Summary Within the Karasthala-Linga, Basavanna beholds Allama Prabhudeva, Chennabasavanna, and Madivala Machideva. The Linga held in the palm is no longer experienced as an isolated object of worship. It becomes…

Summary Basavanna describes a decisive change that takes place through Chennabasavanna. The darkness connected with bodily identity is broken. Greed for body, mind, and wealth falls away, and the ego…

Summary Basavanna describes a sacred exchange involving Animisha, the Linga held in the palm, the devotee, and Kudalasangama Deva. The Linga is received from Animisha, yet the movement is reversed…

Summary Basavanna declares that every part of his life belongs to Kudalasangama Deva: his inner and outer being, awareness and forgetfulness, devotion and understanding, weakness and rapt absorption. He compares…

Summary Basavanna attributes his entire spiritual transformation to Kudalasangama Deva. The Lord becomes awareness within his inner being, right conduct in his outward life, and steady remembrance in his mind.…

Summary Others say that Basavanna was born and will die. He replies that birth and death do not define his true relation with Kudalasangama Deva. If birth is spoken of,…

Summary Wherever Basavanna looks, he sees only the radiance of Kudalasangama Deva. The world has not disappeared, but nothing appears separate from that Divine light. The same presence continues through…

Summary Basavanna compares society’s reaction to a Sharana with street dogs barking when strangers enter a town. The dogs react because the newcomers are unfamiliar. In the same way, Sharanas…

Summary Basavanna speaks with fearless confidence because Kudalasangama Deva is both inwardly present and all-pervading. He uses forceful language about Māri and Brahma to declare that no external deity or…

Summary Basavanna uses three questions to show that impurity cannot remain where Kudalasangama Deva has completely entered and filled the devotee. Soot cannot cling to camphor burning in flame. Mud…