KARMA IN BHAKTI

According to the Law of Karma, one is fated to undergo the suffering consequent to one's past lives, for whatever good or evil one may have done.  But in bhakti, the way of devotion, the Law of Karma is set aside.  The devotee expects that the Divine will return love for love and will alter or ignore the predestined course of karma.  As this is in conflict with traditional Vedic beliefs, brahmins (priestly caste) have balked at it.  The issue has yet to be settled, even as it is generally ignored by the masses.