Summary Basavanna describes worship in which the hand swallows the water, the shikhe swallows the leaf, and the mantra becomes divided. The acts of worship are present, but they have…

Summary Basavanna begins with Satya-Shuddha, truth-purity, and declares that where it is complete, Guru, Linga, Jangama, Prasada, and Ganahood no longer stand as separate categories. He then presents the extensive…

Summary At the touch of the sacred ash, Brahma’s kapāla is struck open, Gananatha’s fifty-two strands fall torn, and the three breasts of the egg-born maiden are severed. Nadapriya then…

Summary Basavanna asks what fruit comes from worshipping Linga if Samarati, Samakale, and Samasukha have not been known. He repeats the question and gives the measure of fulfilled worship: one…

Summary Basavanna announces that he will tell the news concerning Jivatma and Antaratma. He then presents three unnamed figures. One remains waiting within a false chain. Another fashions stories and…

Summary The Sharana is capable of making Bayalu—the open, unbounded Formless—take form. The Linganubhavi is capable of returning that manifested form to Bayalu. Basavanna tests both designations through direct questions.…

Summary Basavanna names crores of Umadhinathas, Panchavaktras, Nandi-mounted Lords, and Sadashivas, followed by hosts as innumerable as the sands of the Ganga. Yet number, sacred title, and exalted form do…

Summary Basavanna laments those who rely upon the threefold basis and the five mountains yet fail to reach the decisive centre. Acting ruins them; not acting ruins them. Giving ruins…

Summary For Kudalasangama Deva’s Sharana, conduct, speech, and conversation contain no gap. This integrity is joy. The Sharana trusts that no separation remains and knows the joy of svanubhava—direct personal…

Summary Basavanna recognizes Kudalasangama Deva through contrasting mental conditions, embodied forms, and an ordinary family relationship. Whether the head is bewildered or possesses sense and discernment, the Lord is present.…