Summary Basavanna resolves not to allow desire, anger, delight, and the movements of the sensory faculties to touch and govern him. He establishes his conduct as Shivachara and expresses it…

Summary Basavanna defines the Sharana not as one whose life is governed merely by prior seed and vital breath, but as a Linga-prāṇi—one whose life is established in the Linga.…

Summary Basavanna asks whether the stigma of being called Holeya can remain where Linga is present, whether lineage can remain where Jangama is present, and whether the pollution associated with…

Summary Drawn by the longing called Dasoha, Basavanna enters and sees the Guru, the Linga, the Jangama, and Prasada. These are not presented as disconnected religious possessions. Within Dasoha, they…

Summary Basavanna describes purification passing through six fields of his being. The impurity of the ear ends through the Sadguru’s word; the impurity of the eyes ends through seeing the…

Summary Basavanna asks what is truly meant by the expression “threefold Prasada.” He identifies its three forms precisely: Shuddha Prasada belongs to the Guru, Siddha Prasada belongs to the Linga,…

Summary Basavanna asks what it matters in which bhava the Sharanas trusted Shiva, how the great ones who trusted Shiva appeared, or how those of noble conduct lived. He extends…

Summary Basavanna begins with two irreversible conditions. Can an animal that has been struck down take even one more step? Can the joy that has entered and touched the body…

Summary Basavanna praises Madara Chennayya through the repeated word chenna—beautiful, good, and right. His conduct is beautiful, his speech is beautiful, and wherever he is seen, his presence is beautiful.…

Summary Basavanna identifies three marks of the realized condition. One transformed through Linga is not subject to Anga-vikāra; one transformed through Jangama is not subject to dhana-vikāra; and one transformed…