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‚ಬಸವಣ್ಣನೆ ಗುರು, ಪ್ರಭುದೆೇವರೆ ಲಿಂಗ, ಸಿದ್ಧರಮಯಯನೆ ಜಿಂಗಮ, ಮಡಿಳಯಯನೆ ಜಿಂಗಮ, ಚೆನ್ನಬಸವಣ್ಣನೆನ್ನ ಪ್ರಮರಧ್ಯರು. ಇನ್ುನ ಸುಖಿಯದೆ ಕಣ ಚೆನ್ನಮಲಿಕಜುುನ್ಯಯ‛ - ಮಸದೆೇವಿಯಕ್ಕ ಶರಣ್ು ಶರಣರ್ಥು, ಸಹೃದ್ಯರಿಗೆ ಮಸದೆೇವಿಯಕ್ಕ ಜಯಿಂತಿ, ಅಲ್ಿಮಪ್ರಭು ಜಯಿಂತಿ (April) ಮತ್ುು ಜಗಜೆ್ಯೇತಿ ಬಸವಣ್ಣ ಜಯಿಂತಿ (May) ಶುಭಶಯಗಳು.
‘ಕ್ರುನಡಿನ್ಲ ಿConvention ಕ್ಲ್ರವ!’ United Land Bank sponsors 34th VSNA Annual Convention and International Basava Conference
Can‟t believe, the convention day is just 5 weeks away! For vol-
unteers of this convention, each of these days has become very
precious as so much of work needs to be accomplished with-in
this time frame.
Here is the update from each committee:
1) Facility: All the arrangements at the Hotel completed. Addi-
tional rooms are made available at „discounted price for con-
vention‟. Signed the service contract to build the stage. Au-
dio, video, lighting arrangement is completed.
2) Decoration committee is making final arrangements to
make the venue look more attractive. They are planning to
make the main stage look like “Ikya Mantapa” of Kudala
Sangama.
3) Food committee finalized the caterers. “Minerva Indian Cui-
sine, Natic, MA” and “Pongal Restaurant, Bellirica, MA”
will cater the food for the convention.
4) Program committee is finalizing the schedule of all the pro-
grams. You will see a tentative program list published inside
this edition.
APRAPRAPR---MAY 2011MAY 2011MAY 2011 VOL. VOL. VOL. 4 4 4 ISSUE ISSUE ISSUE 111
SHARANA TARANGA (ಶರಣ್ ತ್ರಿಂಗ) Convention Newsletter
VSNA 34TH ANNUAL CONVENTION 2011 & INTERNATIONAL BASAVA CONFERENCE
Hosted by: VSNA, New England Chapter (July 02-03, 2011)
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Basava Chintane 03
Message by Convention Chair 05
A tribute to Volunteers 06
Amara veera viraagini– Mahadevi Akka 07
Invited Swamijis & Messages 11
Update by Registration committee, iBasavanna 12
VSNA President‟s address, 13
Advaitism of Veerashaivas 14
Message from Advisory committee 17
Karunaadinalli Convention kalarava 18
Message from invited dignitary 19
Convention theme songs 20
Picture gallery 21
Program overview (Draft) 22
Inside this edition
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5) Hospitality committee with the help of Registra-
tion committee is preparing the list of convention
attendees, to make proper arrangements for
guest‟s stay with us. If you have any specific
question or concern regarding accommodation,
transportation needs, etc. please contact hospitality
committee.
6) List of the invited & confirmed dignitaries is pub-
lished in this edition.
7) We have lined-up quality cultural programs from
hosting chapter members and other VSNA chapter
members. We will also have Vachana gayana,
sugama sangeetha, Classical dance-forms from
invited artists.
Popular dance sequences are planned. Various
competitions, supporting convention theme and other
forms of general entertainment will be there.
If you have any question regarding a cultural program.
Competition or workshop, please contact us at
[email protected]@[email protected]
We encourage our Newsletter readers to send articles,
poems for our convention souvenir- „Jnana Dasoha‟.
We are also soliciting Advertisements from individual
families, organizations at very nominal price. Please
contact us for further details.
Needless to say that your continued support is the se-
cret of energy, enthusiasm our volunteers have!
Please keep sending your valuable suggestions and
comments.
Finally: Because of overwhelming registration re-
sponses, we will soon be reaching the maximum al-
lowed occupancy of the convention hall. At that time
we may stop „online registrations‟. So, If you have
not yet registered, please do so as early as possi-
ble!
ಧ್ನ್ಯದ್ಗಳ ೆಿಂದಿಗೆ, Yashavanth Gaddi
Newsletter Editor
Email: [email protected]
Ph: 860-344-0564
Few more encouraging comments on recent editions of ‘Sharana Taranga’ “Congratulations! Sharana Taranga is certainly an incredible newsletter. Thanks to the editorial committee for incorporating an as-
sortment of articles, messages from the dignitaries, coverage from various VSNA Chapters, colorful pictures, cover art, messages etc. It
is obvious that the quality is getting better with each Newsletter. I‟m very impressed and will look forward to personally meet you at the
Convention.
- Latha Mallikarjuna, Monroeville, PA
“Very good job, Yashvant avare, Best wishes for the convention”
- Sheela and Suresh, CT
“Your excellent news letter suggests that you are heading towards a very successful convention. All the very best”
- Gangadhar Maharudrayya Ambli
“Keep up the good work of the New Letter and your hard work is appreciated by all of us”
- Sundaresh Siddiah, MD
“Newsletters are beautifully done! Congratulations to the Team”
- Vimala Siddalingaiah, MD
“You people have proved your ability in the field of literature, at a very high level with the release of these Newsletters. Hearty con-
gratulations. May God give you all the strength to continue the same with more interest”
- S.M.M.Swamy, Bangalore
“Sharana Taranga came-out very nice and is more informative. Congratulations to the group”
- Nagaraja Maheshwarappa. CT
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I recall of a
speech which
was published in
a souvenir in an
earlier VSNA
convention. The
speech was made
by an Engineer-
ing student
wherein she had
questioned- "Is
religion all about rituals?" and she had asked, "Are
the precepts of 12th century with the times?". It's
almost three years having read that and since then I
have been seriously analyzing the question raised to
find an answer. That's the hurdle I feel, we the fol-
lowers of Basava will have to address so that we
can present Basava into the 21st century.
Basava's principles have survived for over
900 years by the effort of many of our elders. The
first such attempt was made by a Telugu poet
Palkurki Somanath as early as 12th century by writ-
ing an epic - 'Basava Purana' in Telugu. The fa-
mous poet of Karnataka Bheemakavi translated this
epic into Kannada. Later around 15th century the
most revered 'Yati' -Saint Yadiyuru Siddalingeswa-
ra developed a team of 108 young Gurus to take up
the mission of Basava by spreading the Vachanas
and other related literature through 'Mutts'. The
efforts were further reinforced by King Proudade-
varaya. In a period of over five centuries just 4
great literary epics named 'Shoonya Sampadane'
were authored in which Vachanas were presented
as applied literature for realisation/ spirituality.
Further, only in the early 20th century Dr. Fa.Gu.
Halkatti from Bijapur took up the task of sourcing
vachana's from different Mutts and brought out the
Vachanas into limelight. The pace of propagation
increased substantially as many mutts of the recent
past strived hard and only in the year 1993, Gov-
ernment of Karnataka published all the available
Vachanas in 15 volumes, at affordable price. In the
past 18 years the Vachanas' started reaching many
homes in Karnataka which trigged of a literary rev-
olution as hundreds of people took up Research
works and even got their doctorates. Many small
institutions mushroomed throughout the length and
breadth of Karnataka. Further, Basava followers
lead by the founder of Basava Samithi Late Dr B.D.
Jatti, impressed upon the Government to develop
the Sharana Heritage Centres. The serious and ef-
fective efforts of Basava Samithi have yielded the
development of Kudala Sangama, Basava Kalyan
and many other Sharana centres as heritage and
tourism spots of Karnataka. Nearly over 100 crores
are invested by Government of Karnataka in devel-
opment activities.
Now Basava Samithi has taken up a project
on translating selected 2500 Vachanas of 173 Shi-
vasharanas into 21 Indian Languages including Ur-
du and English, with a hope that the horizon of
Basava will expand atleast after 900 years.
With the above preamble now the question
is 'How we move forward?' Now that we have
Electronic media at our disposal the ongoing pro-
cess of developing Basava's principles into 21st
century will accelerate. Our aim should be to focus
on youngsters as they are the torchbearers of the
future.
On this issue, after deep brainstorming we at Basa-
va Samithi, Bangalore came up with a novel idea
suiting the current trend. Since five years, in the
region of Karnataka, we started 'Personality Devel-
Shri. Aravind Jatti is the president of Basava Samithi, Bangalore, who has girded up his loins to carry on the noble mission
of spreading the message of Basavanna and other shivasharanas to every corner of the world.
Basava Samithi (http://www.basavasamithi.org) was established in the year 1964 under the Presidentship of Late Vice
President of India Dr. B.D. Jatti with the main objective of propagating the philosophy of Basaveshwara and his contempo-
raries. The Samithi has done commendable work in the religious, social, literary and cultural fields. Basava Samithi is pub-
lishing journals in seven languages including „Basava Patha‟
Shri Aravind Jatti is one of the distinguished guests attending 34th VSNA Convention & International Basava Conference.
ಬಸವ ಚಿಂತ್ನೆ: Basava into 21st Century
ಗುರುದ್ರ್ ಬಸವಣ್ಣನಿಲ್ದಿೆ ಗುರುವಿಲ್,ಿ ಲಿಂಗದ್ರ್ ಬಸವಣ್ಣನಿಲ್ದಿೆ ಲಿಂಗವಿಲ್,ಿ ಜಿಂಗಮದ್ರು ಬಸವಣ್ಣನಿಲ್ದಿೆ ಪ್ರಷದ್ವಿಲ್,ಿ ಗುರುದ್ರ್ ಬಸವಣ್ಣನಿಲ್ದಿೆ ಗುರುವಿಲ್,ಿ ಲಿಂಗದ್ರ್ ಬಸವಣ್ಣನಿಲ್ದಿೆ ಲಿಂಗವಿಲ್,ಿ ಜಿಂಗಮದ್ರು ಬಸವಣ್ಣನಿಲ್ದಿೆ ಪ್ರಷದ್ವಿಲ್,ಿ ಗುರುದ್ರ್ ಬಸವಣ್ಣನಿಲ್ದಿೆ ಗುರುವಿಲ್,ಿ ಲಿಂಗದ್ರ್ ಬಸವಣ್ಣನಿಲ್ದಿೆ ಲಿಂಗವಿಲ್,ಿ ಜಿಂಗಮದ್ರು ಬಸವಣ್ಣನಿಲ್ದಿೆ ಪ್ರಷದ್ವಿಲ್,ಿ
ಅನ್ುಭವದ್ರ್ ಬಸವಣ್ಣನಿಲ್ದಿೆ ನ್ುಡಿಯಲಗದ್ು. ಇಿಂತ್ು ಸಿಂಗಿಸುವಲ,ಿ ಸುಸಿಂಗಿಸುವಲ,ಿ ಮಸಸಿಂಗಿಸುವಲ,ಿ ಪ್ರಷದ್ ಅನ್ುಭವದ್ರ್ ಬಸವಣ್ಣನಿಲ್ದಿೆ ನ್ುಡಿಯಲಗದ್ು. ಇಿಂತ್ು ಸಿಂಗಿಸುವಲ,ಿ ಸುಸಿಂಗಿಸುವಲ,ಿ ಮಸಸಿಂಗಿಸುವಲ,ಿ ಪ್ರಷದ್ ಅನ್ುಭವದ್ರ್ ಬಸವಣ್ಣನಿಲ್ದಿೆ ನ್ುಡಿಯಲಗದ್ು. ಇಿಂತ್ು ಸಿಂಗಿಸುವಲ,ಿ ಸುಸಿಂಗಿಸುವಲ,ಿ ಮಸಸಿಂಗಿಸುವಲ,ಿ ಪ್ರಷದ್
ಸಿಂಗಿಸುವಲ,ಿ ಕ್ಲದೆೇ ನಿಮಮ ಶರಣ್ ಬಸವಣ್ಣನ್ ನಿಲ್ವು ಸಿಂಗಿಸುವಲ,ಿ ಕ್ಲದೆೇ ನಿಮಮ ಶರಣ್ ಬಸವಣ್ಣನ್ ನಿಲ್ವು ಸಿಂಗಿಸುವಲ,ಿ ಕ್ಲದೆೇ ನಿಮಮ ಶರಣ್ ಬಸವಣ್ಣನ್ ನಿಲ್ವು --- ಮಡಿಳ ಮಚದೆೇವಮಡಿಳ ಮಚದೆೇವಮಡಿಳ ಮಚದೆೇವ
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opment Programmes' based on Vachanas. The ex-
periment is the greatest success of the recent past as
the youngsters positively absorbed the views in a
most secular way. For Example, the precept high-
lighted in the following Vachana dictates universal
brotherhood.
