Pancadashi Chapter 6 – Citra-dipa-prakarana – Lamp of the Painted Canvas (Video Pen Drive)

Pancadashi, the famous composition of Sri Bharati Tirtha and Svami Vidyaranya, is a compendium of 15 Foundational Texts or prakarana-granthas. This epic text is a singular treatise on the philosophical teachings of Advaita-vedanta, composed with an intention to dispel the ignorance of seekers by bringing to them an overall and complete grasp of the essentials of Vedanta. Truly, any study of Advaita-vedanta is incomplete without a thorough study of Pancadashi.

This chapter depicts the four states of the Paramatman through the four-stage process of the painted canvas. The text also propounds avidya as the cause of samsara and vidya as its antidote.

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