Category:Apprehension
Theme Analysis
In the philosophy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, apprehension is analyzed both as a function of material intelligence and as a symptom of spiritual love. Intellectually, Śrīla Prabhupāda categorizes apprehension alongside doubt, memory, and sleep as distinct characteristics of intelligence. In a sociolegal context, apprehension refers to the fear of being caught or punished for violating laws—whether the laws of the state or the laws of nature. Humans, unlike animals, are subject to apprehension because they are meant to follow restrictions. However, the highest form of apprehension is found in the spiritual world. Great devotees like Yudhiṣṭhira and Baladeva often experience intense apprehension regarding Kṛṣṇa's safety. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that this is not due to ignorance of Kṛṣṇa's omnipotence, but due to the intensity of their love, which transforms this anxiety into transcendental bliss.
- Function of Intelligence: Misapprehension and correct apprehension are functions of the mind and intelligence, determining how a living entity perceives reality.
- Fear of the Law: Civilized life implies restriction. Just as a driver fears apprehension for running a red light, a human being must fear the consequences of violating nature's laws.
- Ecstatic Symptom: In the stage of bhāva, apprehension is a bodily symptom of overwhelming love, characterized by a stunned heart or fear of a mishap befalling the Lord.
- Historical Examples: The quotes highlight various historical instances of apprehension, such as Diti fearing the birth of her demoniac sons and Jagannātha Miśra worrying about the delayed birth of Nimāi.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Apprehension - From Material Fear to Spiritual Ecstasy.
Pages in category "Apprehension"
The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
A
- After hearing this criticism, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was doubtful and apprehensive. Therefore He called Govinda and instructed him as follows
- Although seen by the police, a criminal is sometimes not immediately punished; the police wait for the proper time to apprehend him
- Apprehension of some mishap to Krsna or to His beloved queens, as exhibited by Baladeva and Yudhisthira, has been explained. This apprehension is not exactly due to their ignorance of the inconceivable potencies of Krsna but to their intense love for Him
B
- Because I am so fallen, I shall never get a chance to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead.This was my false apprehension. Rather, by chance a person as fallen as I am may get to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- Bodily symptoms which express overwhelming ecstatic love: disappointment, lamentation, humility, guilt, fatigue, intoxication, pride, doubt, apprehension, intense emotion, madness, forgetfulness, disease, confusion, death, laziness, inertness
I
- I don't think there is any discrepancy, but I do not know why in India cooperation is lacking. So you should do things nicely and in consultation with others and rectify the situation. I have also apprehended a scandalous situation
- In such a state of apprehension, one tries to take shelter of something which provides safety. There may be standing of the hairs on the body, trembling of the body and sometimes the committing of mistakes. And sometimes the body may become stunned
T
- The pregnancy (of Sacimata) approached its thirteenth month, but still there was no sign of the delivery of the child (Nimai Pandita). Thus Jagannatha Misra became greatly apprehensive
- The virtuous lady Diti had been very apprehensive of trouble to the gods from the children in her womb, and her husband (Kasyapa) predicted the same. She brought forth twin sons (Hiranyaksa and Hiranyakasipu) after a full one hundred years of pregnancy
- The virtuous lady Diti had been very apprehensive of trouble to the gods from the children in her womb, and her husband predicted the same. She brought forth twin sons after a full one hundred years of pregnancy
- This (the Bhagavatam describes the symptoms and deeds of the incarnations in general and counts Sri Krsna among them) made Suta Gosvami greatly apprehensive. Therefore he distinguished each incarnation by its specific symptoms
- This is one instance of apprehending some danger to Krsna in ecstatic love for Him
- This kind of apprehension of some mishap to Krsna first of all becomes manifested as an object of lamentation, but gradually it develops into such compassionate loving ecstasy that it turns to another channel and gives transcendental pleasure
W
- We cannot drive a car on the left or run a red light without risking apprehension by the law. If a dog, however, walks on the left side of the street or crosses against a red light, it is not punished because it is an animal
- We should not think that the only apprehended culprit is President Nixon and that we are safe
- When a person becomes disturbed in his heart by seeing lightning in the sky, by seeing a ferocious animal, or by hearing a tumultuous sound, his state of mind is called apprehensive
- When one is afraid of something, he can still think of past and future. But when there is this kind of ecstatic apprehension, there is no scope for such thinking
- When out of ecstatic love friends and well-wishers of Krsna apprehend some danger for Him, that situation becomes the object of their dread
- When there was stretching of the body of Narada Muni from chanting the Hare Krsna mantra, he chanted so loudly that it was apprehended that Lord Nrsimha had appeared. Thus all the demons began to flee in different directions