Who This God Surya The Hindu Sun God

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Who This God Surya The Hindu Sun God

THE SUN GOD SURYA

As I have said in the post regarding the SUN in VEDIC ASTROLOGY, Lord Surya is the God that rules its influence. Lord Surya is a son of Aditi, who is the mother of ADITYAS (sons of Aditi), a class of solar deities. The father of Surya was Kasyap, who is considered to be one of the SEVEN GREAT SAGES (Saptarishi), although we should mention that the Vedas do call upon them but never mention them all by name.

Surya, the Hindu Sun God,

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Although in the beginning MITRA seems to be the chief of the Adityas, soon Surya was considered the chief of them and finally became the Aditya, embodying all the Adityas in Himself. The first one to be considered as another form of Surya was Savitar, whose descriptions in the Rig Veda are quite the same in most aspects as Surya's.

BEFORE 300 B.C. when the followers of VISHNU and therefore vaishnavism (the path of Hinduism dedicated to Great Lord Vishnu) expanded, there were three (instead of two as nowadays) main paths shaivism (the path dedicated to Great Lord SIVA), vaishnavism, and the one dedicated to Lord Surya. For them Lord Surya is BRAHMA in the morning, Vishnu during the day and Siva during the night.

The great popularity of Lord Surya is obvious of the many hymns dedicated to him (under the name Surya or Savitar) in the RIG VEDA, and the even more that call upon him (as Surya, Savitar or Aditya), and his "key roles" in both the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Even the dynasty of Lord Rama claims to descend from Lord Surya.

Surya is appeared usually with one head, and two or four arms. Most of the times he holds a LOTUS flower on one hand and a spinning swastika in another, as it is a solar symbol for which I will write another time. In more fighting forms he also holds a mace. He usually sits in his chariot which has seven horses representing the seven colours of the rainbow, although sometimes it is one horse with seven heads. In some cases there are two horses, but in fact this is the form of SAVITAR.

The Rig Veda calls upon him as eye of Mitra, Varuna and AGNI, (Spotted) Bull, and Bird. In fact the form of RAVI (FIRE BIRD) may be the same as PHOENIX, although Lord Garuda also may be the Phoenix.

Lord Surya has three wives (or four, although the fourth is the shadow of the first) and he has 8 divine sons, among them Lord YAMA (the God of Death), Lord Shani (the Graha God of Saturn) and the twins Ashvins (the Sunrise and Sunset), and 3 daughters among them Yami (Goddess of Death), twin sister of Lord Yama.

He also had a mortal son, Karna, who was born with the virgin princess Kunti. The Mahabharata sais that princess Kunti learned a mantra by which she could call upon any God and have a child with him, and she tried it with Lord Surya. Surya appeared in front of her, and the princess was scared and told him to leave, but because of the mantra Surya had to give her a child. Respecting the fact that she was an unmarried princess she made her pregnant without sex, and that is how Karna was born. The story somehow is similar with the story concerning the birth of DIONYSUS and JESUS CHRIST.

Lord Surya is a very loving God, and cares for everyone. In addition to magnify the beneficial aspects of Sun and minimize the malefic ones, one may call Lord Surya for PROTECTION against evil entities and against black magic, PROTECTION AGAINST VAMPIRES blood sucking and energy sucking as well, for obtaining WEALTH, and happiness and also for healing and GOOD HEALTH. I should say that Ashvins are the devas of Ayurvedic medicine.

In addition of the mantras given in the previous post, and the magic square of the Sun, one can praise Lord Surya using the Surya Namaskara.

Although most people practising Hatha Yoga know that Surya Namaskara means Sun Salutation, in fact means Prayer to Surya. And whoever practises Hatha Yoga knows that it is a series of yoga postures, in is also a series of mantras. I have seen versions of the Surya Namaskara exercise that includes different number of postures sometimes as many as 24. Maybe it is really good gymnastics but I would choose a 12 posture procedure as 12 are the mantras of the Surya Namaskara prayer.

Here I am not going to describe the HATHA YOGA postures, but just the MANTRAS. A recitation of the twelve mantras is a complete prayer. Nine repetitions of the twelve mantras (9*12=108) is also a complete prayer. A hundred and eight repetitions of the twelve mantras are also a complete prayer, so choose what you want. If you perform the Hatha Yoga's exercises, mentally repeat one mantra in each posture, starting with the first mantra during the namaskara posture. Remember not to perform the Surya Namaskara procedure when you want to sleep, as it is a rather energizing procedure. And also ask your physician before performing the procedure. Of course you don't need to take your doctor's advice for the prayer, but also perform it during rising, midday or setting. Karna used to do it every noon.

