Summary Basavanna speaks of people who name Linga, Jangama, and Prasada, yet reduce each of them to a limited outer form. Linga becomes merely something connected to the body. Jangama…

Summary Basavanna names five sacred realities: Linga, Jangama, Prasada, Achara, and Jnana. Each is described as deep, profound, and not exhausted by outer grasp. The Linga is not reduced to…

Summary Basavanna speaks of a vast spiritual inheritance: more than a lakh and ninety-six thousand vachanas have been deposited in the eternal treasury. The treasure is already present. The problem…

Summary Basavanna says that his mind finds no delight in sacred decoration and no attraction in ritual cleansing. The reason is not rejection of sacredness, but recognition of where living…

Summary Basavanna warns against claiming spiritual attainment before it has become inward truth. One may gradually think, “I have become a Bhakta,” or even, “I have reached Aikya,” while still…

Summary Basavanna speaks of Kudala Sangama Deva as a hidden presence: like lightning concealed in the cloud, like the soul hidden within the body, and like treasure buried in the…

Summary Basavanna speaks from trust in the compassion of the Sharana. When flesh is torn from a wound, the attendant does not turn away; he cleans and tends it. When…

Summary Basavanna examines the subtle impurity that can enter even good action and sacred giving. If, while doing, the thought arises, “I have done this,” or while giving, the thought…

Summary Basavanna questions the separation between the one who acts and the One who causes the act. The individual may appear to do, give, and know, but the deeper movement…

Summary Basavanna overturns ordinary ideas of wisdom and madness. Those who say they have become “mad” must truly become mad in the Divine sense: free from the cleverness, calculation, and…