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Famous Basava Quotes

“Never lose heart while pursuing the path of trust. Live a principled life.”

Basavanna's Preachings

“The rich
Will make temples for Siva
what shall I, a poor man, do?
My legs are pillars,
the body the shrine,
the head the cupola of gold,
Listen, O! Lord:
Standing things shall fall,
that which moves shall stay”

Basava

[Chekki, Danesh A., Religion and Social System of the Vīraśaiva Community, http://books.google.com/books?id=x7JZMy1qntgC&pg=PA48, 1 January 1997, Greenwood Publishing Group, 978-0-313-30251-0, 48–]

“Have faith in creator of this universe believe that he is omnipresent and Supreme power.”

Basava

Basavanna's Preachings

“Earn wealth through honest and truthful work.”

Basava

Basavanna's Preachings

“Never act in breach of trust.”

Basava

Basavanna's Preachings

“Live morally, do not aspire for other's Wealth, Women and God.”

Basava

Basavanna's Preachings

Basava Quotes about God

“Make your body the temple of God.”

Basava

“Basaveshwara taught that each person was in direct relationship with God or with destiny and needs no one’s mediation.”

Basava

Indira Gandhi, the former Prime Minister of India, quoted in [Gandhi, Indira, Selected Thoughts of Indira Gandhi: A Book of Quotes, http://books.google.com/books?id=vJbcODokoHsC&pg=PA35, 1985, Mittal Publications, 35–, GGKEY:A2GGQ58B3WF, 35]

“In a brahmin house
where they feed the fire as a god
when the fire goes wild and burns the house
they splash on it
the water of the gutter and the dust of the street,
beat their breasts
and call the crowd.
These men then forget their worship
and scold their fire,
O lord of the meeting rivers!”

Basava

Basava’s saying in his “The Lord of the Meeting Rivers: Devotional Poems of Basavanna” quoted in The Lord of the Meeting Rivers Quotes, 23 November 2013, Goodreads.com http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3772282-the-lord-of-the-meeting-rivers-devotional-poems-of-basavanna,

Basava Quotes

“Listen, O lord of the meeting rivers,
things standing shall fall,
but the moving ever shall stay.”

Basava

“Consume according to your requirements and contribute the rest to the society through Dasoha.”

Basava

Basavanna's Preachings

“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.”

Basava

“Work with a feeling that, there is none lower than me; There is none greater than society of Sharanas.”

Basava

Basavanna's Preachings

“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.”

Basava

“Though shall not steal nor kill;
Not speak a lie;
Be angry with no one,
Nor scorn another man;
Nor glory in thyself;
Nor others hold you to blame
This is your inward purity;
This is your outward purity;
This is the way to win our Lord:
Kudalasangama”

Basava

Quoted in [Chekki, Danesh A. Chekki, Religion and Social System of the Vīraśaiva Community, http://books.google.com/books?id=x7JZMy1qntgC&pg=PA51, 1 January 1997, Greenwood Publishing Group, 978-0-313-30251-0, 51–]