Summary Basavanna says that his bhakti has become like a great spectacle spread before the eyes. Devotion is overwhelmed by the living presence of realization, and the old inner arrangement…

Summary Basavanna asks whether fire is not born when wood rubs against wood, and whether that fire does not burn the very wood from which it arose. The image is…

Summary Basavanna asks Kudalasangama Deva to show him those truly joined with the supreme principle. He asks to see those in whom the words “I” and “You” no longer stand…

Summary Basavanna says that all the middle-formations do not know the place where Shiva abides. All the former-formations do not know Shiva’s beginning and end. All the time-formations do not…

Summary Basavanna asks how one can become a Sharana if the pride of kula has not fallen away. He then asks how one can become a Bhakta if one remains…

Summary Basavanna asks who truly knows the twofold karma called merit and sin. The question turns attention away from moral labels and toward the one who claims to know, possess,…

Summary Basavanna names two great measures: purity in wealth and fearlessness in life. Wealth must not be stained by wrongful holding, and life must not be ruled by fear. These…

Summary Basavanna presents the body as a vessel. Into this vessel, consciousness becomes the living substance, equanimity becomes the water, and the faculties become the gathered ingredients. The body is…

Summary Basavanna compares the melting of the self to hailstone and wax. What appears hard, formed, and separate cannot retain its shape when it is touched by the power that…

Summary Basavanna says there is no one who acts, yet without Kudalasangama Deva nothing can be done. There is no one who seeks, yet without Him nothing can be sought.…