Summary Basavanna calls upon the seeker to behold the radiance of true liberation, the abiding state of eternal truth, and the realised one in whom the three—Anga, Linga, and Jangama—have…

Summary Basavanna challenges the scriptural merchants who insist that the Sadbhakta and the Jangama must eat from separate vessels. Shruti declares that God is embodied in the Bhakta. Forgetfulness of…

Summary Where is Anubhava while equanimity, right understanding, and the truth of one’s inner nature have not become established? Where is Anubhava while the movements of Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas…

Summary Basavanna asks the listener to behold Chennabasavanna as Sarvāvadhāni—the one whose awareness is complete, vigilant, and uninterrupted. He is Samaya-Prasādi: at every moment, his awareness remains rightly established in…

Summary Basavanna asks us to behold the nature of the Jangama who moves through form and formlessness while remaining Niravaya—whole, unfragmented, and beyond limiting division. Prabhudeva comes among the Bhaktas…

Summary Basavanna fills the vessel called the gross body with the provisions of Sarvachara—the completeness of right conduct. As soon as it is filled, the food is already cooked before…

Summary Sangayya Deva reduces eight to four, four to two, and two to one. He then removes even that final one as a separately countable remainder. The same Sangayya Deva…

Summary Basavanna rebukes the one who defines Ganapati, Bhairava, and Shanmukha merely as the children born of Hara and Shakti. Such a statement confines the Divine within lineage and inherited…

Summary Basavanna considers a succession of celebrated Divine and spiritual figures: Hari, Brahma, Buddha, Jina, Ganapati, and Bhairava. Each is recalled through a particular story, condition, bodily sign, or distinguishing…

Summary Basavanna presents four sacred ornaments whose authority is greater than the bodily faculties upon which they are worn. The bracelet governs the hand: it can give but cannot receive…