# Kṛṣṇa Empowers the Preacher *The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement spreads by the mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Caitanya.* ← Back to [[wiki/compile/preaching-is-the-essence|Preaching Is the Essence]] --- ## The Lord Empowers the Preacher ### Kṛṣṇa can empower a preacher to excel Himself ![[cc/madhya/16/65#purport|By the grace of Viṣṇu, a Vaiṣṇava can render better service than Viṣṇu; that is the special prerogative of a Vaiṣṇava. The Lord actually wants to see His servants work more gloriously than Himself...If we simply follow Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's instructions and follow in the footsteps of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement can advance, and even more difficult tasks can be performed by the preachers remaining faithful to the service of the Lord]] —Cc. [[cc/madhya/16/65|Madhya 16.65]] Purport --- ### To become an empowered preacher, one must be favored by Lord Caitanya or the spiritual master ![[cc/madhya/7/101#purport|In order to become an empowered preacher, one must be favored by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu or His devotee, the spiritual master. One must also request everyone to chant the mahā-mantra. In this way, such a person can convert others to Vaiṣṇavism, showing them how to become pure devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead]] —Cc. [[cc/madhya/7/101|Madhya 7.98-104]] Purport --- ### A sincere devotee is empowered by the Lord to preach ![[cc/madhya/19/135#purport|To be empowered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one has to qualify himself. This means that one must engage twenty-four hours daily in the loving devotional service of the Lord...A sincere devotee can therefore be empowered by the Lord regardless of his situation...As soon as one is favored by the mercy of the spiritual master and the Lord, one is immediately given all the power necessary to write books and propagate the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement]] —Cc. [[cc/madhya/19/135|Madhya 19.135]] Purport --- ### Unless one is empowered by the Lord, one cannot spread the holy names throughout the world ![[cc/antya/2/14#purport|Unless one is empowered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, one cannot spread the holy names of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra throughout the world. Persons who do so are empowered. Therefore they are sometimes called āveśa-avatāras or incarnations, for they are endowed with the power of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu]] —Cc. [[cc/antya/2/14|Antya 2.13-14]] Purport --- ### The Lord empowers the devotee to preach ![[cc/madhya/19/114#purport|The Lord again comes as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to induce people to take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The Lord also empowers a special devotee to teach people their constitutional position]] —Cc. [[cc/madhya/19/114|Madhya 19.114]] Purport --- ### Without being empowered by Kṛṣṇa, one cannot preach; the empowered preacher can raise the whole world to Kṛṣṇa consciousness ![[cc/antya/1/205#purport|Under the protection of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a pure devotee can preach the holy name of the Lord so that everyone may take advantage of this facility and thus become Kṛṣṇa conscious]] —Cc. [[cc/antya/1/205|Antya 1.203-205]] Purport --- ### To spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one must be empowered by Kṛṣṇa ![[cc/madhya/25/9#purport|In this Age of Kali, real religious propaganda should induce people to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. This is possible for someone who is especially empowered by Kṛṣṇa. No one can do this without being especially favored by Kṛṣṇa...Only an empowered personality can distribute the holy name of the Lord]] —Cc. [[cc/madhya/25/9|Madhya 25.9]] Purport --- ### One must be empowered by Lord Kṛṣṇa to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness ![[cc/antya/7/11|The fundamental religious system in the Age of Kali is the chanting of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. Unless empowered by Kṛṣṇa, one cannot propagate the saṅkīrtana movement]] —Cc. [[cc/antya/7/11|Antya 7.11-14]] --- ### Compassionate preachers are empowered by the Lord > Vaiṣṇavas, or devotees, are usually very compassionate upon conditioned souls. Without even being invited, a devotee will go from door to door to enlighten people and to bring them out of the darkness of nescience by injecting knowledge of the living entity's constitutional position as a servant of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Such devotees are empowered by the Lord to distribute devotional consciousness, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, to the people in general. —Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 1 --- ## The Secret of Preaching Success ### If preachers are sincere, the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement will spread by Kṛṣṇa's grace ![[cc/madhya/4/79#purport|If the preachers in our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement are sincere devotees of Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa will always be with them because He is very kind and favorable to all His devotees...this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement will surely emerge victorious if we but remain sincere devotees of the Lord]] —Cc. [[cc/madhya/4/79|Madhya 4.79]] Purport --- ### Members of ISKCON must try to spread the movement; Lord Caitanya will be pleased ![[cc/adi/9/50#purport|the members of ISKCON must increase this movement more and more, according to the principles that we are presently trying to execute. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, thus being pleased, will smilingly glance upon them, bestowing His favor, and the movement will be successful]] —Cc. [[cc/adi/9/50|Ādi 9.50]] Purport --- ### If preachers are pure and preach sincerely, their preaching work will be successful ![[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 --- ### A preacher's success depends on Kṛṣṇa's grace ![[cc/adi/7/40#purport|While preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness with full vigor, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu faced many Māyāvādī philosophers. Similarly, we are also facing opposing svāmīs, yogīs, impersonalists, scientists, philosophers and other mental speculators, and by the grace of Lord Kṛṣṇa we successfully defeat all of them without difficulty]] —Cc. [[cc/adi/7/40|Ādi 7.40]] Purport --- ### The secret of success in spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness is faith in the order of guru and Kṛṣṇa ![[cc/adi/7/95#purport|faith in the words of the spiritual master and the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the secret of success...We believed in the words of our spiritual master and started in a humble way—in a helpless way—but due to the spiritual force of the order of the supreme authority, this movement has become successful]] —Cc. [[cc/adi/7/95|Ādi 7.95-96]] Purport --- ### The key to successful preaching is sincerely serving Lord Caitanya and following the instructions of the ācāryas ![[cc/adi/7/163#purport|anyone who attempts to serve Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sincerely by following in His footsteps and following the instructions of the ācāryas will successfully be able to preach the holy names of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra all over the universe]] —Cc. [[cc/adi/7/163|Ādi 7.163]] Purport