Summary In this vachana, Basavanna speaks of the body born into the world as subject to many diseases. For such bodily diseases, people bring many kinds of medicine and carry…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna says that those who know the Lord offer once. Their offering does not need repeated display or insistence. What they offer, the Lord receives silently.…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna confesses that he does not know how to make true the Linga resting upon his own Anga. The Linga is not absent or distant. It…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna speaks of the total offering that comes into ripeness at the proper moment. When it ripens, Kudalasangama Deva gives without calculation. Before it is even…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna speaks of making Lingayoga known to Jangama as a new understanding for the world. The image is water. Just as thirst is answered by water,…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna places before us the full display of royal power: jewels, elephants, women, children, chariots, cities, relatives, horses, warriors, and tribute-paying kings. After naming these signs…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna asks how he can know the greatness of Kudalasangama Deva’s Bhakti. He also asks how he can know the abiding place of the Lord’s sacred…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna denies that he has brought the Ādi Linga or the Anādi Linga. The Primal Linga and the Beginningless Linga are not his personal achievement. Their…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna says that what has not reached its proper time cannot be made to happen merely because one desires it. He does not exhaust himself by…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna teaches that a true offering is not measured only by the visible moment of giving. The substance that has been rightly prepared for offering has…