"EªÀ£ÁgÀªÀ, EªÀ£ÁgÀªÀ? EªÀ£ÁgÀªÀ£ÉAzɤ¸À¢gÀAiÀÄå EªÀ £ÀªÀÄäªÀ, EªÀ £ÀªÀÄäªÀ, EªÀ £ÀªÀÄäªÀ£ÉAzɤ¸ÀAiÀÄå,
PÀÆqÀ®¸ÀAUÀªÀÄzÉêÁ, ¤ªÀÄä ªÀÄ£ÉAiÀÄ ªÀÄUÀ£ÉAzɤ¸ÀAiÀiÁå".
"Let not the world ask me as if a stranger-
Who is he? Who is he? Who is he? I would they
acknowledge me He's our own, our own, our
own.
Accept me as Thy son, of their own household
My Lord Kudala Sangama".
We have reached out to over five lakhs students
which has yielded enlightening experience. The
outcome of the series of Personality Development
Programs is that Basava is now being viewed as one
of the best personality developer. This process an-
swers many of the questions raised by youngsters.
The personality development of the west talks about
the mind, the body and the spirit. Their programs
address about mind and the body very effectively
but when it comes to spirit, they get dispirited. This
is where Basava scores above the others and his
perspective of the mind, body and the spirit in his
format of Guru, Linga and Jangama is astonish-
ing. Specially the spirit which he terms as Jangama
within the body becomes the focal point of a holis-
tic development of an individual be it of a 12th cen-
tury human being or the 22nd century human being.
As per Basava, the spirit or Jangama is within once
soul which is in an impure form. The following
Vachana guides us the process of purification.
"PÀ¼À¨ÉÃqÀ, PÉÆ® É̈ÃqÀ, ºÀĹAiÀÄ £ÀÄrAiÀÄ®Ä É̈ÃqÀ, ªÀÄĤAiÀÄ É̈ÃqÀ, C£ÀåjUÉ C À̧ºÀå¥ÀqÀ¨ÉÃqÀ vÀ£Àß §tÂÚ À̧ É̈ÃqÀ, E¢gÀ ºÀ½AiÀÄ®Ä É̈ÃqÀ, EzÉà CAvÀgÀAUÀ ±ÀÄ¢Þ, EzÉà §»gÀAUÀ ±ÀÄ¢Þ, EzÉà £ÀªÀÄä PÀÆqÀ® À̧AUÀªÀÄ zÉêÀ£ÉÆ° À̧ĪÀ ¥Àj" In other words, we have to dis-cover
(discover) the soul and your spirit enlightens you
with tremendous knowledge of nature which in
the philosophical language is termed as
"Atmasakshatkara"(Divine enlightenment) and
so on.....................
We the torchbearers of Basava should
understand Vachanas more closely from socio-
spiritual perspective rather than a socio-religious
format, as Basava preached universal brotherhood
which in his language, "Kudalasangamadeva idu
ninna dharm"'. i.e., 'Vishwa Pragne' or
'Universal Consciousness'.
While wishing all the members on the
occasion of the 34th VSNA Convention being
held in Boston, I feel we together must resolve
and draw out a clear strategy of furthering the
Basava Consciousness with a focus on young-
sters.
Aravind Jatti President.,
Basava Samithi, Bangalore.
ಬಸವ ಚಿಂತ್ನೆ: Basava into 21st Century (contd.)
ಭಕ್ುರ ಭವದ್ಲ ಿಸುಳಿವ ಸುಳುಹು, ವಿರಕ್ುರ ಜನನ್ದ್ಲ ಿಸೆ್ ಳೆವ ಕ್ಳೆಯು ನಿೇನೆಯಯಯ. ಸ್ಯುನ್ ಬೆಳಗಿನೆ್ ಳಗೆ, ಸಚರಚರ ಭಕ್ುರ ಭವದ್ಲ ಿಸುಳಿವ ಸುಳುಹು, ವಿರಕ್ುರ ಜನನ್ದ್ಲ ಿಸೆ್ ಳೆವ ಕ್ಳೆಯು ನಿೇನೆಯಯಯ. ಸ್ಯುನ್ ಬೆಳಗಿನೆ್ ಳಗೆ, ಸಚರಚರ ಭಕ್ುರ ಭವದ್ಲ ಿಸುಳಿವ ಸುಳುಹು, ವಿರಕ್ುರ ಜನನ್ದ್ಲ ಿಸೆ್ ಳೆವ ಕ್ಳೆಯು ನಿೇನೆಯಯಯ. ಸ್ಯುನ್ ಬೆಳಗಿನೆ್ ಳಗೆ, ಸಚರಚರ
ರಣಿಗಳು ಸುಳಿವಿಂತೆ, ನ್ಮಮ ಕ್ಟ್ಟಿನ್ ನೆೇಮದ್ ನಿಶೆ ೆನಿೇನೆಯಯಯ. ಅಮರೆೇಶವರ ಲಿಂಗದ್ ಡಲ್ು ಸಿಂಗನ್ ಬಸವಣ್ಣನೆಿಂಬುದ್ು ರಣಿಗಳು ಸುಳಿವಿಂತೆ, ನ್ಮಮ ಕ್ಟ್ಟಿನ್ ನೆೇಮದ್ ನಿಶೆ ೆನಿೇನೆಯಯಯ. ಅಮರೆೇಶವರ ಲಿಂಗದ್ ಡಲ್ು ಸಿಂಗನ್ ಬಸವಣ್ಣನೆಿಂಬುದ್ು ರಣಿಗಳು ಸುಳಿವಿಂತೆ, ನ್ಮಮ ಕ್ಟ್ಟಿನ್ ನೆೇಮದ್ ನಿಶೆ ೆನಿೇನೆಯಯಯ. ಅಮರೆೇಶವರ ಲಿಂಗದ್ ಡಲ್ು ಸಿಂಗನ್ ಬಸವಣ್ಣನೆಿಂಬುದ್ು
ಮಡಿಳ ಮಚತ್ಿಂದೆಗಳೆೇ ಬಲ್ರಿು ಕಣ ಸಿಂಗನ್ಬಸವಣ್ಣ. ಮಡಿಳ ಮಚತ್ಿಂದೆಗಳೆೇ ಬಲ್ರಿು ಕಣ ಸಿಂಗನ್ಬಸವಣ್ಣ. ಮಡಿಳ ಮಚತ್ಿಂದೆಗಳೆೇ ಬಲ್ರಿು ಕಣ ಸಿಂಗನ್ಬಸವಣ್ಣ. ---ಆಯದಕ್ಕಕ ಮರಯಯಆಯದಕ್ಕಕ ಮರಯಯಆಯದಕ್ಕಕ ಮರಯಯ
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Sharanu,
Time is flying conven-
tion is just 4 weeks
away!!! Exactly 1
month from now many
of you will be on road,
or Air to reach Boston to
experience VSNA 34th
Annual Convention &
IBC. Our registration surpassed 570 exceeding our ex-
pectation. We‟re sure it will reach 650. I‟m proud to men-
tion first ever New England‟s convention will set a record
in terms of participation, new programs and youth partici-
pation!!
Your generous donation, time and enthusiastic support
through large number of registrations made this conven-
tion unique either it is International Basava Conference or
Convention & Heritage Museum or college campus visit
and many more. We have registrations from New Zee-
land, India, Canada, UAE and 28 states within USA, truly
international events which had coverage in Web, press,
print, Media, Face Book, iBasavanna app and social me-
dia.
All our Invited Swamiji‟s, dignitaries, professional artists
secured Visa and making their travel arrangements. Every
committee is working hard in giving final touch to year
long planning. Come, Relax and enjoy all the discourses,
spiritual discussions, youth retreat, International Daasoha
day, competitions and cultural events. If you have not
booked overnight rooms yet, please do so as we want all
of you to stay in the convention hotel.
Business workshop to be addressed by Mr. Desh Desh-
pande of Deshpande foundation, Information filled
Health work shop, and accomplished speakers will share
their life experience in Woman forum along with senior
Interactive seminar. If you or your children would like to
take part in prestigious university tours please let our Ed-
ucation site visit committee know your interest. (Please
check the tentative program schedule). Please encourage
youth from your family to be part of many youth activi-
ties including singles meet.
Please plan on arriving to convention hotel by July 1st
2011 as full packed program structure in place from July
2nd 2011 6 am. You do not want to miss any programs
and mouth watering breakfast-lunch-snack-dinner all 2
days which is covered in registration. Celebrate Interna-
tional Daasoha Day on July 4th 2011 along with spectacu-
lar fireworks in Esplanade Boston.
Thank you volunteers for all your hard work, support in
making VSNA Convention 2011 successful. If you have
questions or need info, please do not hesitate to call or e-
mail us.
Sharanarthi
Basavaraj Mudenur
Chair, VSNA Convention 2011
ಮನ್ದಳದಿಿಂದ್.. Message from Convention Chair
Have you ever heard of a 34 story building without hav-
ing floors 10 through 20 or having a weak 24th floor? Let
me rephrase. What does it tell you when the 34th story of
a building is being built and you know that a new floor is
getting added every year and it has been happening for
the last 33 years?
If you are asking for my opinion, it tells me that as differ-
ent team of workers keep stacking a new floor every year,
the floor that was built through prior years has been hold-
ing it up pretty strongly.
Yes, you are right. I am talking about the upcoming
VSNA 34th Annual Convention to be held in Boston, MA
on July 2nd and 3rd, 2011.
