Summary Basavanna says that where Kudalasangama Deva causes him to be born, there he is born. Where Kudalasangama Deva causes him to die, there he dies. He then asks: what…

Summary Basavanna asks Kudalasangamadeva (the Lord of the confluence, addressed here as the guiding Father) to lead him in such a way that he is not caught in falsehood, not…

Summary Basavanna cries out to Shiva, asking whether there is no compassion and no grace for him. He questions why he has been caused to be born into the sorrow…

Summary Basavanna asks whether his mind has not been caught birth after birth. He asks whether it has not been bound again and again, whether it has not sunk into…

Summary Basavanna says that he is bound in the noose called desire and held in the bondage of becoming. The bondage is so strong that he does not find even…

Summary Basavanna says that without the living word of the Guru (Guru-vachana), it cannot be called Linga, the realized presence of the Divine. Without Guru-vachana, it cannot be called Jangama.…

Summary Basavanna presents a series of natural adornments. For the river, the lotus is beauty. For the ocean, the wave is beauty. For the woman, virtue is beauty. For the…

Summary Basavanna asks whether “Om Namah Shivaya” taken as refuge is not enough to loosen the bondage of becoming and wrongdoing. The question does not lead into a complex method.…

Summary Basavanna says that the face without Vibhuti is not fit to be seen. The place without Linga-deva is a human wilderness and should not be entered. The town without…

Summary Basavanna says that when he sees the Sharana bearing the three lines of Vibhuti and the Rudraksha upon the head, his mind trusts. His mind is pleased and does…