Summary Basavanna teaches that spiritual life must be lived and spoken in alignment with what has been truly understood. To walk as declared and to speak as declared means that…

Summary Basavanna says that the Sadguru has placed the Linga directly in his karasthala, the palm or hand of direct receiving. This Linga is not reached by Veda and Vedanta,…

Summary Basavanna exposes contradiction between sacred claim and actual conduct. He invokes Vishnu’s animal incarnations and asks how the same forms associated with the Divine can be treated merely as…

Summary Basavanna describes the Sharana as one who does not walk according to the world’s desire and does not speak according to the world’s desire. The separation between the world…

Summary Basavanna defines Linga-Arpita not as a single act of offering, but as vigilant awareness. The one who has offered all to the Linga must remain alert so that injustice…

Summary Basavanna confesses that he did not know what the Linga truly is, nor the state in which the Linga abides. Because this living understanding was absent, even speaking of…

Summary Basavanna distinguishes between contact with the sacred and transformation by the sacred. Linga cannot be reduced to a stone, a bodily mark, or outward association. A stone may remain…

Summary Basavanna declares an undivided spiritual orientation. Other than the Linga, he will seek none. Other than the Shiva-Linga, he will contemplate none. Other than the Jangama, he will bow…

Summary Basavanna speaks from a state of vigilance after having entered the radiance of the Linga. The danger is not absence of devotion, nor rejection of Jangama. The danger is…

Summary Basavanna confesses that he has not understood the intimate relation between Linga and Prana, nor the intimate relation between Prana and Linga. Worship has been performed, but the living…