Summary Basavanna asks whether the shell opens its mouth to all three hundred and sixty stars. It does not. It opens only to Swati. The image shows that rare transformation…

Summary Basavanna asks how coolness appears in the moonstone if water is not present, and how heat appears in the sunstone if fire is not present. The questions turn attention…

Summary Basavanna names four measures that are found only among a few: the measure of the body, the measure of life, the measure of bhava, and the measure of vachana.…

Summary Basavanna teaches that realization does not arise from mere presence of conditions. A pearl is not produced by water alone, nor does water become pearl by itself. Only when…

Summary Basavanna gives the test of one who has truly known. If one has known and yet does not see equally, the knowing remains incomplete. If one still measures beings…

Summary Basavanna exposes the subtle self-claim that can remain even in the form of Dasoha. At the far edge of the mind, one builds a house and sits there as…

Summary Basavanna asks where the Linga can dwell when arrogance fills the house of the mind. The obstruction is not the absence of Linga, but the occupation of the inner…

Summary Basavanna questions the value of sacred knowledge, light, and worship when they do not produce inward transformation. If iron knows the alchemical principle but does not become gold, what…

Summary Basavanna warns against turning direct Linga-recognition into a claim about method. The Linga shown by the Guru abides in the mind-sthala, the inner field of awareness. To say, after…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna tests the worth of knowledge itself. He asks: what are the three knowledges called dog-knowledge, elephant-knowledge, and cock-knowledge? These forms of knowing may have function,…