Everyone has to do their own puja themselves.
Lingayat believes only in Vachana scriptures
Lingayat Dharmaguru Guru Basavanna
About Brahma Vishnu and Mahesha
Lingayat does not believe in Heaven, Hell
Lingayat does not believe in Horoscope (Panchanga)
Lingayat does not believe in piligrimage
Lingayat rejects five pollutions
Lingayat Religious scripture Vachana Sahithya
Concept of GOD in Lingayat | Annihilation-of-caste-Allamaprabhu |
Body itself a Temple (Temples are not important) |
The haves make temples for Shiva.
Ayya, what can I do?
I am poor.
my legs are pillars, my body the temple,
and my head the golden pinnacle.
Koodalásangamadeva,
listen,
the sthavara comes to an end
but the jangama does not. -Guru Basava/75[1]
Seeing that the men of the mortal world
have made a god in the temple
I marvel.
Seeing them ottering daily worship
to the eternal and partaking pleasure
I marvel.
Guheshwara,
your sharanas have put the linga behind
and gone ahead. -Allama Prabhu/588[1]
When there is a temple within the body
is there need for other temples?
There is no need for two.
Guheshwara, if you turn into stone what will become of me? -Allama Prabhu/541[1]
The body being temple,
legs being pillars,
head being cupola,
heart-lotus the throne,
I establish the praanalinga called the great principle,
bathe it with water of great bliss,
offer the flowers of maha-dala-padma
offer the food of great satisfaction,
I worship relating praana with praanalinga
Mahaalingaguru Shivasiddheshwaraprabhuve. -Kada Siddheshwara/2338 [1]
[1] Number indicates at the end of each Vachana is from the book "Vachana", pub: Basava Samiti Bangalore 2012.
*Concept of GOD in Lingayat | Annihilation-of-caste-Allamaprabhu |