Summary Within Basavanna’s body, Maḍivāḷa Machideva was revealed. Within his mind, the revealer’s own abiding state was shown; within his awareness, Kudalasangama Deva was revealed. This threefold svāyatta was established…

Summary Basavanna names Kudalasangama Deva as the Linga beyond valuation and beyond the reach of measure. This Linga has no beginning, middle, or end. It is independent, eternally stainless, and…

Summary When other thought is forgotten and Kudalasangama Deva’s thought takes its place, Prāṇa becomes firmly established in its ground. The movement of the ten vital airs ceases, and the…

Summary Ignorance has receded and ego has subsided. The sixfold inner adversaries are dispersed, the eight forms of pride lose their hold, the ten vital airs become obedient, the senses…

Summary Basavanna instructs the seeker not to fear, become disturbed, lose inward strength, or collapse. He then addresses the subtler movement of the mind: do not remain caught in anxious…

Summary Basavanna begins with the smallest bodily measure and proceeds through an exact chain of increasingly larger units until he reaches the forty-eight-yojana boundary of Kalyana. Having established the full…

Summary Basavanna asks us to behold Chennabasavanna’s condition. When the distortions of Anga fall away, the sanga of the Sati becomes known. When bodily qualities cease, the Nirdeha-Prasadi is revealed;…

Summary Basavanna declares that inner, outer, and Atma-sanga are one. Kudalasangama Deva is the primordial support beyond Nada and Bindu. The joy of the attained meeting is known only to…

Summary Basavanna asks us to behold the condition in which all darkness and dimness have been removed. Light becomes the throne for light, and light joins light. The nature of…

Summary Basavanna says that he has become ghana in relation to Ghana. He then speaks of being within the light of the Great Light called Kudalasangama Deva. Yet the very…