[Advaita-l] Surya is the Atma of All and Best Approximation for Brahman

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste

The same is also in Aruna Prasna 25. Kindly give Sayana Bhashya if possible.

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 3:24 PM, D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ
<dvnsarma at gmail.com> wrote:
> चित्रं देवानामुदगादनीकं चक्षुर्मित्रस्य वरुणस्याग्नेः!
>
> आप्राद्यावापृथिवीअन्तरिक्षं सूर्य आत्मा जगतस्थुषश्च !! ऋ1.115.1
>
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Namaste Sri Bhaskar
>>
>> But Surya is easiest to understand. You can tell even a baby about
>> Surya and make it to understand Surya.
>>
>> That is why I am saying Surya is the Pratyaksha Devata for all. Nobody
>> can deny Surya. How can you deny the Sun exists? Even Atheists will
>> have to accept Surya.
>>
>> Veda is saying 'Surya Atma Jagataha' and in Sandhyavandane we are
>> daily saying Asavadityo Brahma.  This should be enough to show Surya
>> is Brahman and the Atma of all. There is nothing here not Surya.
>>
>> Why should we go for complicated theories?
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com>
>> wrote:
>> > That Surya is Brahman only. 'Asavaditya Brahma'.
>> >
>> > praNAms
>> > Hare Krishna
>> >
>> > atharvaNi sUryOpanishad and taitireeya AraNyaka Aditya purushasya
>> > sarvAtmakatvaM mantra-s like AdityO vai teja, OjO balaM yashaH chakshuH
>> > says he is one and all and he is brahman (tvameva pratyaksham brahmAsi).
>> > But at various other places it says same thing to gaNapati also.  ( for
>> > example gaNeshArthava sheershaM) so, not only sUrya is brahman,
>> > 'everything' is brahman :-)  In short, you can not treat ONLY sUrya is
>> > brahman by excluding others.
>> >
>> > Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
>> > bhaskar
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