Summary In this vachana, Basavanna asks what can be done when speech becomes false, the mind turns monkey-like, and the heart is stained. The danger is inward. Speech, mind, and…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna speaks of the Linga held in the palm, small in measure, yet the mind remains filled with many distortions. The difficulty is not distance from…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna asks whether straying once was not enough. The pain is not only the first lapse, but the danger of returning to it again. He then…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna places the one seeker before the five burning senses. The seeker stands alone, while the five senses surround him as forces that can overpower steadiness.…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna names ten obstructions: desire, craving, inertia, falsehood, sense-hunger, crookedness, deceit, anger, pettiness, and illusion. He asks Kudalasangama Deva to remove them from his tongue. Speech…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna compares himself to a field where a hidden weed has taken root. The weed grows without being known or noticed. He names this weed as…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna says that the green pasture of sense-objects has been spread before him. What appears attractive is placed directly in his path. He then asks what…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna asks Kudalasangama Deva to make him a wild parrot within the dense inner forest and protect him. He does not ask for the wildness to…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna asks Kudalasangama Deva to stop his wandering. He asks to be made unable to move here and there. He then asks to be made blind…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna speaks as one born and placed in the world, yet afraid of standing there without true covering. If he remains inwardly unformed, he becomes a…