Summary Through repeated knowing, Basavanna’s eyes become auspicious. The delusion that what is one remains divided disappears, together with the turmoil of “I want” and “I do not want.” Seeing…

Summary Basavanna says that the declaration “I have known” cannot contain the Linga, for it is beyond the reach of knowing. The claims “I have remembered” and “I have contemplated”…

Summary An awareness that cannot be contained by ordinary knowing takes hold. A truth that cannot be fully known and cannot be forgotten stands established. Name disappears, and fixed measure…

Summary Basavanna worships the Knower: he offers worship, performs pūjā, sings, and praises. Through this complete devotional turning, ordinary knowing comes to an end and forgetfulness is destroyed. Bhāva becomes…

Summary Awareness becomes hidden within forgetting, and forgetting within awareness. Yet the claim, “I remain without distinction,” gives rise to boastfulness. Brahman swallows Brahman, but another boast follows: “I myself…

Summary Basavanna has grasped awareness and known awareness, yet he is free from the delusion that awareness itself is Kudalasangama Deva. He has encountered forgetfulness and forgotten forgetfulness, but he…

Summary The vachana describes Chenna Basavanna’s complete inward vigilance. His attention has itself become an offering to Kudalasangama Deva. Because it is fully centred in the Divine, it is not…

Summary Basavanna asks what can truly be called an offering. Offering ordinarily assumes three separate realities: a devotee who gives, something that is given, and God who receives it. Basavanna…

Summary Offering does not leave Basavanna with a feeling of loss. Its joy remains full, and within that joy everything becomes offered. Once the offering is complete, the doubt that…

Summary Basavanna asks the reader not to confine truth within the two fixed conclusions, “It is not” and “It is.” The vachana is not promoting indecision. It points to the…