If one practices devotion, will one have to undergo the fruits of one’s bad actions?
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"In true devotion, the devotee surrenders the entire ledger of karma, allowing grace to operate instead of the arithmetic of cause and effect. When you offer up your actions to the Divine, even karma is transformed into a path of liberation."
According to Osho, in true devotion the whole ‘ledger’ of karma is surrendered; the devotee drops the sense of doership, so the arithmetic of cause-and-effect no longer governs him. Grace, not accounting, operates. If you want exact fruits of deeds, follow the karmic path; but in surrender, even karma is offered up, and the Divine assumes responsibility.
If you truly give everything to God, you stop keeping score of good and bad and let grace handle the results.
Why this matters practically
- Choose one path: meticulous self-accounting or wholehearted surrender—don’t mix them.
- Dropping doership eases guilt and fear, inviting trust and inner peace.
- Living by grace turns struggle into receptivity, lightening daily burdens.
- Dropping doership eases guilt and fear, inviting trust and inner peace.
- Living by grace turns struggle into receptivity, lightening daily burdens.
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