Summary Basavanna says that true emptiness is not caused by the loss of gold, land, or sensual attachment. These may be given up outwardly, yet the deeper sense of possession…

Summary Basavanna reverses ordinary judgment. Those who rebuke, correct, criticize, discipline, and expose his faults are not treated as enemies. He calls them benefactors, companions, parents, guides, and true kin.…

Summary Basavanna names the inner forces that eclipse awareness. Ignorance destroys knowledge, delusion destroys true prosperity, and desire darkens the vision of the one who sees. These are not outer…

Summary Basavanna describes the transforming power of the company of the great Sharanas. Through a sequence of images, he shows how the small can hold the vast, how the visible…

Summary Basavanna warns against two distortions in spiritual action. To act by increasing, spreading, or enlarging beyond what is proper harms the purity of the act. To act by gathering…