Summary Basavanna addresses Chennabasavanna directly and declares him to be the karta—the effective agent—for Guru, Linga, Jangama, Prasada, and Upadesha. He then extends the declaration to himself: Chennabasavanna has become…

Summary What is taken merely with Guru as its beginning is not the complete Prasada. What is taken merely with Linga as its beginning is not the complete Prasada. What…

Summary The seeker has come through Guru’s compassion, fixes the gaze upon the Ishtalinga in the Karasthala, and stands filled with bhava. Yet without truly reaching the Real, to claim,…

Summary Many speak of the relationship between Kriya and Jnana without understanding what that relationship actually is. In Kriya, the relationship between Anga and Linga is known. In Jnana, the…

Summary Crores of Rudras have died. Countless Brahmas and Vishnus have died. Humans, gods, Garudas, and Gandharvas have also passed into death. Neither celestial status nor extraordinary power escapes mortality.…

Summary Basavanna declares that the one who gives is Kudalasanga and the one who receives is Kudalasanga. Giving is therefore not a transaction between an independent benefactor and a separate…

Summary Basavanna declares that there has been neither taking nor giving, neither joining nor separation. Between himself and Kudalasangama Deva, no relationship remains that depends upon two separate participants, and…

Summary The seven worlds below and the seven worlds above form the fourteen worlds, and Kudalasangama Deva is Lord of them all. Basavanna then introduces a daring reversal: although the…

Summary Basavanna compares Prabhudeva’s nourishing presence to a reservoir filled to abundance. When its waters are released, the surrounding plantain groves are refreshed. In the same way, when Prabhudeva opens…

Summary Basavanna presents the state of Jangama as the living, moving world: disordered, wounded, bloodied, exposed to wind, dust, rain, blows, thorns, falls, and continuing suffering. The long bodily description…