Is it transcendental anxiety
Chittahari das: We were in the gardens on a morning walk. I was having a bit of trouble chanting my rounds. I was thinking how difficult it was to follow the regulative principles, and I remember I very rarely asked Prabhupada questions, but on this occasion Prabhupada was talking about transcendental anxiety and I said to Prabhupada, "Is it transcendental anxiety, Prabhupada, when you're worried because you can't get your rounds done or you're worried about following the four regulative principles and things like that?" Prabhupada said, "No." He said, "That is material anxiety. Transcendental anxiety is where Mother Yasoda is worried that Krishna may get attacked by a monkey, she said, or fear for Krishna. It's anxiety for Krishna, it's not anxiety for yourself." He said, "That's mundane." So Prabhupada cleared me up on that one. I always realized from then on that all my anxieties are basically material.
Reference: Following Srila Prabhupada-A Chronological Series by Cittahari Dasa
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