Category:Afraid of God
Theme Analysis
Fear within material existence arises from forgetfulness of Kṛṣṇa and attachment to temporary bodily life. The quotations in this category reveal that all beings, from mighty demons to cosmic controllers, remain subordinate to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Even fear personified trembles before Him. Yet the devotees experience a different reality: by taking shelter of the Lord, they attain abhaya, transcendental fearlessness. Fierce incarnations such as Nṛsiṁhadeva may terrify the atheistic and demoniac, but they simultaneously protect and reassure surrendered devotees through divine compassion and līlā.
- The Supreme Source of Fearlessness: The Lord is known as abhaya because all fear dissolves when one takes shelter of Him through bhakti and surrender.
- Demons Fear the Lord’s Authority: Those opposed to the Supreme Lord naturally become fearful before His time factor, incarnations, weapons, and supreme control over the universe.
- Devotees Fear Material Existence More Than the Lord: Pure devotees like Prahlāda Mahārāja fear material bondage and forgetfulness of Kṛṣṇa rather than the Lord’s fierce transcendental forms.
- The Lord’s Fierce Forms Are Divine Līlā: Manifestations such as Nṛsiṁhadeva appear terrifying to the faithless, yet devotees understand these forms as expressions of divine protection and compassion.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Why Even Fear Itself Is Afraid of God.
Subcategories
This category has only the following subcategory.
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Pages in category "Afraid of God"
The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
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- Although Rahu attempts to attack both the sun and the moon, they are protected by Lord Visnu. Being very afraid of Lord Visnu's cakra, Rahu cannot stay in front of the sun or moon for more than a muhurta - forty-eight minutes
- Although the time factor is fearful to everyone, fear personified is afraid of the Supreme Lord, who is therefore known as abhaya, fearless. Taking shelter of God brings actual fearlessness, and therefore the demigods decided to take shelter of the Lord
- As soon as one becomes a devotee of the Lord, he is convinced that he is protected by the Lord. Fear itself is afraid of the Lord; therefore, what has he to do with fearfulness
- At heart he (Dr. Radhakrishnan) was (afraid of God). But because he is impersonalist and mundane scholar, he was writing all nonsense
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- In the jungle there are sometimes fights between lions and elephants. Here (in SB 7.8.23) the Lord appeared like a lion, and Hiranyakasipu, unafraid of the Lord, attacked Him like an elephant
- In this (master-servant relationship) stage the servant is always afraid of the master and respectful of Him - Lord
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- The conclusion is, therefore, that everyone is under the control of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, everyone is serving under the supreme direction of the Lord, and everyone is afraid of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- The impersonalists are very much afraid of hearing the activities of the Lord because they think that the happiness derived from the transcendental situation of Brahman is the ultimate goal of life
- The tumultuous thundering sound was proof of the Lord's presence. The demons like Hiranyakasipu could now realize the supreme ruling power of the Lord, and thus Hiranyakasipu became afraid