# The mercy of Lord Caitanya > [!summary] > *Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who appeared in Bengal 500 years ago, is Kṛṣṇa Himself in the mood of a devotee. His unique gift is the free distribution of love of God (prema) through the saṅkīrtana movement, without consideration of caste, qualification, or previous sinful life.* ![[images/all-catalogs/0023_TLC-f.c.jpg]] ## The Most Munificent Incarnation ![[cc/adi/3/52]] ## Kṛṣṇa Himself as a Devotee **The Supreme Lord appeared to teach by His own example: ![[cc/adi/3/19#translation]] ![[cc/adi/3/20]] ## The Saṅkīrtana Movement **Lord Caitanya inaugurated the yuga-dharma of chanting: ![[cc/adi/3/40]] ## Delivering the Most Fallen **Lord Caitanya came especially to deliver the most sinful: ![[cc/adi/8/22]] ## No Consideration of Qualification **His mercy is distributed without discrimination: ![[cc/madhya/15/267#translation]] ## The Pañca-tattva **Lord Caitanya and His associates flood the world with prema: ![[cc/adi/7/18-19]] ## The Prediction **Lord Caitanya's movement will spread to every town and village: %%![[cb/antya/4/126]]%% <!-- Caitanya-bhagavata not available --> ## Related Articles - [[wiki/articles/surrender-to-the-lord|Surrender to the Lord]] — Approaching Kṛṣṇa - [[wiki/articles/love-for-krsna|Love for Kṛṣṇa]] — The goal - [[wiki/articles/the-six-gosvamis-of-vrindavana|The Six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana]] — His direct followers - [[wiki/articles/chanting-the-holy-names|Chanting the holy names]] — The yuga-dharma He gave ## From the Index - [[index/entries/caitanya-lord|Caitanya, Lord]] — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu - [[index/entries/caitanya-mahaprabhu|Caitanya Mahāprabhu]] — The golden avatāra - [[index/entries/panca-tattva|Pañca-tattva]] — Five features - [[index/entries/sankirtana|Saṅkīrtana]] — Congregational chanting - [[index/entries/mercy|Mercy]] — Kṛpā