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This Audio Pravachanam on Vasistha Gita and Mandukya Upanishad presents a profound Advaitic interpretation of the Padma‑Lila narrative, mapping its layered story structure to the four states of consciousness described in the Mandukya Upanishad. Through this discourse, jagrat, svapna, and susupti are explained as memory‑based experiential states, while turiya is revealed through the transcendence of all narrative identities.
Audio Recording on Padma-Leela Story connecting to Mandukya Upanishad
Audio Recording on Padma-Leela Story connecting to Mandukya Upanishad
This audio pravachanam presents a unique Advaita Vedānta exposition of the Padma‑Lila episode from the Vasistha Gita, interpreted through the framework of the Mandukya Upanishad.
The Padma‑Lila narrative, renowned for its multi‑layered and interwoven storylines, is explained as a deliberate teaching device to illustrate the nature of consciousness and memory. The discourse maps the three interlaced stories to the experiential states of jagrat (waking), svapna (dream), and susupti (deep sleep), demonstrating how each state arises as a mental construction sustained by memory and identification.
The teaching culminates in a detailed exposition of turiya, presented not as another experience, but as the substrate witnessing all states and stories, revealed when the seeker ceases identification with every narrative role. This pravachanam thus offers a direct, experiential understanding of non‑dual awareness, unifying Yoga Vāsiṣṭha’s narrative brilliance with the Mandukya Upanishad’s precise Advaitic analysis.
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