{"id":33637,"date":"2016-11-23T12:26:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T11:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dandavats.tumblr.com\/post\/153555394961"},"modified":"2017-01-26T14:31:51","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T13:31:51","slug":"ones-ability-to-respond-the-word-responsibility-derives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=33637","title":{"rendered":"\u201cOne\u2019s ability to respond.\u201dThe word, responsibility, derives&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36566\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads6\/tumblr_oh3egtD6Ac1sbj0vuo1_500.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_oh3egtD6Ac1sbj0vuo1_500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_oh3egtD6Ac1sbj0vuo1_500-187x187.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne\u2019s ability to respond.\u201d<br \/>\nThe word, responsibility, derives from Old French, respondre, \u201cto answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, responsibility, can be literally taken as, \u201cone\u2019s ability to respond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The way we respond to what happens to us in life directly indicates the degree to which we have developed our consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>As one practices devotional service, beginning with hearing and chanting about Krishna, one develops the ability to respond mindfully to the events and circumstances in one\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Srila Prabhupada writes in his purport to Bhagavad-gita 12.15 about the way in which a Krishna conscious person interacts with others:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince a devotee is kind to everyone, he does not act in such a way as to put others into anxiety. At the same time, if others try to put a devotee into anxiety, he is not disturbed. It is by the grace of the Lord that he is so practiced that he is not disturbed by any outward disturbance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those who wish to increase their ability to respond thoughtfully to the anxieties, changes, and provocations in their lives can daily practice chanting the maha-mantra with care and attention.<\/p>\n<p>Vaisesika Dasa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/68.media.tumblr.com\/5c61b53848aad2cc1cb5bf515e94511e\/tumblr_oh3egtD6Ac1sbj0vuo1_500.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One&rsquo;s ability to respond.&rdquo;<br \/>\nThe word, responsibility, derives from Old French, respondre, &ldquo;to answer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In other words, responsibility, can be literally taken as, &ldquo;one&rsquo;s ability to respond.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10650,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33637"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36567,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33637\/revisions\/36567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}