Summary In this vachana, Basavanna gives a direct instruction: do not ask from those who are not Shiva-bhaktas. If one asks there, the asking becomes empty. What is sought from…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna begins with a vow: he will not offer the impure to the sacred Linga. He says he knows that what grows in the earth carries…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna speaks of the condition in which Prasada becomes fit to be offered to Linga. If one understands the five senses and is able to steady…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna points to the true Prasadi as one established in stainless true nature. Such a Prasadi does not desire and does not imagine. He does not…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna speaks of Purvashraya, the prior association carried by water and food. Water may receive many impurities into itself, yet its prior association can be removed.…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna defines the Prasadi through inward dwelling of the sacred word. One who gives place within himself to Guru-vachana is called a Prasadi. One who gives…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna warns against receiving the great Prasada of Guru, Linga, and Jangama while using it only to feed Angavikara, the distortions of the body and its…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna questions the worth of outer austerity when it is not joined to Prasada-living. One may sit on a mountain peak, wear matted locks, and keep…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna says that when Kaihara is given, the Lord receives it as Manahara. Kaihara means food or offering given by hand. Manahara points to what is…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna asks what Shiva-Loka can arise from a life where the main supports of Lingayoga are absent. He names them directly: sight without true seeing, speech…