[Advaita-l] Who Is the Ultimate GOD in Vedic dharma ?

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste

The Vedas are boldly saying Sun is Brahman and none other.

This is in Taittiriya Aranyaka 2nd Prapathaka
and 2nd Anuvaka.

उद्यन्तमस्तं यन्तमादित्यमभिध्यायन्कुर्वन्ब्राह्मणो विद्वान्त्सकलं
भद्रमश्नुतेऽसावादित्यो ब्रह्मेति इति ।

अस्यार्थः - उद्यन्तम् उदयं प्राप्नुवन्तम् अस्तं यन्तम् अस्तमयं
प्राप्नुवन्तम् आदित्यं सूर्यम् अभिध्यायन् सम्यक् चिन्तयन् एवम्
अरुणोदये ये सूर्यशत्रवः सन्ति ते गायत्र्यस्त्रेण सायं प्रातः प्रदत्तेन
हता अभूवन् क्षयं प्राप्नुवन् 'असौ आदित्यो ब्रह्म’ इत्येवं विद्वान्
ब्राह्मणः उभयकालेऽपि कुर्वन् सकलं भद्रमश्नुते सकलं मङ्गलं मोक्षाख्यम्
अश्नुते भुङ्क्ते प्राप्नोति इत्यर्थः ।

'The Brahmana who knowing that the Sun is the same as the Supreme
Brahman meditates on the rising and setting Sun destroying the
Rakshasa enemies of Sun with morning and evening Arghyas and performs
the circumambulation enjoys all happiness and gets Moksha.'


There is also Sayana Bhashya saying
सायणभाष्यम् -

वेदनं प्रशंसति -
ब्रह्मैव सन्ब्रह्माप्येति य एवं वेद इति ।

यः पुमानादित्यो ब्रह्मेति वेद स पुमान्पूर्वमजानानोऽपि स्वय्ं वस्तुतः
ब्रह्मैव सन् प्राप्तवेदनात् अज्ञानापगमे सति स्वानुभवेनापि ब्रह्म
आप्नोति ।

'He who knows this Sun is Brahman is himself Brahman and attains Brahman
with his own
experience and with Ignorance destroyed even though he did not earlier
 know this.'

On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 8:18 PM, Praveen R. Bhat via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste Subbuji,
>
> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 5:33 PM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Taking Surya as the ultimate God is also correct. Some might not accept
> > this since in their view Surya is a god who is born, etc. cannot be the
> > Supreme.
>
>
> One more reason Surya is considered as ultimate God is also because among
> all listed, He is the only who is pratyakSha. Moreover, for us Vedantins,
> jnAna is also jnAnaprakASha.
>
> On that note, may this uttarAyaNa bring all of us the light of knowledge.
>
> sUryanArAyaNAya,
> --Praveen R. Bhat
> /* येनेदं सर्वं विजानाति, तं केन विजानीयात्। Through what should one know
> That owing to which all this is known! [Br.Up. 4.5.15] */
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-- 
Regards

-Venkatesh