We started our efforts in June 2010 through claiming our
opportunity to host the VSNA 2011 convention. Since
then at a high level we encountered these challenges,
among many others..
coming up with a theme, logo, facility, fund raising,
News Letter, Website, IBC, IDD, VSNA Booth at AKKA
2010, finalizing the swamijis, dignitaries, artists, profes-
sional troupes, menu for the event, …I can go on to fill up
A Tribute to Volunteers...by Convention Co-Chair
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2 more pages ..but,
the point is, it is a
challenging task and
to think that this has
been repeated 33
times in the past
makes me believe I
am in the right com-
munity of volun-
teers.
Our volunteers come in different ages, different experi-
ence, and different professional background and not to
forget different bank balances I am sure it is the
same everywhere. If I have to put my finger on the 2
things that keeps us all come together for VSNA Con-
vention, it is
Strong belief in the Preaching and Philosophy of
Basava and other Sharanas
Strong desire to spread these for the benefit of all,
long after we leave the stage.
With the world cup, IPL fever all around, it feels like we
are in the last leg of the innings and with the support of
all the volunteers within our chapter and with what some
of you have called “this year, we are seeing a lot of sup-
port from outside the host chapter”, we are confident of
making this event a very memorable one.
As a tribute to all the volunteers who have made the past
VSNA Conventions successful, we want to introduce the
“Museum of 33 VSNA Conventions” gallery.
With all of your support, we want to make the “Museum
of 33 VSNA Conventions” one of the highlights of this
convention and we need your help to collect all and any
artifacts from the past conventions. If you have volun-
teered or participated in any of the past 33 conventions,
please, please, please send us any of the artifacts that you
have. It could be Souvenir, Medals, Pictures, Decoration
items, News Letters, Videos (on CDs only), Copy of In-
vitation Letters, Copy of Acceptance letters from Guests,
etc. We want to display these during the convention as
part of the “Museum of 33 Conventions Gallery”. We
promise to hand these back to you at the end of the con-
vention or mail it back to you.
Please call to send your VSNA Convention artifact to our
Chair Person for “Museum of 33 VSNA Conventions”
Mrs Nagaveni Puttaraju:
email: [email protected]
Phone: 508-625-1160
We are glad and thankful for the opportunity to volunteer
for the VSNA 34th Annual convention. All we want to
tell you back is
A Tribute to Volunteers...by Convention Co-Chair
Kumar P Shiva (Shivu)
Ph: 860-648-0302
ಸೆ್ ಲ್ಬುಗೆಟ್ಿ ಶಿಶು ತ್ನ್ನ ತಯ ಬಯಸುವಿಂತೆ, ಬಳಿದ್ಪ್ಪದ್ ಪ್ಶು ತ್ನ್ನ ಹಿಂಡನ್ರಸುವಿಂತೆ, ಸೆ್ ಲ್ಬುಗೆಟ್ಿ ಶಿಶು ತ್ನ್ನ ತಯ ಬಯಸುವಿಂತೆ, ಬಳಿದ್ಪ್ಪದ್ ಪ್ಶು ತ್ನ್ನ ಹಿಂಡನ್ರಸುವಿಂತೆ, ಸೆ್ ಲ್ಬುಗೆಟ್ಿ ಶಿಶು ತ್ನ್ನ ತಯ ಬಯಸುವಿಂತೆ, ಬಳಿದ್ಪ್ಪದ್ ಪ್ಶು ತ್ನ್ನ ಹಿಂಡನ್ರಸುವಿಂತೆ, ಬಯಸುತಿುದೆುನ್ಯಯ ನಿಮಮ ಶರಣ್ರ ಬರವನ್ು, ದಿನ್ಕ್ರನ್ುದ್ಯಕೆಕ ಕ್ಮಲ್ ವಿಕ್ಸಿದ್ದ್ಿಂತೆ ಎನ್ಗೆ ಬಯಸುತಿುದೆುನ್ಯಯ ನಿಮಮ ಶರಣ್ರ ಬರವನ್ು, ದಿನ್ಕ್ರನ್ುದ್ಯಕೆಕ ಕ್ಮಲ್ ವಿಕ್ಸಿದ್ದ್ಿಂತೆ ಎನ್ಗೆ ಬಯಸುತಿುದೆುನ್ಯಯ ನಿಮಮ ಶರಣ್ರ ಬರವನ್ು, ದಿನ್ಕ್ರನ್ುದ್ಯಕೆಕ ಕ್ಮಲ್ ವಿಕ್ಸಿದ್ದ್ಿಂತೆ ಎನ್ಗೆ ನಿಮಮ ಶರಣ್ರ ಬರವು, ಕ್್ಡಲ್ಸಿಂಗಮದೆೇ. ನಿಮಮ ಶರಣ್ರ ಬರವು, ಕ್್ಡಲ್ಸಿಂಗಮದೆೇ. ನಿಮಮ ಶರಣ್ರ ಬರವು, ಕ್್ಡಲ್ಸಿಂಗಮದೆೇ. ---ಬಸವಣ್ಣನ್ವರುಬಸವಣ್ಣನ್ವರುಬಸವಣ್ಣನ್ವರು
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Akka Mahadevi was a unique stalwart Veerarashaiva
saint, poet and mystic, a younger contemporary of
Anupama Anubhaavi Allama
Prabhu Deva, Bhaktibhandari
Basaveswara, Aviralagnani
Channabasavanna and
Shivayoga Sharadhi Shashanka
Siddharameswara. Akka was
all praise for the Shivashara-
nas. All these five saints were
inimitable spiritual and secular
revolutionaries in twelfth cen-
tury Karnataka. What is amaz-
ing is that Akka stands out,
even among these incompara-
ble erudite exemplary mystic saint poets, in terms of
boldness, vision, wisdom, poetry and renunciation. Ac-
cording to Indian Shakespeare Kalidasa, the ideal of re-
nunciation consists in owning the whole world while dis-
owning one's own self. In that sense Akka was a true Vi-
raagini. Her vachanas(pithy sayings, lyrical poetry, Kan-
nada Upanishaths) and songs excel, in their quality and
worth, the entire world poetry, mystical or secular, of all
poets severally and of all ages in terms of wisdom, vision,
value, clarity, reality, appeal, depth, prosody, imagery,
metaphor, striking simplicity and beauty. Nature poet
Wordsworth says: Poetry is spontaneous outflow of pow-
erful feelings. Akka's poetry is of very high order as her
devotionally wedded feelings for her Lord Channamal-
likarjuna were emotionally outpouring. Hers was devo-
tional love-poetry for personal expression. Even though
she died very young before she was thirty, she has left
behind her unsurpassable immortal literary legacy of eter-
nal value for all humanity in the form of 354 vachanas (a
few of them are about the creation of the universe) and
some songs. She wanted to bring name and fame for Shi-
vasharanas and so she did and said: "Nimma mandege
huvva tharuvenallade hulla tharenu: I only bring flowers
(for beautification) to your head not hay; I only bring
credit to you, not discredit". Sharanas at Anubhava Man-
tapa at Basava Kalyana in turn respected and admired her
most for her courage in viragya (renunciation) and wis-
dom. They referred to her as AKKA, elder sister.
The following Channabasavanna's vachana extols the
greatness of her literary excellence:
DzÀågÀ CgÀªÀvÀÄÛ ªÀZÀ£ÀPÉÌ zÀuÁÚAiÀÄPÀgÀ E¥ÀàvÀÄÛ ªÀZÀ£À; zÀuÁÚAiÀÄPÀgÀ E¥ÀàvÀÄÛ ªÀZÀ£ÀPÉÌ ¥Àæ¨sÀÄzÉêÀgÀ ºÀvÀÄÛ ªÀZÀ£À;
¥sÀæ¨sÀÄzÉêÀgÀ ºÀvÀÄÛ ªÀZÀ£ÀPÉÌ CdUÀtÚ£À LzÀÄ ªÀZÀ£À;
DdUÀtÚ£À LzÀÄ ªÀZÀ£ÀPÉÌ PÀÆqÀ®ZÀ£À߸ÀAUÉÊ£À°è
ªÀĺÀzÉëAiÀÄPÀÌUÀ¼À MAzÀÄ ªÀZÀ£À ¤ªÀðZÀ£À PÀuÁ ¹zÀÞgÁªÀÄAiÀÄå.
Adyara aravatthu vachanakke Dannayakara
eppatthu vachan;
Dannayakara eppatthu vachanakke Prabhudevara
hatthu vachana;
Prabhudevara hatthu vachanakke Ajagannana eidu
vachana;
Ajagannana eidu vachanakke kudalachan-
nasangaianalli
Mahadeviyakkagala ondu vachana nirvachana
kana Siddharamaiah.
To the sixty vachans of the beginners(ancients, elders),
twenty vachanas of the Master(Basavanna) are equal;
To the twenty vachanas of the Master, ten vachanas of
Allama Prabhudeva are equal;
To the ten vachanas of Prabhudeva, five vachanas of
Ajaganna are equal;
To the five vachanas of Ajaganna, one vachana of elder
sister Mahadevi is equal,
At the holy feet of Lord Kudalachannasangama, Oh Sid-
dharama.
One Vachana of Akka is equal in brevity, value, essence,
worth and wisdom to five Vachanas of Ajaganna, to ten
Vachanas of Prabhudeva, to twenty Vachanas of Basa-
vanna and to sixty Vachanas of first Vachana writers.
Therefore, Akka's 354 Vachanas we have got now are at
least as valuable as Ajaganna's 1770, Prabhudeva's 3540,
Basavanna's 7080 and beginning vachana writers' 21,240
Vachanas! Unfortunately, only 10 vachanas of Ajaganna
AMARA VEERA VIRAAGINI MAHADEVI AKKA
By Dr. H. Siddalingaiah Dr. Siddalingaiah is a mathematician by training and profession. He has five degrees, all in Mathematics. He has worked as
university professor for twelve years and as NASA scientist for twenty years. He has been an entrepreneur since 1981. He has
been a public servant since his middle school days. He is the first founder member, first paid member and first CEO (Secretary)
of VSNA. He has actively participated in all the previous 33 VSNA Conventions. His current interests are Philosophy, Eastern
as well as Western, in general and Meta-mathematics, Metaphysics and Veerashaivism in particular.
