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The Significance of Çréla Prabhupäda 5

class Vaiñëavas and preachers, qualified to impart Kåñëa
consciousness to others.
In India’s recent history, there were certainly many
Vaiñëavas who were devoted, learned, and renounced.
However, the fact remains that only Çréla Prabhupäda was
sufficiently qualified to spread Kåñëa consciousness all over
the world. Only he had sufficient faith in the instructions of
Lord Caitanya, the order of his spiritual master, and the
holy name of Kåñëa to seriously attempt spreading Kåñëa
consciousness outside of India. Only he had enough

compassion and vision to preach the message of Lord
Caitanya to those who most needed it. Only one of the
topmost confidential devotees of Kåñëa could perform such
an extraordinary task. By his unparalleled achievements, it
is clear that Çréla Prabhupäda occupies a unique position in
the history of Vaiñëavism.
Çréla Prabhupäda was empowered to spread Kåñëa
consciousness in a practical and straightforward way, just
suitable for the modern world. Without changing or
compromising the teachings of Kåñëa consciousness even
slightly, he presented its esoteric truths in a clear and
intelligible manner, suitable for both the layman and the
scholar.
Çréla Prabhupäda personally oversaw the expansion
and development of ISKCON. He personally set up the
programs which were to form the basis of ISKCON’s
continued expansion: production and distribution of
transcendental books, harinäma-saìkértana parties,
temples, ashrams, prasäda distribution, transcendental

farm communities, gurukulas, preaching to scientists and
scholars, and so on.