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id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basava" class="extiw" title="w:Basava">Basavanna</a></b> (ಬಸವಣ್ಣ) was a 12th-century <a href="/wiki/Hindu" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> philosopher, statesman, Kannada poet in the Niraakaara Shiva-focussed Bhakti movement and a social reformer during the reign of the Kalachuri-dynasty king Bijjala I in Karnataka, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quotes">Quotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basava&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Quotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Listen, O lord of the meeting rivers,<br />things standing shall fall,<br />but the moving ever shall stay. <ul><li>Basava’s saying in his “The Lord of the Meeting Rivers: Devotional Poems of Basavanna” quoted in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3772282-the-lord-of-the-meeting-rivers-devotional-poems-of-basavanna">The Lord of the Meeting Rivers Quotes</a>. Goodreads.com. Retrieved on 23 November 2013.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>In a brahmin house<br />where they feed the fire as a god<br />when the fire goes wild and burns the house<br />they splash on it<br />the water of the gutter and the dust of the street,<br />beat their breasts<br />and call the crowd.<br />These men then forget their worship<br />and scold their fire,<br />O lord of the meeting rivers!” <ul><li>Basava’s saying in his “The Lord of the Meeting Rivers: Devotional Poems of Basavanna” quoted in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3772282-the-lord-of-the-meeting-rivers-devotional-poems-of-basavanna">The Lord of the Meeting Rivers Quotes</a>. Goodreads.com. Retrieved on 23 November 2013.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Make your body the temple of God. <ul><li><cite style="font-style:normal" class="book" id="CITEREFChekki1997">Chekki, Danesh A. (1 January 1997). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=x7JZMy1qntgC&pg=PA48">Religion and Social System of the Vīraśaiva Community</a></i>. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 48–. <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-313-30251-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-313-30251-0">ISBN 978-0-313-30251-0</a>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Religion+and+Social+System+of+the+V%C4%ABra%C5%9Baiva+Community&rft.aulast=Chekki&rft.aufirst=Danesh+A.&rft.au=Chekki%2C+Danesh+A.&rft.date=1+January+1997&rft.pages=pp.%26nbsp%3B48%E2%80%93&rft.pub=Greenwood+Publishing+Group&rft.isbn=978-0-313-30251-0&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dx7JZMy1qntgC%26pg%3DPA48&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Basava"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>The rich<br />Will make temples for Siva<br />what shall I, a poor man, do?<br />My legs are pillars,<br /> the body the shrine,<br /> the head the cupola of gold,<br />Listen, O! Lord:<br />Standing things shall fall,<br />that which moves shall stay <ul><li><cite style="font-style:normal" class="book" id="CITEREFChekki1997">Chekki, Danesh A. (1 January 1997). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=x7JZMy1qntgC&pg=PA48">Religion and Social System of the Vīraśaiva Community</a></i>. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 48–. <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-313-30251-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-313-30251-0">ISBN 978-0-313-30251-0</a>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Religion+and+Social+System+of+the+V%C4%ABra%C5%9Baiva+Community&rft.aulast=Chekki&rft.aufirst=Danesh+A.&rft.au=Chekki%2C+Danesh+A.&rft.date=1+January+1997&rft.pages=pp.%26nbsp%3B48%E2%80%93&rft.pub=Greenwood+Publishing+Group&rft.isbn=978-0-313-30251-0&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dx7JZMy1qntgC%26pg%3DPA48&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Basava"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Though shall not steal nor kill;<br />Not speak a lie;<br />Be angry with no one,<br /> Nor scorn another man;<br />Nor glory in thyself;<br />Nor others hold you to blame<br /> This is your inward purity;<br />This is your outward purity;<br />This is the way to win our Lord:<br />Kudalasangama <ul><li>Quoted in <cite style="font-style:normal" class="book" id="CITEREFChekki1997">Chekki, Danesh A. Chekki (1 January 1997). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=x7JZMy1qntgC&pg=PA51">Religion and Social System of the Vīraśaiva Community</a></i>. