Summary In this vachana, Basavanna tests what can truly be called God. He says that Māri is sold for food and sold again for need. For the reader, Māri or…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna teaches that effort cannot produce what the substance itself does not contain. He gives three ordinary images. Chewing bamboo leaves will not produce sweetness. Pounding…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna says that shame left him, modesty left him, caste left him, and custom left him. These are not small social details. They are the inner…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna asks Kudalasangama Deva to show him the Mahantas, the great ones of the path. For the reader, Mahanta does not mean a person of social…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna asks Kudalasangama Deva to show him only those who truly live the Lord’s Dharma. For the reader, Dharma here means the right way of living…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna rejects the language of spiritual achievement. He does not want to hear words such as “greatness was gained” or “fruit was attained.” For the reader,…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna asks Kudalasangama Deva not to let him wander birth after birth in the thought “Soham,” but to make him live in “Dasoham.” For the reader,…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna says that in every state of becoming and passing away, Kudalasangama Deva’s Jangama alone is his refuge. For the reader, “becoming and passing away” means…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna says that he does not go about announcing what he has gathered or received. What he has received from Kudalasangama Deva’s Sharanas is not for…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna places himself in the lowest servant-position before Kudalasangama Deva’s Sharanas. He says he will not turn away even from the leftover. Here “leftover” should be…