Synthesis of Yoga in Lingayatism

Author(s): N G Mahadevappa
Publisher: N G Mahadevappa

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ine that the mortal world is evil and the believe in two worlds. There is but one w
Song philosophical doct But Lingayatism does no Bone worldling's angle Savyogi's angle, is Śiv
4s not advocate abst ingavatism, had two w
mortal world (martya-loka) and which oka. Even if the goal is really transmu ation of personal happiness. Basavant es and firmly believed that conjugal lif hand, the unfulfilled instincts always hat
Spiritual life. On the one
do not allow him to meditate and, on the other, (warns Basavanna), aladies. Moreover, it is illogical to think al life. A woman saint says,
in mental and physical
desire is opposed to spirit
They say that Are gold an
ve must please Linga by renouncing gold. Liñga opposed?
They say that Are woman They say that Are land and They say that Are senses and They say that Are world an
we must please Linga by renouncing woman. Linga opposed?
and
In another vacana the same
we must please Linga by renouncing land. Linga opposed?...
we must please Linga by renouncing senses. Linga opposed?
we must please Linga by renouncing world. Liñga opposed?.. 28
From this it follo
spirituality. But one who
of the close associates of E
If a devotee
If a devotee If a devotee
According to Lingayatis,
effect means rejection
Basavanna, whatever com
However, we should guar
to develop greed in the narne
for any object. As Cennabasavanņa says,
that renunciation is not advised as a vants to enjoy must do so in a moral way asavanna, says,
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interested in a woman he must marry he interested in land, he must buy it and set interested in gold, he must earn it....2 rejection of anything is rejection of p an opportunity to become holy. Th to us we must offer to Linga and en Ourselves against immorality30; nor shou
of prasada. In a sense the prasādi has n
i
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We must offer We must offer We must offer Whatever the
Linga the tender sunlight of the morning Linga the shadows of the evening: Linga the below, the middle and the top: object we must offer Linga...31 author says,
Before our body touches, objects must be offered to Lin Before our mind
touches, objects must be offered to Lin
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