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

[D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ]

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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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