Summary Basavanna addresses Kudalasangama Deva as the birthless Progenitor who brings beings forth yet remains changeless and untouched by samsara. He is the eternal true Reality, free from every bond…

Summary Basavanna declares that the five forms of sūtaka—impurity associated with birth, caste, bodily condition, leftover contact, and death—do not apply to the Linga-bhakta established in the Anga–Linga relationship. He…

Summary Basavanna identifies five bodily faculties with the fivefold sacred relation: the tongue as Guru, the eyes as Linga, the nose as Achara, the hands as Jangama, and the ears…

Summary Basavanna traces a sustaining sequence: the body is held by Prakriti, Prakriti by Prana, Prana by Knowledge, and Knowledge by Guru. Guru, Linga, Jangama, and Prasada therefore belong to…

Summary Basavanna asks what the condition of the body matters when the mind remains pure. Bodily suffering does not by itself determine spiritual truth. Likewise, the names “Linga-bhakta” and “Linga-sharana”…

Summary The sahaja one acts and gives without a separate sense of “I am acting” or “I am giving.” Action continues, but personal doership and ownership no longer govern it.…

Summary Basavanna states that a taste cannot be offered to the Linga unless one has personally tasted it. Sacred offering cannot arise from borrowed knowledge or an experience not inwardly…

Summary Chennabasavanna awakened Basavanna to what lay behind him, revealed the condition ahead, and removed his doubt. Basavanna calls him the father who removes his inner deficiency. With such a…

Summary As a lake filled by flowing water satisfies the many moving and unmoving beings dependent upon it, Prabhudeva’s fulfilment becomes fulfilment for innumerable Mahaganas. Basavanna strengthens the image through…

Summary When the inexpressible Greatness descended upon the throne that could not be seen, the visibly manifest Sangamanatha rose and departed. Offerings were repeatedly given and prepared, yet they disappeared…