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 51–. <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-313-30251-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-313-30251-0">ISBN 978-0-313-30251-0</a>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Religion+and+Social+System+of+the+V%C4%ABra%C5%9Baiva+Community&rft.aulast=Chekki&rft.aufirst=Danesh+A.+Chekki&rft.au=Chekki%2C+Danesh+A.+Chekki&rft.date=1+January+1997&rft.pages=pp.%26nbsp%3B51%E2%80%93&rft.pub=Greenwood+Publishing+Group&rft.isbn=978-0-313-30251-0&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dx7JZMy1qntgC%26pg%3DPA51&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Basava"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basavanna's_Preachings"><span id="Basavanna.27s_Preachings"></span><i>Basavanna's Preachings</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basava&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Basavanna's Preachings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Have faith in creator of this universe believe that he is omnipresent and Supreme power.</li></ul> <ul><li>Earn wealth through honest and truthful work.</li></ul> <ul><li>Consume according to your requirements and contribute the rest to the society through Dasoha.</li></ul> <ul><li>Live morally, do not aspire for other's Wealth, Women and God.</li></ul> <ul><li>Never act in breach of trust.</li></ul> <ul><li>Never lose heart while pursuing the path of trust. Live a principled life.</li></ul> <ul><li>Work with a feeling that, there is none lower than me; There is none greater than society of Sharanas.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="About_Basava">About Basava</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basava&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: About Basava"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Basava (twelfth century AD), a Saivite saint of South India was a religious teacher, social reformer, and revolutionary who opposed image worship, rejected the Vedas, and the authority of the priests and instituted complete equality among his followers, even equality for women. He was the founder of the Lingayat sect. <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" class="extiw" title="w:Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a>, the former Prime Minister of India, quoted in <cite style="font-style:normal" class="book" id="CITEREFGandhi1985">Gandhi, Indira (1985). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=vJbcODokoHsC&pg=PA35">Selected Thoughts of Indira Gandhi: A Book of Quotes</a></i>. Mittal Publications. pp. 35–. GGKEY:A2GGQ58B3WF.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Selected+Thoughts+of+Indira+Gandhi%3A+A+Book+of+Quotes&rft.aulast=Gandhi&rft.aufirst=Indira&rft.au=Gandhi%2C+Indira&rft.date=1985&rft.pages=pp.%26nbsp%3B35%E2%80%93&rft.pub=Mittal+Publications&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DvJbcODokoHsC%26pg%3DPA35&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Basava"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Basaveshwara taught that each person was in direct relationship with God or with destiny and needs no one’s mediation. <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" class="extiw" title="w:Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a>, the former Prime Minister of India, quoted in <cite style="font-style:normal" class="book" id="CITEREFGandhi1985">Gandhi, Indira (1985). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=vJbcODokoHsC&pg=PA35">Selected Thoughts of Indira Gandhi: A Book of Quotes</a></i>. Mittal Publications. pp. 35–. GGKEY:A2GGQ58B3WF.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Selected+Thoughts+of+Indira+Gandhi%3A+A+Book+of+Quotes&rft.aulast=Gandhi&rft.aufirst=Indira&rft.au=Gandhi%2C+Indira&rft.date=1985&rft.pages=pp.%26nbsp%3B35%E2%80%93&rft.pub=Mittal+Publications&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DvJbcODokoHsC%26pg%3DPA35&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Basava"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Besides promoting a religious movement of unusual fervour, Sri Basaveshwara was also a great literary figure and was one of the makers of Kannada literature. <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" class="extiw" title="w:Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a>, the former Prime Minister of India, quoted in <cite style="font-style:normal" class="book" id="CITEREFGandhi1985">Gandhi, Indira (1985). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=vJbcODokoHsC&pg=PA35">Selected Thoughts of Indira Gandhi: A Book of Quotes</a></i>. Mittal Publications. pp. 35–. GGKEY:A2GGQ58B3WF.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Selected+Thoughts+of+Indira+Gandhi%3A+A+Book+of+Quotes&rft.aulast=Gandhi&rft.aufirst=Indira&rft.au=Gandhi%2C+Indira&rft.date=1985&rft.pages=pp.