Summary Basavanna begins by saying that one who seeks firm truth in the Linga must trust the Jangama who stands before. The truth sought inwardly in Linga must be recognized…

Summary Basavanna describes the relation between Jangama and Bhakta through inner disposition. In the mind-state of the Jangama, the Bhakta is servant. In the mind-state of the Bhakta, the Jangama…

Summary Basavanna begins with the image of a crop already growing under the moon’s coolness. When the needed cooling light is already present, there is no need to seek another…

Summary Basavanna remembers three acts of offering associated with Dasayya, Siriyala, and Ballala. Yet he turns the attention away from the visible offering and toward Kudalasangama Deva’s prior giving. Before…

Summary Basavanna begins with the wandering movement of the mind. Wherever the mind moves through seeing, he binds it under oath: by Kudalasangama Deva, and by the Lord’s Pramathas. The…

Summary Basavanna begins with two sacred signs: Shri Vibhuti and Rudrakshi. The one who bears them is called Linga; the one without them is called Bhavi. The contrast is not…

Summary Basavanna speaks of those who are not Linga-embodied and who do not live in the company of the Sharanas. When he sees such persons, he withdraws inwardly. The withdrawal…

Summary Basavanna lists five absences: those who do not apply Shri Vibhuti, those who do not wear Shri Rudrakshi, those who do not perform daily Linga worship, those who do…

Summary Basavanna begins by asking Kudalasangama Deva not to make him divided. The prayer is not for outer gain, but for inward wholeness. The seeker does not want to live…

Summary Basavanna asks whether one who has become a Bhakta free from the Bhavi condition can again be made Bhavi within the vessel of devotion. The question points to the…