ಿಂದ್ಲ್,ಿ ಎರಡಲ್,ಿ ಮ್ರಲ್ಿ, ನಲ್ಕಲ್;ಿ ಎಿಂಭತ್ುನಲ್ುಕ ಲ್ಕ್ಷಯೇನಿಯಳಗೆ ಬಿಂದೆನ್ು, ಬಿಂದೆನ್ು. ಬರದ್ ಭವಿಂಗಳ ಿಂದ್ಲ್,ಿ ಎರಡಲ್,ಿ ಮ್ರಲ್ಿ, ನಲ್ಕಲ್;ಿ ಎಿಂಭತ್ುನಲ್ುಕ ಲ್ಕ್ಷಯೇನಿಯಳಗೆ ಬಿಂದೆನ್ು, ಬಿಂದೆನ್ು. ಬರದ್ ಭವಿಂಗಳ ಿಂದ್ಲ್,ಿ ಎರಡಲ್,ಿ ಮ್ರಲ್ಿ, ನಲ್ಕಲ್;ಿ ಎಿಂಭತ್ುನಲ್ುಕ ಲ್ಕ್ಷಯೇನಿಯಳಗೆ ಬಿಂದೆನ್ು, ಬಿಂದೆನ್ು. ಬರದ್ ಭವಿಂಗಳ
ಉಿಂಡೆನ್ು, ಉಿಂಡೆನ್ು. ಹಿಂದಿನ್ ಜನ್ಮವು ಏನದ್ಡಗಲ ಮುಿಂದೆ ನಿೇ ಕ್ರುಣಿಷ ಚೆನ್ನಮಲಕಿಜುುನ್.ಉಿಂಡೆನ್ು, ಉಿಂಡೆನ್ು. ಹಿಂದಿನ್ ಜನ್ಮವು ಏನದ್ಡಗಲ ಮುಿಂದೆ ನಿೇ ಕ್ರುಣಿಷ ಚೆನ್ನಮಲಕಿಜುುನ್.ಉಿಂಡೆನ್ು, ಉಿಂಡೆನ್ು. ಹಿಂದಿನ್ ಜನ್ಮವು ಏನದ್ಡಗಲ ಮುಿಂದೆ ನಿೇ ಕ್ರುಣಿಷ ಚೆನ್ನಮಲಕಿಜುುನ್.
--- ಮಸದೆೇವಿಯಕ್ಕಮಸದೆೇವಿಯಕ್ಕಮಸದೆೇವಿಯಕ್ಕ
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are available to us. Only about 1426 vachanas of Basa-
vanna and 1645 of Allama Prabhu are unearthed by Hala-
katti and others. Thus, Akka's legacy to us is many times
more beneficial and valuable than those of all other Sha-
ranas severally.
Once, in Anubhava Mantapa, there was a discussion on
how a spiritual aspirant has to face life irrespective of
happiness or sorrow, praise or blame. Mahadevi minted
this all time illumining vachana then and there:
¨ÉlÖzÀªÉÄïÉÆAzÀÄ ªÀÄ£ÉAiÀĪÀiÁr ªÀÄÈUÀUÀ½UÀAfzÉÆqÉAvÀAiÀiÁå?
¸ÀªÀÄÄzÀæzÀ vÀrAiÀÄ°è ªÀÄ£ÉAiÀĪÀiÁr £ÉgÉvÉÆgÉUÀ½UÀAfzÉÆqÉAvÀAiÀiÁå?
¸ÀAvÉAiÉƼÀUÉÆAzÀÄ ªÀÄ£ÉAiÀĪÀiÁr ±À¨sÀÝPÉÌ £ÁazÉÆqÉAvÀAiÀiÁå?
ZÀ£ÀߪÀÄ°èPÁdÄð£ÀzÉêÀ PÉüÀAiÀÄå, F ¯ÉÆÃPÀzÉƼÀUÉ ºÀÄnÖzÀ §½PÀ
¸ÀÄÛw¤AzÉUÀ¼ÀÄ §AzÉÆqÉ ªÀÄ£ÀzÀ°è PÉÆÃ¥ÀªÀ vÁ¼ÀzÉ
¸ÀªÀiÁzsÁ¤AiÀiÁVgÀ¨ÉÃPÀÄ.
Bettadamelondu maneyamadi mrugagaliganjidoden-
thayya?
Samudrada thadiyalli maneyamadi nerethoregaligan-
jidodenthayya?
Santheyolagondu maneyamadi shabdakke nchidoden-
thayya?
Channamallikarjunadeva kelayya, lokadolage huttida
balika, Sthuthinindegalu bandode manadalli kopava tha-
lade samadhaaniyaagirabeku.
Setting up a house on top of a mountain, should one
fear wild beasts?
Setting up a house on the shores of the sea, should one
fear the ebbs and the floods?
Setting up a house in a market, should one fear the
noise?
Listen, Lord Channa Mallikarjuna, being born in the
world,
One should be peacefully calm avoiding anger, in spite
of accolades and abuses.
Akka was a born saint. She was spiritual starting from
her infancy. She was devotionally and mentally married
to her Lord Channa Mallikarjuna. So, when her play-
mates once teased her about a possible prospective lucky
worldly husband, she said the following :
VjAiÀÄ®®èzÉ ºÀĮĪÉÆgÀrAiÀįÁqÀĪÀÅzÉà £À«®Ä?
[PÉƼÀ£À£À®èzÉ] QjªÀ¼ÀîPɼÀ¸ÀĪÀÅzÉà ºÀA¸À?
ªÀiÁªÀÄgÀ vÀ½vÀ®èzÉà ¸ÀégÀUÉʪÀÅzÉà PÉÆÃV¯É?
¥ÀjªÀļÀ«®èzÀ ¥ÀųÀàPÉ̼À¸ÀĪÀÅzÉ ¨sÀæªÀÄgÀ?
J£Àß zÉêÀ ZÉ£Àß ªÀÄ°èPÁdÄð£ÀUÀ®èzÉ C£ÀåPÉ̼À¸ÀĪÀÅzÉÃ,
J£Àß ªÀÄ£À PÉýgÉ PÉüÀ¢AiÀÄjgÁ.
Giriyallallade Hullumoradiyalladuvude navilu?
Kolanallade kirivallakelasuvude hamsa?
Maamara thalithallade swaragaivude kogile?
Parimalavillada pushpakkelasuvude bhramara?
Yenna deva Chenna Mallikarjunanallade an
yakkelasuvude, Yenna mana? Kelire Keladiyarira.
Will the peacock play and dance on a little mound other
than the mountain?
Will the swan ever yearn for a small stream other than
the lake?
Will the cuckoo sing unless the mango tree blossoms
with fresh tender leaves?
Will the bumblebee crave for a flower with no fragrance?
Will my mind ever desire anything other than my Lord
Chennamallikarjuna? oh listen my friends.
Mahadevi Akka was intoxicated with her spiritual love
for her beloved spiritual husband Lord Chennamallikar-
juna. She was wandering alone in the forest trying to see
and realize her Lord. In desperation she appeals to birds
and bees in the forest to find and show her Chennamal-
likajuna, in the following vachana which clearly reveals
the intensity of her
Longing to realize God:
a°«Ä°AiÉÄAzÉÆÃzÀĪÀ V½UÀ½gÀ! ¤ÃªÀÅ PÁtÂgÉ, ¤ÃªÀÅ PÁtÂgÉ?
¸ÀgÀªÉwÛ ¥ÁqÀĪÀ PÉÆÃV¯ÉUÀ½gÁ! ¤ÃªÀÅ PÁtÂgÉ, ¤ÃªÀÅ PÁtÂgÉ?
JgÉV §AzÁqÀĪÀ vÀÄA©UÀ½gÁ! ¤ÃªÀÅ PÁtÂgÉ, ¤ÃªÀÅ PÁtÂgÉ?
PÉƼÀzÀ vÀrAiÉƯÁqÀĪÀ ºÀA¸ÀUÀ½gÁ! ¤ÃªÀÅ PÁtÂgÉ, ¤ÃªÀÅ PÁtÂgÉ?
VjUÀºÀégÀzÉƼÀUÁqÀĪÀ £À«®ÄUÀ½gÁ! ¤ÃªÀÅ PÁtÂgÉ, ¤ÃªÀÅ PÁtÂgÉ?
ZÉ£ÀߪÀÄ°èPÁdÄð£À£É°è¢ðºÀ£ÉAzÀÄ §¯ÉÆèqÉ ¤ÃªÀÅ ºÉýgÉÃ,
¤ÃªÀÅ ºÉýgÉÃ.
Chilimiliyendoduva giligalira! nevu kanire, nevu kanire?
Swaravetthi paaduva kogilegalira! nevu kanire, nevu
kanire?
Moredu bandaaduve thumbigalira! nevu kanire, nevu
kanire?
Kolada thadiyolaaduva anchegalira! nevu kanire, nevu
kanire?
Girigahvaradolaaduva navilugalira! nevu kanire, nevu
kanire
AMARA VEERA VIRAAGINI MAHADEVI AKKA (contd.)
ಮನೆ ನೆ್ ೇಡ ಬಡವರು, ಮನ್ ನೆ್ ೇಡ ಘನ್. ಷೆ್ ೇಿಂಕ್ಕನ್ಲ ಿಸುಖಿ; ಸುಿಂಗ ಕ್ಲಗಳು, ಪ್ಷರಕ್ಕನ್ುವಿಲ್ಿ, ಬಿಂದ್ ಮನೆ ನೆ್ ೇಡ ಬಡವರು, ಮನ್ ನೆ್ ೇಡ ಘನ್. ಷೆ್ ೇಿಂಕ್ಕನ್ಲ ಿಸುಖಿ; ಸುಿಂಗ ಕ್ಲಗಳು, ಪ್ಷರಕ್ಕನ್ುವಿಲ್ಿ, ಬಿಂದ್ ಮನೆ ನೆ್ ೇಡ ಬಡವರು, ಮನ್ ನೆ್ ೇಡ ಘನ್. ಷೆ್ ೇಿಂಕ್ಕನ್ಲ ಿಸುಖಿ; ಸುಿಂಗ ಕ್ಲಗಳು, ಪ್ಷರಕ್ಕನ್ುವಿಲ್ಿ, ಬಿಂದ್
ತ್ತಕಲ್ಕ್ುಕಿಂಟ್ು. ಕ್್ಡಲ್ಸಿಂಗನ್ ಶರಣ್ರು ಸವತ್ಿಂತ್ರ ಧೇರರು. ತ್ತಕಲ್ಕ್ುಕಿಂಟ್ು. ಕ್್ಡಲ್ಸಿಂಗನ್ ಶರಣ್ರು ಸವತ್ಿಂತ್ರ ಧೇರರು. ತ್ತಕಲ್ಕ್ುಕಿಂಟ್ು. ಕ್್ಡಲ್ಸಿಂಗನ್ ಶರಣ್ರು ಸವತ್ಿಂತ್ರ ಧೇರರು.
---ಬಸವಣ್ಣಬಸವಣ್ಣಬಸವಣ್ಣ
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Chennamallikarjunanellirdihanendu ballodane nevu
helire, nevu helire
O twittering parrots, don't you know? don't
you know? O high-singing cuckoos, don't you know?
don't you know? O circling swooping bees, don't you
know? don't you know? O swans playing on the lake
shore, don't you know? don't you know? O peacocks
dancing in the caverns, don't you know? don't you
know? Tell me if you know: where is He, My lord
Chennamallikarjuna?
All the Sharanas implicitly and undoubtedly believed
in the existence of God. Akka's concept of God is fig-
uratively, vividly and lucidly expressed in the follow-
ing vachana:
£É®zÀ ªÀÄgÉAiÀÄ ¤zsÁ£ÀzÀAvÉ,
¥sÀ®zÀ ªÀÄgÉAiÀÄ gÀÄaAiÀÄAvÉ,
²¯ÉAiÀÄ ªÀÄgÉAiÀÄ ºÉêÀÄzÀAvÉ,
w®zÀ ªÀÄgÉAiÀÄ vÉÊ®zÀAvÉ,
ªÀÄgÀzÀ ªÀÄgÉAiÀÄ vÉÃdzÀAvÉ,
¨sÁªÀzÀ ªÀÄgÉAiÀÄ §æºÀäªÁV¥Àð
ZÀ£ÀߪÀÄ°èPÁdÄð£À£À ¤®ªÀ£ÁzÀgÀÄ CjAiÀĨÁgÀzÀÄ!
