PREACHING IS GREATER FORTUNE

PREACHING IS GREATER FORTUNE
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
The mission of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is to spread the only medicine effective in this fallen age of Kali — the chanting of the Hare Krishna mahāmantra. Following the orders of His mother, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was residing at Jagannath Puri, and the devotees were coming to see Him. However, the Lord felt that this message must be spread very elaborately in Bengal, and in His absence there was not a second person capable of doing it. Consequently, the Lord requested Nityananda Prabhu to stay there and broadcast the message of Krishna consciousness. The Lord also entrusted a similar preaching responsibility to Rupa Goswami and Sanatan Goswami. Nityananda Prabhu was requested not to come every year to Jagannath Puri, although seeing Lord Jagannath greatly benefits everyone. Does this mean that the Lord was refusing Nityananda Prabhu a fortunate opportunity? No. One who is a faithful servant of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu must execute His order, even if one has to sacrifice going to Jagannath Puri to see Lord Jagannath there. In other words, it is a greater fortune to carry out Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s order than to satisfy one’s senses by seeing Lord Jagannath. Preaching Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s cult throughout the world is more important than staying in Vrindavan or Jagannath Puri for one’s own personal satisfaction. Spreading Krishna consciousness is Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s mission; therefore His sincere devotees must carry out His desire. pthivīte āche yata nagarādi grāma sarvatra pracāra haibe mora nāma The devotees of Lord Chaitanya must preach Krishna consciousness in every village and town in the world. That will satisfy the Lord. It is not that one should act whimsically for his own personal satisfaction. This order comes down through the paramparā system, and the spiritual master presents these orders to the disciple so that he can spread the message of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. It is the duty of every disciple to carry out the order of the bona fide spiritual master and spread Lord Chaitanya’s message all over the world.
— Purport to Cc. madhya 16.64.
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