Summary In this vachana, Basavanna speaks through the image of entering different houses. In one house, time is spent; in another, something is gained; and the warning is repeated: let…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna asks what joy can be offered or received when Linga, the Divine Reality or sacred principle of Shiva, has not entered the Anga, the embodied…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna warns against premature handling of the path. If a child takes up a blade without readiness, it wounds. The same applies to spiritual practice: what…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna places ordinary desire before Kudalasangama Deva. He does not allow worldly sayings or public assumptions to decide what should be asked of the Lord. He…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna uses the image of a house without its master. In such a house, stray dogs enter and move about. A house without its owner becomes…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna calls for inward oneness. Mind must become one with mind, wealth with wealth, life-force (prana) with life-force, and auspicious knowing must remain one. Without such…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna gives the movement from the small to the vast. There is a way for the small, and there is a way for the vast. When…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna begins with the image of clothing. A garment is not born with the body and does not grow with it, yet in worldly life, if…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna addresses the Sharana who would worship unceasingly. For such worship, Padodaka is not to be sought elsewhere; the true seeing itself becomes the sacred water…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna questions outer worship when inner purity is absent. If the self is not pure, what use is body-centered worship? He then questions the delusion that…