Nelada mareya nidhaanadanthe,
Phalada mareya ruchiyanthe,
Shileya mareya hemadanthe,
Thilada mareya thailadanthe,
Marada mareya thejadanthe,
Bhavada mareya brahmavaagirpa
Channamallikarjunana nilavanaadaruu
ariyabaradu!
Like treasure hidden in the ground,
Like taste hidden in the fruit,
Like gold hidden in the rock,
Like oil hidden in the seed,
Like Sun hidden behind the tree,
No one can know the ways of our Lord
Channamallikarjuna,
The Absolute hidden away in the heart!
In the above vachana, the God is seen as the unmani-
fest Absolute, the Transcendent, by Akka. It is hidden
in the heart of every human being. In her following
vachana, the God is immanent in every thing in the
universe. For all the Sharanas, the God is both person-
al, pantheistic and absolute. For them, the God is infi-
nite, omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent.
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Vanavella nieve
Vanadolagana devatharuvella nieve
Tharuvinolagaaduva khagamrugavella nieve
Channamallikarjuna, sarvabharithanaagi
Enageke mukhadore?
You are all the forest
You are all the tall trees in the forest
You are all the birds and beasts playing in and out of
all the trees
O Lord Channamallikarjuna, being immanent in every
thing in the universe,
Why don't you show me your face?
Akka, very determinedly and boldly, took off all
clothes and robed her body only with her long, beauti-
ful and profuse hair as a mark of renunciation. Some
mean minded thoughtless skeptics might have teased
and abused her in words. She has stoically and heroi-
cally replied them with the following vachana.
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Gaganada gumpa chandrama balludallade melid-
daduva haddu ballude Ayya?
Nadiya gumpa thaavare balludallade thadiyalidda
honnavarike ballude Ayya?
Pushpada parimalava thumbi balludallade
kadeyaliddaduva noraju ballude Ayya?
Channamallikarjunayya, nimma Sharanara nilava
AMARA VEERA VIRAAGINI MAHADEVI AKKA (contd.)
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nive ballirallade:
Ee konana maiya melana sollegalettha balluvayya?
Would a circling surface vulture know such depths
of sky as the moon would know?
Would a weed on the riverbank know such depths
of water as the lotus would know?
Would a fly darting nearby know the fragrance of
flowers as the bee would know?
O Lord Channamallikarjuna, only you would know
the way of your devotees:
How would these, these mosquitoes on the buffalo's
hide, know?
We know that mosquitoes are
mean parasites living only by
sucking blood from other living
beings. Akka's utter contempt for
her mean minded critics has
brought out from her the above
vachana in which she implies only
great men know and recognize the
greatness in others. Again the
metaphor in the vachana graph-
ically depicts her point of view
very effectively and forcefully.
Mahadevi Akka was born in
Uduthadi near Allama Prabhu's
birth place in Shimoga district,
Karnataka, India. She was initiated to Shivayoga by a
guru at the age of ten. As detailed above she was devo-
tionally wedded to her personal God Channamallikar-
juna. When she became a nubile young lady, Kaushika,
the king of the local kingdom, was very much attracted
to her incomparable physical beauty and wanted to
marry her. In terms of spirituality, Kaushika was total
zero. Though Akka was totally against marrying any
earthling, let alone Kaushika the heretic, she very re-
luctantly married him in order only to save her parents
from possible physical trouble by the powerful king.
But she imposed three conditions to Kaushika: 1. He
should not interfere and disturb her during worship of
her Lord Channamallikarjuna. 2. He should not object
to and interfere when she was spending time with her
gurus in religious discussions. 3. He should not force
her for conjugal relation without her consent.
Kaushika being lustful human being was insensitive to
Mahadevi's spiritual inclinations and practices. He vio-
lated all the agreed conditions in no time. Frustrated
and disappointed, Akka left the palace taking off all the
clothes on her body and robing herself only with her
long profuse beautiful hair. She wandered in the forests
and meadows in search of her spiritual husband Chan-
namallikarjuna, and finally arrived at Basava Kalyana,
Bidar district, and entered Anubhava Mantapa (Hall of
Spiritual Discourse) in session where the sharanas in-
cluding Basavanna, Channabasavanna, Siddharamaiah
were engaged in serious spiritual discussions under the
able chairmanship of Allama Prabhu. Initially, the Sha-
ranas were taken aback and aston-
ished by her sudden unusual appear-
ance. There was a long, comprehen-
sive and intense questioning and in-
terrogation of Akka by the Sharanas,
particularly gingerly by Allama
Prabhu. She answered all their quires
patiently, politely, satisfactorily,
adroitly, deftly and dexterously. At
the end every body was spellbound
and in one voice they all praised,
admired and recognized her as the
most saintly and poetic of them all.
That is when Channabasavanna
coined the first Vachana cited above.
She in turn was thankful to all of
them and promised to bring only credit to all of them.
After a brief stay at Kalyana, Akka left the place guid-
ed by Allama Prabhu, again in search of her Lord
Channamallikarjuna. She wandered around the forests,
intoxicated and ecstatic in search of her blissful unitive
God, singing and singing vachanas; and finally
breathed her last in a plantain grove at the foothills of
Shreeshaila Mountains in current Andhra Pradesh, and
united with the Lord eternally before she was even
thirty years old on this Earth. That is the remarkable
story of the first female inimitable Kannada saint-poet.
Hardly, one can find another such soul, male or female,
in the entire human history. That was our Amara
Veera Viraagini Mahadevi Akka, a brief bright
shining star!
AMARA VEERA VIRAAGINI MAHADEVI AKKA (contd.)
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Office of Mr. Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts acknowledged our invitation to
inaugurate the VSNA Convention 2011 & IBC.
Telephone call was received from Governor‟s office by convention chair. In His message
Governor “appreciates VSNA efforts in preserving their heritage & hosting the con-
vention here in Boston “. Governor‟s schedule will be finalized only 4 weeks prior and we
will be notified close to the event. Governor wishes all the best to the function.
Dr. Niraj Patil, Mayor,
Lambeth, Lambeth
Town Hall, Brixton
Hill London
SW2 1RW United
Kingdom.
Mayor‟s office
acknowledged invita-
tion to be our guest for VSNA Convention
2011 & IBC. Dr. Niraj in his message “He
is honored to receive the invitation, ap-
preciates our efforts in practice and
spreading the Basava Principles here in
USA. He recommended that Members
of VSNA should take initiative in in-
stalling Statue of Lord Basava in Boston
as efforts are underway to install the
same in London”.
Due to his Mayoral Budget meeting on
July 2 -3 2011, he will not be able to at-
tend our function
INVITED & CONFIRMED SWAMIJIS (Partial list)
Messages
Sri Taralabalu Jagadguru
Dr. Shivamurthy Shivacharya Mahaswamiji Sri Taralabalu Jagadguru Brihanmath, Sirigere
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ಶರಣ್ರ ಬರೆಮಗೆ ರಣ್ಜೇಳವಯಯ.. An update by Registration committee
As of now more than 500
of "YOU" have decided to
attend the VSNA 34th an-
nual convention! Congrat-
ulations!!
We are very pleased and
proud to announce that
convention has the repre-
sentation from as many as
28 states of USA and 4 other countries making it truly an
International convention
As I compose this message, our counter of registrants is
displaying 510 (not considering more than 50 invited
dignitaries) out of which,
353 - Adults
24 - Residents Of India
42 - Students (Age 12-24)
44 - Kids (Age 6-12)
47 - Kids (Age 5 and below)
Though we have a wide grin on our face, we are not re-
laxing yet. We are busy ensuring that every attendee is a
registered member, so that our Hospitality wing can take
a good care of you, during your stay with us. We have
been planning many things to minimize the inconven-
ience that would be caused by the non-registered at-
tendees.
So, please "Help us to help you better" by:
Providing all your family member details including
the infants, kids, parents etc..
Making sure that your name has been included and
spelled correctly in the list we have published on our
website.
Encouraging others to register as soon as possible, if
you sense that they are planning to attend.
Understanding that we cannot exceed the Conven-
tion center's capacity and the registration for the re-
maining FEW (Approx 45-50) seats is strictly on
"First come first serve" basis only.
We are all excited here to meet you in less than 5
weeks !!! Thank you for your support.
Sadananda Masarur
Chair, Registration Committee, VSNA Convention
2011.
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Sharanu Sharanaarthi
To all the political dignitaries and the Swamijis, who
have come for this meeting, all the organizing commit-
tee of this veerashaiva conference and all the respecta-
ble delegates from all the provinces of India and other
countries, my respectable Namaskaragalu.
My name is Somashekar PALLEGAR, I have settled in
Florida, North America with my wife Geetha and Two
Sons, Anand and Ajay. I am an Active physician for 35
years, worked in UK for 20 years and now in USA for
15 years.
I am representing VSNA of USA as its current Presi-
dent. Veerashaiva community is the second largest
community in the world outside India. But we are a
kind of neglected community by Veerashaivas in this
country for help and developments.
VSNA has been conducting very successfully Annual
Conventions for the last 34 years. Most of the dignitar-
ies present here had an experience of our celebration
sometime or the other. Also our VSNA members have
enjoyed and helped by their attendance to the conven-
tion and kept our spirits high to keep our religion, tradi-
tion and work in order. We the VSNA has not discrimi-
nated any Swamiji or Giru Or Sharana, keeping one
goal to propagate Basava Philosophy. Our Unity is our
Strength and inspiration. We do not have CASTE sys-
tem in USA. I am shocked to see further split in the
Veerashaiva community in India.
My humble request to all of you in India is please,
please do not bring the divisions to USA and make it a
mini India for the selfishness and Personal interests.
This year We are celebrating our 34 Annual convention
in Boston, USA on 2 and 3rd of July 2011. the theme of
this convention is Arivu-Kayaka-Dasoha-Samanathe.
I invite you to attend our convention and make it a
grand success on behalf of the Convention committee
in Boston. There is a special Tour Package available for
any body who is interested. Please get details at our
Booth in the Exhibition hall.
First day of the convention is devoted to IBC( Interna-
tional Basava Convention)
I quote Smt Vimala Channabasappa‟s Veerashaiva
Prarthane Geethe, adapted by Basava samiti in India
We are all together
Our Dharma is Basavadharma
Lord Shiva is our father
Work is worship
Kindness is the soul of our Dharma
Respect, Dasoha are the roots
Lord shiva is our Father
There is no discrimination between male and female
Courtesy and equality is our daily living
We are together
Our Dharma is Basavadharma
Lord shiva is our Father.
One of the respected member of Basavasamithi said to
me that All good things for Veerashaivas come from
USA, I honestly believe that is true, hence our Unity
should flow to you and keep you united.
I thank the organising committee of this conference for
giving me the opportunity to address. O specially thank
Mahesh Nagaraj for his perseverance for me to attend.
