Summary Basavanna says that the glance of Kudalasangama Deva is bliss and His companionship is supreme bliss. The whole body becomes an instrument of seeing: every hair appears as an…

Summary Basavanna asks what week, day, night, or daylight mean when only the worship of Kudalasangama Deva remains. These divisions ordinarily determine activity and observance. Here, they no longer decide…

Summary Through continued seeing, Basavanna’s mind becomes Linga-dhyāna itself. Meditation is no longer merely an act performed by the mind. An inward harmony arises, abides, and dissolves in Kudalasangama Deva.…

Summary Basavanna says that his association with the body has become Nissaṅga—free from binding attachment. The body remains, but it no longer establishes an independent identity or possessive centre. He…

Summary Basavanna describes the ripening of the inner faculties: the heart opens, the mind becomes clear, and the tongue delights in the Divine Name. He does not claim the Name…

Summary Basavanna recognizes Kudalasangama Deva as the physician of bhava-roga, the disease of becoming, and takes refuge in Him. He addresses the Lord as the giver of devotion and asks…

Summary Basavanna declares that Kudalasangama Deva alone is present through adversity, joy, and sorrow. Changing experience does not lead him toward another refuge. He also recognizes the Lord as both…

Summary Basavanna declares Kudalasangama Deva to be father, mother, kin, and lineage. The principal relations through which a person understands origin, nurture, belonging, and identity are gathered into the Lord.…

Summary Basavanna remembers Kudalasangama Deva and longs to behold Him, yet no outward vision comes. This absence leads to the question of how he can live or continue. The answer…

Summary Basavanna begins by questioning whether spiritual standing can be claimed apart from steadfast service. He then rejects the idea that the Divine could differ according to the person who…