Summary Across the many ages through which he has passed, Basavanna says that he has never encountered such a state. Anga, mind, Bhava, and the inner faculties are absorbed into…

Summary Basavanna recalls being born amid the many sorrows of bhava, but now declares that he has passed beyond the two conditions called birth and death. He has performed the…

Summary Basavanna asks that the beauty of conduct be revealed through speech and the beauty of speech through conduct. When the beauty of both becomes manifest, it is placed within…

Summary Basavanna identifies the essential centre of four sacred movements:Kudalasangama Deva’s sacred form for meditation;His sacred feet for worship;the deathless nectar of His Name for mantra;His immense grace for liberation.He…

Summary When the earth descends toward Rasatala and Hari, Brahma, and the other deities pass away, Basavanna continues to call, “Mahadeva, Mahadeva.” Beyond the furthest extremity of every height and…

Summary Basavanna describes a single mango tree arising between earth and sky. It has two branches, three leaves, thirty-six flowers, and only one fruit. When the fruit becomes filled with…

Summary Basavanna presents a complete progression of surrender: when wealth is exhausted, he offers the body; when the body is exhausted, the mind; when the mind is exhausted, Bhava; and…

Summary The claim, “I performed this through wealth and sacred giving,” fails before the offering reaches fulfilment. Basavanna then presents five forms of Parusha—transforming contact through the hand, sight, speech,…

Summary Basavanna begins with the two-syllabled expressions Deha, Jiva, and Hamsa and moves progressively inward through them. At the brow-centre of the eye of knowledge, Hamsa is divided into two…

Summary Basavanna presents three realities regarded as unsurpassable within their respective powers:sandalwood in its natural fragrance;Parusha, the alchemical touchstone, in its power of transformation;Amrutha, the deathless nectar, in its power…