Summary In this vachana, Basavanna speaks of Purvashraya, the prior association carried by water and food. Water may receive many impurities into itself, yet its prior association can be removed.…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna points to the true Prasadi as one established in stainless true nature. Such a Prasadi does not desire and does not imagine. He does not…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna speaks of the condition in which Prasada becomes fit to be offered to Linga. If one understands the five senses and is able to steady…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna begins with a vow: he will not offer the impure to the sacred Linga. He says he knows that what grows in the earth carries…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna gives a direct instruction: do not ask from those who are not Shiva-bhaktas. If one asks there, the asking becomes empty. What is sought from…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna speaks of the unavoidable condition of sustaining the body. Trees, plants, creepers, grains, and crops are cut; their life is taken, and the body is…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna uses the image of a due or tax. When a due is to be paid, one pays it. There is no need for further argument.…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna speaks of worshipping the gem-like Prasada. While worshipping that Prasada, he does not remain outside it. He falls into it and is drawn into its…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna speaks of an offering made without desire, expectation, imagination, or mental wandering. He offers the food that is without shape. This food is not merely…

Summary In this vachana, Basavanna says that, apart from the Prasada of Linga and Jangama, one should not touch ordinary elemental substance. What has not been properly purified or sanctified…