Summary In this vachana, Basavanna removes fear from what must come. He says that what is to come tomorrow may come today, and what is to come today may come…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna makes a vow of freedom from fear-driven need. He says that, out of fear for the body, he will not say, “I need this body.”…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna releases the Sharana from the habit of assigning experience to merit, sin, personal action, or another cause. He says that when joy comes, he does…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna sets limits around fear. He says that death does not come unless the measure of life is complete. He also says that poverty does not…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna declares that the Bhaktas are capable and complete. He asks how they can be called incapable. He then places Chennayya and the Chola king side…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna examines the difference between giving something and giving oneself. He begins with the claim: “We have given wealth, life, and self-regard.” But he immediately asks…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna distinguishes between outer form and what is yielded from within. He asks whether one speaks of the sugarcane merely as cane, or by the sweetness…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna defines the Sharana by refusing contradiction. He asks four questions. Does the Sharana tie and then untie? Does the Sharana leave and then grasp again?…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna rejects self-praise and tests each claimed identity by the witness qualified to judge it. He names three claims: vīra, vratī, and bhakta. Vīra means brave…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna teaches that once Sharana-sambandha is truly known, the Bhakta cannot return to the Bhavi field. Sharana-sambandha means the living bond with Kudalasangama Deva’s Sharanas. It…