Summary Basavanna stands in complete obedience before Kudalasangama Deva. He cannot answer against what the Lord says, nor can he free himself from his indebtedness to Him. The fixed Linga…

Summary Basavanna declares that Jangama is Linga to him and that Jangama is his very Prana. He then places Jangama-Prasada at the centre of his relation with Kudalasangama Deva: for…

Summary Basavanna asks whether the philosopher’s stone must touch another philosopher’s stone, as iron touches it for transformation. The transforming principle does not itself require a second transformation. Likewise, Anga…

Summary Basavanna declares the Atma to be Linga and the Paramatma to be Jangama. Between them, the body becomes Prasada. When inward being, living Divine presence, and embodied life are…

Summary Basavanna tells the mind to recognize how desire, baited by tamas, becomes bondage to repeated becoming. He asks it to leave behind the threefold divisions and their corresponding states.…

Summary Basavanna asks what quality can govern the Self after elemental existence has yielded and entered its presence. The body and its elemental functions may continue, but they no longer…

Summary Basavanna contrasts the exposed speech of a public gathering with the reserve that protects what is inward and intimate. Can the fidelity of a noble woman be treated like…

Summary Basavanna asks Kudalasangama Deva where He was before being known. The question is answered by the next line: the Lord was already within him. To reveal Himself, Kudalasangama Deva…

Summary Within the eight-petalled lotus of the self, Basavanna places unwavering trust in Kudalasangama Deva as the inward mover of the mind. He knows no other. Kudalasangama Deva alone is…

Summary Basavanna sees people presenting themselves with the attributes of Shiva: each claims the eye upon the forehead, Nandi as vehicle, and the khatvanga, skull, and trident. When everyone outwardly…