Thank you once again
Dr Somashekar Pallegar
VSNA President’s address at 22nd All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha, Suttur, Mysore
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ಬಸವಣ್ಣನ್ ಭಕ್ಕು, ಚೆನ್ನಬಸವಣ್ಣನ್ ಜ್ಞನ್, ಮಡಿಳಯಯನ್ ನಿಶೆೆ, ಪ್ರಭುದೆೇವರ ಜಿಂಗಮಸಥಲ್, ಬಸವಣ್ಣನ್ ಭಕ್ಕು, ಚೆನ್ನಬಸವಣ್ಣನ್ ಜ್ಞನ್, ಮಡಿಳಯಯನ್ ನಿಶೆೆ, ಪ್ರಭುದೆೇವರ ಜಿಂಗಮಸಥಲ್, ಬಸವಣ್ಣನ್ ಭಕ್ಕು, ಚೆನ್ನಬಸವಣ್ಣನ್ ಜ್ಞನ್, ಮಡಿಳಯಯನ್ ನಿಶೆೆ, ಪ್ರಭುದೆೇವರ ಜಿಂಗಮಸಥಲ್, ಅಜಗಣ್ಣನ್ ಐಕ್ಯಸಥಲ್, ನಿಜಗುಣ್ನ್ ಆರ್ಡಸಥಲ್, ಸಿದ್ಧರಮಯಯನ್ ಸಮಧಸಥಲ್, ಅಜಗಣ್ಣನ್ ಐಕ್ಯಸಥಲ್, ನಿಜಗುಣ್ನ್ ಆರ್ಡಸಥಲ್, ಸಿದ್ಧರಮಯಯನ್ ಸಮಧಸಥಲ್, ಅಜಗಣ್ಣನ್ ಐಕ್ಯಸಥಲ್, ನಿಜಗುಣ್ನ್ ಆರ್ಡಸಥಲ್, ಸಿದ್ಧರಮಯಯನ್ ಸಮಧಸಥಲ್,
ಇಿಂತಿವರ ಕ್ರುಣ್ಪ್ರಷದ್ ಎನ್ಗಯಿತ್ುು ಮಲಿಕಜುುನ್ಯಯ.ಇಿಂತಿವರ ಕ್ರುಣ್ಪ್ರಷದ್ ಎನ್ಗಯಿತ್ುು ಮಲಿಕಜುುನ್ಯಯ.ಇಿಂತಿವರ ಕ್ರುಣ್ಪ್ರಷದ್ ಎನ್ಗಯಿತ್ುು ಮಲಿಕಜುುನ್ಯಯ. --- ಅಕ್ಕಮಸದೆೇವಿಅಕ್ಕಮಸದೆೇವಿಅಕ್ಕಮಸದೆೇವಿ
ADVAITISM OF VĪRAŚAIVAS
By Dr. Lingaraju Vīraśaivas/Liṅgāyatas are advaitins/advaitas in general;
they believe in only one Absolute Reality – Śūnya/Liṅga
(1). Monism is the western term that refers to the view
that Reality is basically
one. Śūnya encompasses
the whole universe. For a
commoner to understand
this further, it seems that
Vīraśaivas have adopted
Śiva (male component)
and Śakti (female com-
ponent) to represent
Śūnya. Śiva and Śakti are
inseparable; the insepara-
ble relationship is com-
pared to the fire and its
burning power. Śiva‟s
consciousness is known
as Power represented by
the symbol ŌṀ. Śakti is Śiva‟s Consciousness Force. The
universe and the worldly existence were created by Śakti
in Śiva‟s Consciousness. The activities are being played
out as Līlā (sport, game, play, play acting) in Śiva‟s Con-
sciousness. It is believed that Śiva, not only is tranquil,
but also has active consciousness at the same time (1).
Hence God is real and everything else is real within God‟s
Consciousness – that way everything is still one – one
Reality.
The Oneness philosophy is practiced by many Hindu
groups of which Vīraśaivas are one such group. Hindu-
ism accommodates both theistic (belief in the existence
of God) and atheistic (belief that there is no God) ide-
as. Based on the Vēdas, there are six major religious phil-
osophical systems which were developed by Hindu sages
at different periods of time (2).
In addition, many other systems have been adopted by
other Hindu groups. All these systems are so diverse that
each one may qualify to be a separate religion. The most
ancient of all the schools of Hindu Philosophy – the
Sāṅkhya System – is atheistic; but still it can help peo-
ple attain spiritual liberation (2). This system recognizes
two types of ultimate realities – Puruṣa and Prakṛti.
Puruṣa is pure spirit, and there are as many Puruṣas as
there are conscious beings. Prakṛti is primordial matter.
Puruṣa must acquire the knowledge – Vivēka jñāna – that,
as spirit, it is completely distinct from Prakṛti and
Prakṛti‟s evolved products – the body-mind complex. On-
ly this knowledge will disentangle Puruṣa from Prakṛti,
and result in its emancipation. This liberation can be
achieved even during one‟s life while still inside the body
(2). Sāṅkhyas are dvaitas, not advaitas, since they believe
in two realities.
The term Mīmāmsā, in the Mīmāmsā School of Philoso-
phy, more specifically the Pūrva-Mīmāṁsā Philosophi-
cal School, means an enquiry or deep analysis of a subject
worthy of reverence namely the Vēdas (3). Pūrva-
Mīmāmsā stresses the importance of sacrifices and rituals
mentioned in the Karma Kānḍa portion which is the first
or older part (Pūrva-Bhāga) of the Vēdas. The matter of
whether God exists or not, is not their concern. They be-
lieve that God is not the bestower of the results of actions
or karma, that every act automatically results in its fruit/
reward, yielding good rewards for merit and bad rewards
for bad deeds, and that, even the non-performance of daily
rituals (nityakarma) results in bad rewards (3). Further-
more, for them the question of creation is not important,
because the world has always been in existence without a
beginning (3). The Pūrva-Mīmāmsā School believes only
in after-death liberation of the soul. Mōkṣa can be
achieved through the right performance of rituals as en-
joined in the Vēdas. The liberated soul goes to svarga
(heaven, paradise) and enjoys heavenly bliss according to
the early Pūrva-Mīmāmsā System, but according to the
later System, mōkṣa is a state devoid of the possibility of
rebirth, and consequently of any pain or suffering; it does
not mention any heavenly bliss (2). It is to be pointed out
that their process of liberation is some times referred to as
karma mārga (karma path), but it should not be confused
with karma mārga and Karma Yōga of the Vēdantins.
Pūrva-Mīmāmsākas expect a reward for every action or
karma they perform. Whereas the philosophy of Karma
Yōga and Karma Mārga of the Vēdantins is that the kar-
ma should be performed without expectation of any re-
ward, and that it is dedicated to God. Pūrva-Mīmāmsākas
are not considered as advaitas.
The original treatise of the Uttara-Mīmāṁsā or Vēdānta
Philosophical School is known as Brahmasūtra. Sūtra
means a string, and Brahma Sūtra is said to be a string
that holds the Vēdic flowers in the form of a garland. The
authority behind Brahma Sūtra is the Upaniṣads. It deals
conclusively with the goal of the Sanyāsis, and it is an
enquiry into Ātman (Soul) within the śarīra (body) (3).
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ಭನ್ುವಿನ್ಿಂತಿಪ್ುದ್ು ಜ್ಞನ್, ಭನ್ುಕ್ಕರಣ್ದ್ಿಂತಿಪ್ುದ್ು ಭಕ್ಕು,ಭನ್ುವಿನ್ಿಂತಿಪ್ುದ್ು ಜ್ಞನ್, ಭನ್ುಕ್ಕರಣ್ದ್ಿಂತಿಪ್ುದ್ು ಭಕ್ಕು,ಭನ್ುವಿನ್ಿಂತಿಪ್ುದ್ು ಜ್ಞನ್, ಭನ್ುಕ್ಕರಣ್ದ್ಿಂತಿಪ್ುದ್ು ಭಕ್ಕು, ಭನ್ುವನ್ುಳಿದ್ು ಕ್ಕರಣ್ಿಂಗಳಿಲ್ಿ, ಕ್ಕರಣ್ಿಂಗಳನ್ುಳಿದ್ು ಭನ್ುವಿಲ್ಿ,ಭನ್ುವನ್ುಳಿದ್ು ಕ್ಕರಣ್ಿಂಗಳಿಲ್ಿ, ಕ್ಕರಣ್ಿಂಗಳನ್ುಳಿದ್ು ಭನ್ುವಿಲ್ಿ,ಭನ್ುವನ್ುಳಿದ್ು ಕ್ಕರಣ್ಿಂಗಳಿಲ್ಿ, ಕ್ಕರಣ್ಿಂಗಳನ್ುಳಿದ್ು ಭನ್ುವಿಲ್ಿ,
ಜ್ಞನ್ವಿಲ್ಿದ್ ಭಕ್ಕು, ಭಕ್ಕುಯಿಲ್ಿದ್ ಜ್ಞನ್ೆಿಂತಿಪ್ುದ್ು ಚೆನ್ನಮಲಿಕಜುುನ? ಜ್ಞನ್ವಿಲ್ಿದ್ ಭಕ್ಕು, ಭಕ್ಕುಯಿಲ್ಿದ್ ಜ್ಞನ್ೆಿಂತಿಪ್ುದ್ು ಚೆನ್ನಮಲಿಕಜುುನ? ಜ್ಞನ್ವಿಲ್ಿದ್ ಭಕ್ಕು, ಭಕ್ಕುಯಿಲ್ಿದ್ ಜ್ಞನ್ೆಿಂತಿಪ್ುದ್ು ಚೆನ್ನಮಲಿಕಜುುನ? --- ಅಕ್ಕಮಸದೆೇವಿಅಕ್ಕಮಸದೆೇವಿಅಕ್ಕಮಸದೆೇವಿ
Advaitism of Veerashaivas (Contd.):
Several famous Philosophers – Śaṅkarāĉārya (788 to 820
AD), Rāmānujāĉārya (11th century AD) and Madhvāĉārya
(1199 to 1278 AD) – have written their versions of com-
mentaries on Brahmasūtra.
Śaṅkarāĉārya’s Advaita Philosophy is the one that is
usually referred to as Advaitism. Here Brahman is the on-
ly Reality (Satya), and everything other than Brahman is
Mitya (false) (4). Brahman is neither male nor female, and
has no active consciousness. It is pure knowledge. The
Jīva or the Individual Soul is Brahman itself. There can be
no real birth, death or origination for the Jīva – it is de-
scribed as being in par with the Jīva in a dream (4). From
Brahman‟s standpoint, the world has not really been creat-
ed; it is real to those who are under the spell of Māyā
(illusion). A rope in partial darkness may appear to be a
snake to an observer; at that moment the observer per-
ceives the snake to be real. But when the light shines, the
misperception disappears. Both Śankara‟s and Vīraśaivas‟
advaita philosophies agree with the concept of oneness
and that God is real, but they disagree with regard to
whether God has active consciousness or not. Both sys-
tems believe that one can attain oneness with the Abso-
lute, even when alive. The spiritual aspirant has to first go
through various moral and ethical practices, worship of
personal God, etc., and then go through intense meditation
which enables the aspirant the knowledge of the inner Di-
vine Self. Both systems believe that worship of, or medi-
tation on the monosyllable ŌṀ can lead to the highest
knowledge. When ignorance is completely eliminated,
and all sense of I or Thou is wiped out, oneness is at-
tained.
