Summary Basavanna presents Mahadeviyakka’s realized state. The imagined shame associated with the body has fallen away, the delusive attachment of the individual life has dissolved, and the memory that sustains…

Summary Basavanna presents an offering untouched by Time, free from fabrication, untouched by the woman called Anantarati, untouched by the Jangama called Bhālalochana, and untouched anywhere. Having preserved it from…

Summary Basavanna describes the extraordinary state of Prabhudeva. He walks without dependence on feet, holds without hands, and sees without eyes. Bodily faculties do not determine his movement, action, or…

Summary Basavanna compares Kudalasangama Deva’s relation to the world with a silkworm drawing thread from its own body, spreading it around itself, moving within it with delight, and finally gathering…

Summary Once people have come together without regard to caste, self-asserted distinction, or social standing, there can be no search for greater and lesser among them. Kudalasangama Deva’s grace instructs…

Summary The four Yugas have revolved through the wheel of becoming; countless cycles, deluges, worlds, and universes have arisen and dissolved. Yet no one disclosed the distinction between Prana-Linga and…

Summary Basavanna presents the state of Jangama as the living, moving world: disordered, wounded, bloodied, exposed to wind, dust, rain, blows, thorns, falls, and continuing suffering. The long bodily description…

Summary Basavanna compares Prabhudeva’s nourishing presence to a reservoir filled to abundance. When its waters are released, the surrounding plantain groves are refreshed. In the same way, when Prabhudeva opens…

Summary The seven worlds below and the seven worlds above form the fourteen worlds, and Kudalasangama Deva is Lord of them all. Basavanna then introduces a daring reversal: although the…

Summary Basavanna declares that there has been neither taking nor giving, neither joining nor separation. Between himself and Kudalasangama Deva, no relationship remains that depends upon two separate participants, and…