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What is the significance of chanting the name in devotion?

Chanting the Name becomes a true devotion only when it flows from a desireless heart, for in surrendering our demands, we allow grace to fill the emptiness within us.

— Osho
According to Osho, chanting the Name is potent only when it rises from a desireless, loving heart. The Divine is not deaf; even silent remembrance reaches instantly. Mere repetition mixed with ambitions, bargains, and fears becomes heavy and cannot fly. True bhakti is surrender—dropping personal demands and letting the Name empty you, so grace can act.

Saying God’s name helps only when it’s pure love without a wish-list; if you use it to get things, it’s just noise, but even quiet, sincere remembering is heard.

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