Summary The four Yugas have revolved through the wheel of becoming; countless cycles, deluges, worlds, and universes have arisen and dissolved. Yet no one disclosed the distinction between Prana-Linga and…

Summary Once people have come together without regard to caste, self-asserted distinction, or social standing, there can be no search for greater and lesser among them. Kudalasangama Deva’s grace instructs…

Summary Basavanna compares Kudalasangama Deva’s relation to the world with a silkworm drawing thread from its own body, spreading it around itself, moving within it with delight, and finally gathering…

Summary Basavanna describes the extraordinary state of Prabhudeva. He walks without dependence on feet, holds without hands, and sees without eyes. Bodily faculties do not determine his movement, action, or…

Summary Basavanna presents an offering untouched by Time, free from fabrication, untouched by the woman called Anantarati, untouched by the Jangama called Bhālalochana, and untouched anywhere. Having preserved it from…

Summary Basavanna presents Mahadeviyakka’s realized state. The imagined shame associated with the body has fallen away, the delusive attachment of the individual life has dissolved, and the memory that sustains…

Summary The body bears the Karasthala, while Prana bears the Jangamasthala. Shiva-Linga worship arising through this twofold relation becomes the abode of supreme bliss. The body is Bhakta and Prana…

Summary Basavanna questions the need to seek a bodily mark as proof that the realized state has been reached. The rainbow does not join the sky from elsewhere or enter…

Summary Basavanna contrasts the true Lingavanta with those who remain distant from the Mahalinga despite bodily life, sacred learning, sectarian identity, philosophical confidence, or divine rank. Some remain caught in…

Summary Kudalasangama Deva is not a formation produced by desire or imagination. From Himself, He is Svayambhu—self-existent. He remains One through endless time in the radiance-manifestation of His own supreme…