Summary Basavanna shows the limit of the Veda, Shastra, Tarka, and Agama. Each approaches Linga and, failing to reach it fully, names it according to its own boundary: Abhedya Linga,…

Summary Basavanna confesses that without Bhakti he has become like a picture without a wall. Sacred appearance without devotion has no true support. It may be visible, named, or recognized,…

Summary Basavanna speaks of going on a hunt in order to offer an oblation to sacred ash. In that hunt, he kills a king who had ruled for a vast…

Summary Basavanna presents sacred ash, bhasma, as a force that unsettles even cosmic and divine powers. When the ash blazes forth, it encircles Golakanatha’s throat, scorches the matted locks of…

Summary Basavanna defines the mark of the Guru–disciple relationship. What is behind must be left behind, and what lies ahead must be firmly grasped. The relation is therefore not static…

Summary Basavanna says that as long as one remains within the boundary called Devaloka and Martyaloka, one cannot become a true Sharana. The issue is not merely heaven or earth…

Summary Basavanna says that truth is present and samādhāna, inward settlement or quiet accord, is present. Yet he asks why these do not come to the mind. The question reveals…

Summary Basavanna names the rising of tāpatraya, the threefold affliction, and places before it a sequence of disturbances: form appearing, anger breaking forth, the incense-vessel breaking, the lamp being put…

Summary Basavanna names the six stages: Bhakta, Maheshwara, Prasadi, Pranalingi, Sharana, and Aikya. He asks whether one can slowly speak of them as though one has become them. The question…

Summary Basavanna asks the seeker to look carefully at the mirror called body, mind, and wealth. These three are the main surfaces through which the sense of ownership appears and…