Summary Basavanna asks the seeker not to abandon the Eightfold Worship and become occupied with arguments about Saguna and Nirguna, or gross and subtle. These distinctions help describe different ways…

Summary Basavanna removes the two ordinary ways of describing Reality. It cannot be called something that perishes, but neither can it be described merely as something that remains. It stands…

Summary Basavanna describes three aspects of spiritual life becoming firmly established within him. The joy of Achara, right conduct, is established in the Anga, the embodied person. Anubhava, direct spiritual…

Summary Basavanna describes a state in which the divisions that previously governed spiritual life no longer stand apart. Achara and Anachara, boundary and boundlessness, cease to appear as separate fields.…

Summary The Sharana has directly known the true nature of the Self and recognized the Linga as Paramatma, the Supreme Self. Once this separation disappears, worship is no longer an…

Summary The hidden truth of the Self becomes clear. With that recognition, the body no longer appears as a separate identity standing apart from the Divine. Awareness settles in the…

Summary Basavanna moves beyond every idea used to explain origin. He speaks of a reality before Adi, before Anadi, before Sadashiva, before Shiva, and before anything could be identified by…

Summary A great intention arises in the mind of the Primordial Person. In that very movement of delight, the formless expands into manifestation. Earth, sky, waters, the many forms of…

Summary Basavanna says that the relation between Linga and Jangama was unknown even before the ideas of beginning and beginninglessness arose. To reveal this hidden relation, the Moon-crested Lord sent…

Summary Basavanna says that Linga cannot be understood as something that becomes attainable either in Adi, the beginning, or in Anadi, the beginningless. The words “possible” and “impossible” both belong…