Summary Basavanna exposes the difference between contact and realization. One may see, yet not truly see. One may hear, yet not truly hear. Sacred nearness itself is not enough if…

Summary Basavanna asks what dharma can exist without compassion. The question immediately makes compassion the test of religion, conduct, and spiritual truth. He then says that compassion is needed toward…

Summary Basavanna uses bamboo to show how many forms can arise from one source. From bamboo come the palanquin, the umbrella, the pavilion, and many other useful and valuable forms.…

Summary Basavanna questions two forms of misalignment: the mind being given over to wealth, and wealth being placed before the mind. In either case, one part of life begins to…

Summary Basavanna questions worship that remains divided between outer sign and inner realization. If the lanchana, the sacred mark, remains only outside, how can there be true inward Linga-worship? The…

Summary Basavanna asks what is gained by reading about dual and non-dual if such reading does not become inner transformation. The issue is not the vocabulary of doctrine, but the…

Summary Basavanna addresses those who look into the mirror and tells them to look at the Jangama. The movement is from reflected seeing to living seeing. He then gives the…

Summary Basavanna corrects two common assumptions: that Shiva is pleased by sound, and that Shiva is pleased by Veda. He does not reject sound or scripture, but refuses to make…

Summary Basavanna looks at the movement of life in its smallest measure: a moment, half a moment, the time it takes for the eye to close and open. What appears…

Summary Basavanna asks what human life becomes when Shiva-thought and Shiva-knowledge are absent. Mere birth, grouping, movement, or social arrangement do not make life spiritually awakened. He first compares such…