Summary In this vachana, Basavanna asks what fruit can come from singing ten thousand songs, even with their meaning, if the mind has not touched the Linga. He then asks…

Summary Basavanna describes the body gathered into inward stillness. The posture is steady, the lips are silent, the eyes remain open, and the brows are drawn. The teaching is not…

Summary Basavanna brings Guru, Linga, and Jangama into one field of conduct and realization. In the Guru there is Sadachara. In Jangama there is Anubhava joined with Samayachara. Both become…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna questions the use of speech when it does not become lived reality. If there is no true speech and no meaningful utterance, why become agitated…

Summary Basavanna contrasts temples built by the wealthy with the living temple available to one without material means. He asks what he, a poor one, can build. His answer is…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna measures the seeker’s relation to Guru, Linga, and Jangama by the time he can endure their displeasure. If Guru is displeased, he can bear it…

Summary Basavanna warns the seeker not to cry that dharma is lost when cattle are taken by thieves. Loss, shouting, and anxious searching do not mean that the inner ground…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna corrects the belief that pilgrimage itself is the vessel of worship. He says that pilgrimage is not the true vessel; the mind is the vessel…

Summary Basavanna gives the image of a serpent that has swallowed many. It has no head or tail to grasp, yet it devours the threefold world. This devouring force has…

Summary Basavanna compares a vessel and a mirror. Both may be made from the same metal, yet one only holds, while the other reflects. The difference lies not in substance,…