Summary Basavanna declares that the two sides called Sthavara and Jangama are one. Whether the sacred relation is encountered through the fixed form or the living, moving presence, the satisfaction…

Summary Basavanna declares that deception within the mind is itself worship of another Linga. Even when outward worship appears correctly directed, hidden division creates a second inward allegiance. He rejects…

Summary Basavanna compares his relation with Kudalasangama Deva to contact with a serpent and to the moth’s consuming nearness to flame. Both images convey an encounter in which ordinary distance…

Summary Basavanna names earth, water, fire, air, and space—the five elements through which embodied existence appears. Yet Kudalasangama Deva, addressed as Niranjana, cannot be fully known through these elemental forms.…

Summary At the culminating point of Sunāda, Bindu, and the Pranava-mantra, the resonance is “Soham, Soham”—“I am That.” The questioning movement of Koham—“Who am I?”—falls away. Within the Brahmarandhra, no…

Summary Basavanna beholds Kudalasangama Deva as the light within light—the great radiance before which the exclamation “Shiva! Shiva!” arises. The Lord is the supreme refuge itself, not merely one who…

Summary Basavanna sees people presenting themselves with the attributes of Shiva: each claims the eye upon the forehead, Nandi as vehicle, and the khatvanga, skull, and trident. When everyone outwardly…

Summary Within the eight-petalled lotus of the self, Basavanna places unwavering trust in Kudalasangama Deva as the inward mover of the mind. He knows no other. Kudalasangama Deva alone is…

Summary Basavanna asks Kudalasangama Deva where He was before being known. The question is answered by the next line: the Lord was already within him. To reveal Himself, Kudalasangama Deva…

Summary Basavanna contrasts the exposed speech of a public gathering with the reserve that protects what is inward and intimate. Can the fidelity of a noble woman be treated like…