%26nbsp%3B35%E2%80%93&rft.pub=Mittal+Publications&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DvJbcODokoHsC%26pg%3DPA35&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Basava"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></li></ul></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <ul><li>Even at the height of his egalitarian innovation, Basava never called himself a 'non-Hindu' (because such terminology was not yet in use), and he remained faithful to Hindu religious practices, starting with the worship of Shiva. He did promote intermarriage for one or two generations, i.e. a caste equality which was more than merely spiritual. Very soon, his sect simply became one more high and proud Hindu caste, which it has remained till today. Its egalitarianism lasted but a brief moment. This may be sufficient to serve as a selling proposition in the modern religion market, at least among people who go by historical anecdote rather than living social practice. On the other hand, a non-cynical approach of this heritage would be, to say that the hour for the awakening of a long-dormant ideal of casteless Shaivism has struck. <ul><li>Elst, Koenraad (2002). Who is a Hindu?: Hindu revivalist views of Animism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and other offshoots of Hinduism. <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788185990743" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 978-8185990743</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basava&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="noprint" style="clear: right; border: solid #aaa 1px; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; font-size: 90%; background: #f9f9f9; width: 250px; padding: 4px; spacing: 0px; text-align: left; float: right;"> <div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wikipedia"><img alt="Wikipedia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/50px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/75px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/100px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></a><figcaption>Wikipedia</figcaption></figure></div> <div style="margin-left: 60px;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article about: <div style="margin-left: 10px;"><i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basava" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Basava">Basava</a></b></i></div> </div> </div> <ul><li><cite style="font-style:normal" class="book" id="CITEREFNarasimhachar1988">Narasimhachar, Ramanujapuram (1 January 1988). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=nOTmIt3wumwC&pg=PA55">History of Kannada Literature: Readership Lectures</a></i>. Asian Educational Services. pp. 55–. <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-206-0303-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-206-0303-5">ISBN 978-81-206-0303-5</a>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+of+Kannada+Literature%3A+Readership+Lectures&rft.aulast=Narasimhachar&rft.aufirst=Ramanujapuram&rft.au=Narasimhachar%2C+Ramanujapuram&rft.date=1+January+1988&rft.pages=pp.%26nbsp%3B55%E2%80%93&rft.pub=Asian+Educational+Services&rft.isbn=978-81-206-0303-5&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DnOTmIt3wumwC%26pg%3DPA55&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Basava"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></li> <li><cite style="font-style:normal" class="book" id="CITEREFSchouten1995">Schouten, Jan Peter (1 January 1995). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=eo0JR8nH3I8C&pg=PA261">Revolution of the Mystics: On the Social Aspects of Vīraśaivism</a></i>. Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. pp. 261–. <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-208-1238-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-208-1238-3">ISBN 978-81-208-1238-3</a>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Revolution+of+the+Mystics%3A+On+the+Social+Aspects+of+V%C4%ABra%C5%9Baivism&rft.aulast=Schouten&rft.aufirst=Jan+Peter&rft.au=Schouten%2C+Jan+Peter&rft.date=1+January+1995&rft.pages=pp.%26nbsp%3B261%E2%80%93&rft.pub=Motilal+Banarsidass+Publishe&rft.isbn=978-81-208-1238-3&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Deo0JR8nH3I8C%26pg%3DPA261&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Basava"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></li> <li><cite style="font-style:normal" class="book" id="CITEREFParmeshwaranand2004">Parmeshwaranand, Swami (2004). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=HQvbJDacNDMC&pg=PA109">Encyclopaedia of the Śaivism</a></i>. 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