these materialistic living beings back to His kingdom]] —SB [[sb/1/11/22|1.11.22]] Purport --- ### The Lord gives the fallen souls the chance for the highest perfection of life ![[sb/3/9/25#purport|The Lord is ever increasingly merciful upon the fallen souls of this material world. The whole cosmic manifestation is a chance for all to improve themselves in devotional service to the Lord]] —SB [[sb/3/9/25|3.9.25]] Purport --- ### The Lord sends His representatives to remove the miseries of life ![[sb/1/14/11#purport|Such miseries can be removed only by the mercy of the Lord, who sends His bona fide representatives to enlighten human beings and thus save them from all calamities]] —SB [[sb/1/14/11|1.14.11]] Purport --- ### The Lord is very kind to the forgetful souls ![[sb/1/3/9#purport|The Lord is very kind to the forgetful souls. He therefore comes Himself and leaves behind necessary instructions and also sends His good sons as representatives to call all the conditioned souls back to Godhead]] —SB [[sb/1/3/9|1.3.9]] Purport --- ### How the Lord helps reclaim the conditioned souls ![[sb/1/12/16#purport|The Lord desires the conditioned souls hovering in the material creation to be reclaimed to go back home, back to Godhead, and thus He helps them by preparing the transcendental literatures like the Vedas, by sending missionaries of saints and sages and by deputing His representative, the spiritual master]] —SB [[sb/1/12/16|1.12.16]] Purport --- ### Out of compassion, the Lord tries to liberate the fallen souls ![[sb/8/3/17#purport|It is the causeless mercy of the Supreme Lord that He always tries to bring us back home, back to Godhead. God is liberated, and He tries to make us liberated]] —SB [[sb/8/3/17|8.3.17]] Purport --- ### The Lord wants the suffering living beings to go back home, back to Godhead ![[sb/1/2/34#purport|Sometimes He incarnates Himself or empowers a suitable living being to act for Him, but in either case the purpose is the same...The Lord, therefore, comes to propagate the message of the kingdom of God]] —SB [[sb/1/2/34|1.2.34]] Purport --- ## Lord Caitanya's Mission ### Lord Caitanya appeared to dissipate the darkness of ignorance ![[cc/adi/1/2|I offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda, who are like the sun and moon. They have arisen simultaneously on the horizon of Gauḍa to dissipate the darkness of ignorance and thus wonderfully bestow benediction upon all]] —Cc. [[cc/adi/1/2|Ādi 1.2]] --- ### Lord Caitanya bestows the most sublime spiritual knowledge ![[cc/adi/1/4|May that Lord, who is known as the son of Śrīmatī Śacīdevī, be transcendentally situated in the innermost chambers of your heart. Resplendent with the radiance of molten gold, He has appeared in the Age of Kali by His causeless mercy to bestow what no incarnation ever offered before]] —Cc. [[cc/adi/1/4|Ādi 1.4]] --- ### Lord Caitanya's desire is to spread His mercy throughout the world ![[cc/antya/1/117#purport|His desire is that all over the world everyone, in every village and every town, know of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His saṅkīrtana movement. These are the inner feelings of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu]] —Cc. [[cc/antya/1/117|Antya 1.117]] Purport --- ### The Lord descended as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to deliver the entire world ![[cc/antya/3/223#purport|Because of the devotional service of these two persons, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu descended as an incarnation. Thus He preached the holy name of the Lord and ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa to deliver the entire world]] —Cc. [[cc/antya/3/223|Antya 3.223-226]] Purport --- ### The Lord has inaugurated the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement for the benefit of human society ![[sb/9/24/56#purport|In the present age, the Supreme Personality of Godhead has appeared as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to inaugurate the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement...If one associates with this movement, he directly associates with the Supreme Personality of Godhead]] —SB [[sb/9/24/56|9.24.56]] Purport --- ### The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is nondifferent from the pastimes of Lord Caitanya ![[cc/antya/5/88#purport|The present Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is nondifferent from the pastimes performed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu when He was personally present, for the same principles are being followed and the same actions performed without fail]] —Cc. [[cc/antya/5/88|Antya 5.88]] Purport --- ## The Glories of Preaching ### Preaching is the best service to the Lord ![[sb/7/6/24#purport|Preaching is the best service to the Lord. The Lord will immediately be extremely satisfied with one who engages in this service of preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness...If one sincerely tries his best to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness by preaching the glories of the Lord and His supremacy, even if he is imperfectly educated, he becomes the dearmost servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead]] —SB [[sb/7/6/24|7.6.24]] Purport --- ### Spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness is Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mission ![[cc/madhya/16/64#purport|Spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness is Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mission; therefore His sincere devotees must carry out His desire...It is the duty of every disciple to carry out the order of the bona fide spiritual master and spread Lord Caitanya's message all over the world]] —Cc. [[cc/madhya/16/64|Madhya 16.64]] Purport --- ### If one preaches sincerely, the blessings of Lord Caitanya are assured ![[cc/adi/7/171#purport|if they stick to the regulative principles and preach sincerely according to the instructions of the ācāryas, surely they will have the profound blessings of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and their preaching work will be successful everywhere throughout the world]] —Cc. [[cc/adi/7/171|Ādi 7.171]] Purport