Rāmānujāĉārya’s version is known as Viśiṣṭādvitism. It
is a qualified monism. It holds the view that three entities
– God, soul and matter – are steady factors, and the three
form inseparable elements of one (5). “It is one and not
two, and still that one is made up of the three, a unity of
trinity and therefore it is known as Viśiṣṭādvaitam” (page
2 of reference 5). If so, some state that, it can be catego-
rized as traitism, not advaitism (4). Viśiṣṭādvaitins believe
that only bhaktimārg/bhaktiyōga can lead to mōkṣa
(salvation). They also believe that a person can attain
mōkṣa only after the person‟s death. This mōkṣa means
living blissfully in Vaikuṅṭha (god Viṣṇu‟s abode), sub-
servient to god Viṣṇu, not becoming one with the God.
Madhvāĉārya’s version of the Vēdānta Philosophy is
dualistic – Dvaita Vēdānta, and thus not advaitism.
Dvaita School believes in liberation only after death. A
person who has gone through rigorous ethical and moral
disciplines, followed by, acquiring right knowledge, right
action, non-attachment and devotional meditation on the
personal God, becomes fit for release or mōkṣa (2). There
are four gradations of mōkṣa; the first one is the lowest,
and the fourth one is the highest. Depending upon the per-
son‟s spiritual progress, the departed soul may achieve
any one of the four kinds of mōkṣas. In Sālōkya, the de-
parted soul resides blissfully in the abode of the personal
God. In Sāmīpya or Sānnidhya the soul enjoys the bliss of
extreme proximity to the personal God. In sārūpya, the
soul enjoys intense bliss by acquiring the form of the per-
sonal God. In Sāyujya or Kaivalya the soul becomes bliss-
fully absorbed in the personal God (2).
Another major philosophical system - The Yōga School –
was founded by Pataṅjali who is the author of the
Aṣṭāṅga (eight-limb) yōga, the practice of which results
in the Union of the Individual Self and the Universal Self.
The philosophy is that, complete control over the mind‟s
distortions and disturbances is necessary in order for the
perfection to manifest itself. God can be the subject of
concentration. But God as an all-powerful being to whom
supplication may be made, is not recognized in this sys-
tem. In order to follow this yōga, one need not believe in
or accept God. Patañjali prescribes meditation on personal
God as one of the methods for the attainment of the high-
est union (6). Aṣṭāṅga yōga is very similar to Śivayōga of
Vīraśaivas.
Nyāya and Vaiśēṣikā Schools of Philosophy: These two
schools have similar concepts. With logic and deduction,
they propound a theory that the world is real and not illu-
sory, and that the individual souls are many and different
from the cosmic Soul. They strongly affirm the existence
of God and that Paramēśvara created the universe (3).
Liberation is achieved by cultivating ethical virtues and
acquiring right knowledge. This state of liberation called
Apavarga is said to be beyond pleasure, happiness, pain or
any other experience. There is no rebirth after this
achievement (2). Both these Philosophical Schools are not
considered as Advaitas.
It appears that Vīraśaivism and Liṅgayatism are synony-
mous, and are used interchangeably.
However, the Liṅgayat version applies/uses the term
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ಲೆ್ ೇಕ್ದ್ ಚೆೇಶೆಿಗೆ ರವಿ ಬೇಜದ್ಿಂತೆ, ಕ್ರಣ್ಿಂಗಳ ಚೆೇಶೆಿಗೆ ಮನ್ೆೇ ಬೇಜ.ಲೆ್ ೇಕ್ದ್ ಚೆೇಶೆಿಗೆ ರವಿ ಬೇಜದ್ಿಂತೆ, ಕ್ರಣ್ಿಂಗಳ ಚೆೇಶೆಿಗೆ ಮನ್ೆೇ ಬೇಜ.ಲೆ್ ೇಕ್ದ್ ಚೆೇಶೆಿಗೆ ರವಿ ಬೇಜದ್ಿಂತೆ, ಕ್ರಣ್ಿಂಗಳ ಚೆೇಶೆಿಗೆ ಮನ್ೆೇ ಬೇಜ. ಎನ್ಗುಳುುದೆ್ ಿಂದ್ು ಮನ್, ಆ ಮನ್ ನಿಮಮಲಿ ಸಿಲ್ುಕ್ಕದ್ ಬಳಿಕ್ ಎನ್ಗೆ ಭವವುಿಂಟೆ ಚೆನ್ನಮಲಿಕಜುುನ?ಎನ್ಗುಳುುದೆ್ ಿಂದ್ು ಮನ್, ಆ ಮನ್ ನಿಮಮಲಿ ಸಿಲ್ುಕ್ಕದ್ ಬಳಿಕ್ ಎನ್ಗೆ ಭವವುಿಂಟೆ ಚೆನ್ನಮಲಿಕಜುುನ?ಎನ್ಗುಳುುದೆ್ ಿಂದ್ು ಮನ್, ಆ ಮನ್ ನಿಮಮಲಿ ಸಿಲ್ುಕ್ಕದ್ ಬಳಿಕ್ ಎನ್ಗೆ ಭವವುಿಂಟೆ ಚೆನ್ನಮಲಿಕಜುುನ? --- ಅಕ್ಕಮಸದೆೇವಿಅಕ್ಕಮಸದೆೇವಿಅಕ್ಕಮಸದೆೇವಿ
Advaitism of Veerashaivas (Contd.):
Liṅga for everything to emphasize the oneness philos-
ophy. Śūnya is Liṅga. The Universal Self is Mahāliṅga.
The Individual Self is Atmaliṅga. Śūnyasaṁpādane, the
attainment of oneness with the Absolute, is
Liṅgāṅgasāmarasya. The personal god Śiva is Iṣṭaliṅga
(portable form) and Sthāvaraliṅga (fixed version at a
temple). In the other older religious philosophical sys-
tems, the soul is said to be enclosed in five sheaths that
form three bodies. The outer sheath forms the gross body
Sthūlaśarīra; the middle three sheaths form the subtle
body Sūkṣmaśarīra; and the innermost sheath forms the
causal body Karaṇaśarīra. The triple body – the gross,
the subtle and the causal – are known in Vīraśaiva termi-
nology as tyāgāṅga, bhōgāṅga and yōgāṅga. The respec-
tive Liṅgāyat equivalents are Iṣṭaliṅga, Prāṇaliṅga and
Bhāvaliṅga (page 194, volume III of reference 1).
Śūnyasaṁpādane compilations are considered by
Vīraśaivas to be what the Bible is to the Christians. The
compilations consider Vīraśaiva philosophy to be Śiva-
advaita philosophy - Śivādvaitism. However some others
have raised controversy, stating that it is Śak-
tiviśiṣṭādvaitism (7). This term is not mentioned any-
where in Śūnyasaṁpādane. Professor Sakhare in his
book (7) states that the philosophy of Liṅgāyatism is the
same as that of Kashmere Śivādvaitas. Śiva is character-
ized and distinguished (viśiṣṭa) by His power (Śakti) or
capacity to work. Kashmere philosophers imply the
viśiṣṭatva of Śiva, but do not express it in so many
words; but Liṅgāyatas do – this is the point of difference
in terminology only (page 281 of reference 7). He contin-
ues – Liṅgāyat philosophy of Māyā is an improvement
upon Kashmerean theory where there is no explanation
of what the real Māyā is (page 290 of reference 7). He
admits that misconception is possible if the content of
Paraśiva, the un-manifest condition of the universe in his
consciousness (Śakti) is stressed; and that this could be
construed to be similar to the philosophy of Rāmānuja‟s
school of Viśiṣṭādvaita (page 290 of reference 7). By
emphasizing Śakti and using the term viśiṣṭa in his pro-
posal of Śaktiviśiṣṭādvaitism as the philosophy of
Liṅgāyatas, he may be causing too much of a confusion,
and his concept may be misconstrued.
As to the practice of Vīraśaivism, Śūnyasaṁpādane (1) is
replete with the use of the terms Śivādvaita and Śivādvi-
ata-bhakti where the worshipper and the worshipped are
one and the same. Despite the above controversy it
appears that Śiva-advaita philosophy is generally accept-
ed to be the philosophy of Vīraśaivas. If there is a need
for another term to differentiate the philosophy of
Vīraśaivas from others, may be, Liṅgāyata-advaitism,
Vīraśaiva-advaitism, or simply Liṅga-advaitism
(Liṅgādvaitsm) could be used.
References:
1. Śūnyasaṁpādane, volumes I through V, Karnatak University, Dharwar, India
2. The Essentials of Hinduism, Swami Bhaskarananda, Viveka Press, Seattle, WA 98102
3. The Vedas. Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati, Bhavan‟s Book University, Bharatiya Vidya
Bhavan, Mumbai, India. Eighth Edition 2009.
4. Śaṅkara‟s Advaita, R. D. Karmarkar, Karnatak University, Dharwar, India
5. Hinduism In The Light Of Visishtadvaitism, C. Duraiswami Aiyangar, Lecture delivered before the
Inter Religious League, Printed at The DT. Printing works, Chittor, 1933
6. YOGA for Beginners. Swami Gnaneswarananda. Sri Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore, Madras, India.
Fifth Impression.
7. History and Philosophy of Liṅgāyat Religion, M. R. Sakhare, Karnatak University, Dharwad, India.
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Yellarigoo Sharanu Sharanaarthi,
I am Dr. Nagaraja Nuchina, Chairperson of Advisory
committee, VSNA Convention & International Basava
Conference 2011. I am residing in Connecticut, since I
came to this country 27 years ago.
I welcome everybody to attend 2011 VSNA convention
which will be held at Boston, Massachusetts.
Since I came to this country, I have seen number of
Indian families migrating to this country at slower
pace. After 1990, because of this country‟s require-
ments for talented professionals and to the good fortune
of our motherland‟s investment in education we are
seeing more and more Indian families moving to USA.
Today, thousands of youngsters from all over India are
in this country working in various fields at different
capacities.
(These) young families have the opportunity to fall
back on established organization like VSNA to perpet-
uate their cultural heritage (and here in New England
we have put together young families who have been
here since a decade or so to showcase this grand event)
2011 VSNA convention committees are committed to
celebrate this event in a very well organized, cohesive
coordinated way. This cannot be done without partici-
pation from all of you. Convention committee is trying
to introduce new things to entertain your eyes, ears and
gustatory senses; please don‟t miss-out on this chance.
Here in New England our community is blessed with
very talented people in creative writing, acting and
singing. They have already performed on national stage
on various occasions. Most of all, our youngsters have
experience of organizing mega community events like
this.
Recently there has been tremendous effort to bring
youth participation in VSNA conventions. For this pur-
pose, we started-out with 2011 VSNA Convention
committee office bearers who are young but with ma-
ture aptitude, determination and conviction to success-
fully complete the mission against all odds.
These fine young men and women are whole heartedly
supported by senior members of the community. Our
Youth committee is bustling with high school seniors
to college students and young professionals. They are
working hard to put together various activities for
youth community.
We have put together excursion to different sight see-
ing places in historical Boston and families interested
in visiting Ivy college campuses for prospective stu-
dents.
Everybody from New England is awaiting for the show
of support from community worldwide and specifically
from U.S.A. and Canada. You can express your support
by registering as soon as possible. This event will give
a glimpse of culture, heritage and religion.
