Summary Basavanna declares that the one who gives is Kudalasanga and the one who receives is Kudalasanga. Giving is therefore not a transaction between an independent benefactor and a separate…

Summary Crores of Rudras have died. Countless Brahmas and Vishnus have died. Humans, gods, Garudas, and Gandharvas have also passed into death. Neither celestial status nor extraordinary power escapes mortality.…

Summary Many speak of the relationship between Kriya and Jnana without understanding what that relationship actually is. In Kriya, the relationship between Anga and Linga is known. In Jnana, the…

Summary The seeker has come through Guru’s compassion, fixes the gaze upon the Ishtalinga in the Karasthala, and stands filled with bhava. Yet without truly reaching the Real, to claim,…

Summary What is taken merely with Guru as its beginning is not the complete Prasada. What is taken merely with Linga as its beginning is not the complete Prasada. What…

Summary Basavanna addresses Chennabasavanna directly and declares him to be the karta—the effective agent—for Guru, Linga, Jangama, Prasada, and Upadesha. He then extends the declaration to himself: Chennabasavanna has become…

Summary Basavanna presents Chennabasavanna’s settled condition through four inseparable sacred relations. In Guru, he possesses complete belonging and intimate participation. In Linga, he abides in immediate nearness. In Jangama, he…

Summary Basavanna recognizes sacred identity through lived realization. Those in whom Guru’s instruction has become established are seen as Guru. Those joined in the Linga–Anga relation are seen as Nija-Linga.…

Summary When Guru becomes svāyata—fully assimilated and inseparably established—the Guru must be forgotten as an external other. When Linga becomes fully assimilated, Linga must be forgotten as a separately held…

Summary The waves appearing within the deep and majestic ocean cannot appear apart from that ocean. Their arising neither divides the ocean nor diminishes its fullness. In the same way,…