Summary The true Bhakta bears Rudrakshi upon the hands, arms, chest, neck, ears, and head. The sacred sign thus encompasses the whole embodied person. Basavanna asks us to behold such…

Summary Basavanna asks that no defiling claim be made that Kudalasangama Deva once gave the Linga to his Guru Animiṣa. Nor should the mind construct a particular moment when Animiṣa…

Summary Basavanna says that he is not one who repeatedly troubles the Lord by asking for one thing after another. He has already followed behind, asking and longing, and has…

Summary The realised elders behold Mahadeviyakka’s womanly Anga and recognise her. They behold the childlike innocence and transparency of her being and recognise her again. The Lingavantas perceive the deeper…

Summary Is not one day of Linga-puja greater than entering caves and practising austerity for endless time? Is not one day of service at the Guru’s feet greater than performing…

Summary For thirty-six years, Kalyana was the dwelling place of Bhakti. For twenty-seven years, it became Shiva-sadana, the sacred abode of Anubhava. Basavanna now sees that neither the former Anubhava…