Since we don‟t have the privilege of experiencing the
Veerashaiva culture in our daily life when compared
with our loved ones back home, various events we cel-
ebrate as a community here will help our children to
learn look into our religion and culture.
Hence I urge everyone to make time, attend this event
and make it successful.
Thank You,
Inthi nimmava
Dr. Nagaraja Nuchina
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He is a builder, Social worker and vivid supporter of Veerashaiva charitable organizations & Kanna-
da Kota organizations. Shri. Aradhya is one of the distinguished guests attending 34th VSNA Conven-
tion & International Basava Conference.
ಆಡಿದ್ಡೆೇನ್ು, ಸಡಿದ್ಡೆೇನ್ು, ಒದಿದ್ಡೆೇನ್ು, ತಿರವಿಧ್ ದಷೆ್ ೇಹವಿಲ್ಿದ್ನ್ನಕ್ಕ? ಆಡದೆ ನ್ವಿಲ್ು? ಸಡದೆ ತ್ಿಂತಿ?
ಒದ್ದೆೇ ಗಿಳಿ? ಭಕ್ಕುಯಿಲ್ದಿ್ವರನೆ್ ಲ್ ಿಕ್್ಡಲ್ಸಿಂಗಮದೆೇವ -ಬಸವಣ್ಣ
ಶುಭ ಸಿಂದೆೇಶ
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ಹಚೆಚೇವು ಜ್ಞನ್-ಕಯಕ್-ದಷೆ್ ೇಹ-ಸಮನ್ತೆ ಜೆ್ಯತಿ (ರಚನೆ: ಅನಮಧೆೇಯ)
ನ್್ರುದೆೇವರುಗಳ ನ್್ಕಚೆ ದ್್ರ, ಬಸದಿ ಶರಣ್ರ ಜೆ್ಯತಿಯ ಪ್ರಜವಲಸಲ್ು ಬರ
ನ್ಮಮವರು ಗಳಿಸಿದ ಸೆಸರುಳಿಸಲ್ು, ಷೆೇರಿಸೆವು ಇಲ ಿಬೆ್ ೇಸಿನ್ ನ್ಗರದ್ಲಿ ಜ್ಞನ್, ಕಯಕ್,ದಷೆ್ ೇಹ, ಸಮನ್ತೆಯ ,ದಿೇವಿಗೆಯ ಹಬಿಸಲ್ು,
ವಿಶವವಿಂತಿಯ ಬವುಟ್ವ ಸರಿಸಲ್ು ನಿಮಗೆಲ್ಿ ಷವಗತ್ವು ಸುಷವಗತ್ವು ||
ಹಚೆಚೇವು ಜ್ಞನ್ದ ದಿೇಪ್ , ವಚನ್ಗಳ ದಿೇಪ್, ಶರಣ್ರ ದಿೇಪ್, ಪ್ಿಂಚ ಆಚರಗಳ ದಿೇಪ್,
ಅಶಿವರಣ್ಗಳ ದಿೇಪ್, ಹಚೆಚೇವು ಜ್ಞನ್ದ ದಿೇಪ್ ||
ಉಳುಯೇಗಿಯ ನೆ್ ೇಡಲಿ ಕಯಕ್ ಜೆ್ಯೇತಿಯ ಬೆಳಕ್ಲ ಿಡಕ್ಿರೆರ ಇರಲ, ಇಿಂಜನಿಯರೆರ ಇರಲ, ಯರಿ ಇರಲ,
ಉದ್ಯಮಿಯೆ ಇರಲ ಸೆ್ ರನಡಿನ್ಲಿ ಎಲಿರು ಿಂದ್ು ಗ್ಡಿಸೆವು ಕಯಕ್ೆೇ ಕೆೈಲಸ ಎನ್ುನೆವು ||
ಮನೆಮನೆಗಳಲ ಿಮನ್ಮನ್ಗಳಲಿ ದಷೆ್ ೇಹ ತ್ತ್ವ ಬತ್ುುೆವು
ನ್ಮ್ಮಮಲ್ರಿ ದ್ುಡಿಮ್ಮಯ ಷರ್ುಕ್ತೆ ಕಣ್ುೆವು ತ್ನ್ು-ಮನ್-ಧ್ನ್ದ್ ಶರಮದನ್ದಿಿಂದ್||
ಸಮನ್ತೆಯ ಮಿಂತ್ರ ಮಿೇಸಲತಿ ತ್ಿಂತ್ರವಲ್ ಿಬಡವ-ಬಲಿದ್, ವಣ್ು-ವಗು, ಮಹಳೆ-ಪ್ುರುಷ ಭೆೇದ್ವಿಲ್ ಿ
ಇವನರವ ಇವನರವನೆಿಂದೆನಿಸದೆ ಎಲ್ಿರ್ ನ್ಮಮವರೆನ್ುನವ ವಿಶವಭರತ್ುರತ್ವದ್
ಎದೆತ್ಟ್ಟಿ ಸೆೇಳುೆವು ಸವುರಿಗ್ ಸಮಬಳು-ಸಮ ಲ್ು ನಿೇತಿಯ ಸೆಮ್ಮಮಯ ರಸುದರರು ನವು ||
(ಕ್ವಿ ಡ|| ಡಿ ಎಸ್ ಕ್ಕ್ಕು ಸಗು ಶಿರ ಕ್ುೆಿಂಪ್ು ರವರ ಕ್ವನ್ಗಳ ನೆರಳಲಿ ಈ ಪ್ದ್ಯವನ್ುನ ರಚಸಲಗಿದೆ. ಅವರಿಗೆ ನ್ನ್ನ ಧ್ನ್ಯದ್ಗಳು)
ಬೆಳಗು ಬರ "ಜ್ಞನ್ ಕಯಕ್ ದಷೆ್ ೇಹ ಸಮನ್ತೆಯ" ದಿೇವಿಗೆ
(ರಚನೆ: ಶಿರೇಮತಿ ಮಧ್ವಿ ಬಗೆೇಡಿ, ಟೆ್ರೆ್ ಿಂಟೆ್, ಕೆನ್ಡ)
ಬಸದಿ ಶರಣ್ರ ವಿಚರ ಜೆ್ಯೇತಿ ಬೆಳಗುತ್, "ಜ್ಞನ್,ಕಯಕ್,ದಷೆ್ ೇಹ, ಸಮನ್ತೆಯ" ಬೆಳಕ್ ಪ್ಸರಿಸುತ್, ಶರಣ್ ಸಮ್ಹ ಕೆ್ೇರುತಿದೆ ಸವುರಲ ಷವಗತ್ ಸುಷವಗತ್//
ವಚನ್ಗಳ ಅರ್ುವರಿತ್ು,ಶರಣ್ರ ತ್ತ್ವವರಿತ್ು,
ಪ್ಿಂಚ ಆಚರಗಳ,ಅಶಿವರಣ್ಗಳ, ಸನಮಗುವನ್ರಿತ್ು ಜ್ಞನ್ ರತ್ನವ ಧ್ರಿಸು
ಷವರ್ು ಎಿಂಬದ್ ಅಳಿಸಿ ನಿಷವರ್ು ಷೆೇೆಯ ಸಲಿಸುತ್,
ಕಯಕ್ೆೇ ಕೆೈಲಸೆಿಂಬ ಧ್ಮುವರಿತ್ು, ಸಮಜ ಕ್ಲಯಣ್ಕೆ ಟೆ್ಿಂಕ್ ಕ್ಟ್ುಿ
ಮನ್ ಮನ್ಗಳಲ ಅಪ್ುಣ ಭವ ಬತ್ುುತ್, ದಷೆ್ ೇಹೆೇ ಜೇವದ್ುಸಿರು ಹಸಿರೆನ್ುತ್,
ತ್ನ್ು ಮನ್ ಧ್ನ್ವ ಅಪ್ಪುಸು
ಸವುಸಮತ್ವದ್ ಪ್ರಜ್ಞೆ ಪ್ಡೆಯುತ್, ಮನ್ವ ಏಕ್ತೆ ಬಯಸುತ್,
ಸಮನ್ತೆಯ ಸಿದಧಿಂತ್ವ ಪ್ರತಿದಿಸು
ಅರಿೆ ಗುರುೆಿಂಬ ಮಿಂತ್ರ ನ್ುಡಿಯುತ್, ಜ್ಞನ್,ಕಯಕ್,ದಷೆ್ ೇಹ,ಸಮನ್ತೆಯ ಮಸೆ್ ೇನ್ನತ್ ಸಿಂದೆೇಶವ ಷರು
ಸಮ್ಮೇಳನ ಸಿಂಕೆೇತ್ ಗಿೇತೆ
ಪ್ರಣ್ತೆಯ್ ಇದೆ, ಬತಿುಯ್ ಇದೆ; ಜೆ್ಯೇತಿಯು ಬೆಳಗುವಡೆ ತೆೈಲ್ವಿಲ್ದಿ್ ಪ್ರಭೆ ತನೆಲಯಿದೆ್ ? ಗುರುವಿದೆ, ಲಿಂಗವಿದೆ; ಶಿಷಯನ್ ಸುಜನನ್ ಅಿಂಕ್ುರಿಸದ್ನ್ನಕ್ಕ ಭಕ್ಕು ಎಲಯಿದೆ್ ? ’ಷೆ್ ಯೇಹಿಂ’ ಎಿಂಬುದ್ ಕೆೇಳಿ ’ದಷೆ್ ೇಹ’ವ
ಮಡದಿದ್ುಡೆ ಅತಿಗೆಳೆೆ ನೆ್ ೇಡ ಗುಸೆೇಶವರ. -ಅಲ್ಮಿಪ್ರಭು
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Pictures worth Thousand words!!
April 2011 Vachana Naamamrutha evening, Anu & Girish Goud home, CT
May 2011 Vachana Naamamrutha evening, Jyothi & Girish Kabbinada home, CT
VSNA convention booth at 22nd All India
Veerashaiva Mahasabha, Suttur, Mysore
Apr-May 2011 VSNA Convention & Hoysala Kannada koota Dasoha Service at Auer Farm, CT for Foodshare
May 2011 VSNE Bsava jayanthi celebrations, Muthuen, MA
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TIME EVENT VENUE
Friday, July 01, 2011 11.00 AM – 7:00 PM
Youth Retreat, VSNA Board of Directors Meeting TBD
Saturday, July 02, 2011 6:00 AM –11:00 PM
Yoga / Meditation / Aerobics, Linga Pooje, Convention Registration, Inauguration, International Basa Confer-ence, Guest & Keynote addresses, Singles Meet, Cul-tural events by host chapter & invited artists
Dasoha Mantapa, Shara-na Sangama Mantapa, Hotel Marriott, Newton, MA
Sunday, July 03, 2011 6:00 AM –11:00 PM
Yoga / Meditation / Aerobics, Linga Pooje, Convention Registration, Keynote addresses, VSNA competitions, Seniors meet, Business forum, Medical forum, Cultural events by VSNA members & invited artists, Grand for-
mal Dinner, Mangalam
Dasoha Mantapa, Shara-na Sangama Mantapa, Hotel Marriott, Newton, MA
Monday, July 04, 2011 09:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Hospitality Booth, International Dasoha Day event Marriott Hotel, TBD
PROGRAM OVERVIEW (draft) (Detailed Program list will be available One week prior to the convention)
