Summary Basavanna describes a single mango tree arising between earth and sky. It has two branches, three leaves, thirty-six flowers, and only one fruit. When the fruit becomes filled with…

Summary When the earth descends toward Rasatala and Hari, Brahma, and the other deities pass away, Basavanna continues to call, “Mahadeva, Mahadeva.” Beyond the furthest extremity of every height and…

Summary Basavanna identifies the essential centre of four sacred movements:Kudalasangama Deva’s sacred form for meditation;His sacred feet for worship;the deathless nectar of His Name for mantra;His immense grace for liberation.He…

Summary Basavanna asks that the beauty of conduct be revealed through speech and the beauty of speech through conduct. When the beauty of both becomes manifest, it is placed within…

Summary Basavanna recalls being born amid the many sorrows of bhava, but now declares that he has passed beyond the two conditions called birth and death. He has performed the…

Summary Across the many ages through which he has passed, Basavanna says that he has never encountered such a state. Anga, mind, Bhava, and the inner faculties are absorbed into…

Summary Before the great reality called Linga, Basavanna asks where the separate “I” can remain. The Sharana may continue to bear a body and the qualities belonging to embodied nature.…

Summary One person condemns the Shivayogi and another praises him. Basavanna calls both his closest companions: the condemner takes sin, while the praiser takes merit. The Shivayogi does not claim…

Summary The true form stands within visible form, yet that very form obscures the truth it bears. The true Sharana remains established in the discernment of the true form. Although…

Summary The eternal, stainless Supreme Light-Reality gives instruction and becomes Guru, enters the Karasthala and becomes Linga, and moves within the living world—receiving Dasoha—and becomes Jangama. Guru, Linga, and Jangama…