Summary Basavanna asks us repeatedly to behold Chennabasavanna: one who has known the Dense Reality, penetrated and assimilated it, and become ripened by establishing the Great Guru within himself. His…

Summary Fire arises within the moonstone, and air fills the space between Ida and Pingala. Basavanna invokes these striking yogic images but does not remain with technique. He immediately turns…

Summary Basavanna addresses Kudalasangama Deva as the Linga who is Chinmaya, Chitprakasha, and Chidananda—formed of consciousness, radiant as awareness, and blissful in that consciousness. The Lord shines as the Supreme…

Summary Basavanna asks what greatness has come to him through becoming the disciple of Chennabasavaraja Deva. That greatness does not lie in rank or personal attainment, but in what Chennabasavanna…

Summary Basavanna addresses devotees who say, “I served the Jangama and attained the goal.” Such a claim turns devotion into transaction and preserves the one who expects a result. Worship…

Summary Basavanna declares that Jangama is the form of Knowledge and the devotee is the form of conduct. Conduct without Knowledge is like a body without a head. True Achara,…

Summary The true devotee knows Jangama as Pranalinga. Therefore, Linga-Prasada cannot be received while Jangama-Prasada is excluded, nor can one doubt that Jangama-Prasada belongs to and is accepted by Linga.…

Summary When the recognition that Jangama is Linga ripens, Basavanna asks what merit could equal the merit of that day. To see before his eyes the Jangama whose embodied life…

Summary Basavanna presents Jangama Seva in six inseparable forms: it is Guru-puja, Linga-puja, one’s very being, one’s truth, the Self, and the Eternal State. Because Chandayya lived with Jangama as…

Summary Basavanna describes how Kudalasangama Deva made him experience the working of the world-machine: clothing him in ignorance, fixing within him the conceit of “I” and “mine,” placing him on…