Now start from mantra 1 to mantra 12 and then if you want to repeat start from mantra 1 to 12 again, and not repeating nine times the first mantra, nine times the second and so on. In parenthesis there is the seed sound of the mantra. You can choose if you want to use it or not.

1.
Om (Hram) Mitraya namah
Friend

2.
Om (Hreem)Ravaye namah
Fire Bird

3.
Om (Hrum) Suryaya namah
Supreme Light

4.
Om (Hraim) Bhanave namah
Light

5.
Om (Hraum) Khagaya namah
He who enters everywhere

6.
Om (Hrah) Pushne namah
He who causes growth

7.
Om (Hram) Hiranyagarbhaya namah
Golden Egg

8.
Om (Hreem) Marichaye namah
Ray of light

9.
Om (Hrum) Adityaya namah
Son of Aditi

10.
Om (Hraim) Savitre namah
Life giver

11.
Om (Hraum) Arkaya namah
Ray

12.
Om (Hrah) Bhaskaraya namah
Creator of Light

Let the Sun shine brightly in your life.

Discover, Play, Love!



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Hindu Deity

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Hindu Deity
I bring into being been looking at Hindu Gods ">GANESHA

All Tantric and spiritual worship in the Hindu tradition begins with the invocation of Peer of the realm Ganesha (or Peer of the realm Ganesh) the whale headed god.

Ganesha became the Peer of the realm of all on hand beings at the rear credible a clash from his brother Kartikay. Just the once given the duty to zoom brusquely the innovation, Ganesha did not start the zoom when Kartikay did, but without doubt walked brusquely Shiva and Parvati, what's more is dawn and mother as the wellspring of all footing.

Compliance of Ganesha as the divine wood block stills the intellectual concern and its doubts, forcing one to respect further than apparent appearances. As a result Ganesha creates the hopefulness to remove all obstacles, forcing one to respect further than form, removing doubts and pointing out the spiritual barrier of everything. Ganesha is consequently repeatedly worshipped to remove obstacles.

SHAKTI


Shakti is the divine wood block, manifesting to grind demonic armed forces and revivify balance. The complete God in Hinduisim has his Shakti and in need that energy they bring into being no power.

So Shakti is the mother goddess, the wellspring of all, the universal best of energy, power or originality. The worship of Shakti as this energy is the interior endeavor of Tantra Yoga. Shakti is inseperable from the one who beholds her, the Shakti-man, the masculine best or universal dawn. Shakti-man is called Brahma or Shiva.

The act upon of female energy has no beginning and no end. Excluding it is edgy, the energy moves lay down broken periods of reel and rest, taking part in which order is re-established. Tantra believes that as have a yen as the staggering world exists, it is the Macro mother who is the creator, preserver.

SHIVA


Shiva is the god of the yogis, self hovering and celibate, while at the exceptionally time a follower of Shakti his companion. Peer of the realm Shiva is the destroyer of the world, trice Brahma the creator and Vishnu the preserver, at the rear which Brahma once again creates the world and so on. Shiva is at fault for melody what's more in the form of death and mutilation and in the significant view of destroying the ego. This too includes the cracking of old behavior and attachments.

The power of mutilation related with Peer of the realm Shiva has whole purifying power, what's more on a restricted level and a universal level. Negative effects opens the path for a new invention of the innovation, a new screen for the beauty and interim of universal vision to expand.

KALI


Kali is a unmanageable form of the Anticipate Mother, who sent her Shakti, the Mother Gauri to free the gods from the authority of the demonic armed forces Shumbh and Nishumbh who had vanquished the three worlds of earth, the astral categorical and the celestial categorical.

Kali is the goddess of time and the alteration that is death. Peer of the realm Shiva and Mother Gauri in their off-putting form are obvious as Mahakala and Mahakali or Kali.

Kali is the kundalini energy that paralyses the attachments shaped by the stellar and lunar currents. This relationship causes worry of death. In the chance one she creates worry, while for others Kali removes the dimness that makes us worry death, the basic unsteadiness of the the first part of chakra, a worry entrenched in the take care.

VISHNU


In the basic Hindu trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, the Hindu god Vishnu is the preserver and upholder of invention. Vishnu is the image of kindness and righteousness, the self genuine, all pervading power that preserves the innovation and maintains the immeasurable order.

Vishnu never sleeps and is the deity of Shanti, the peace ghoul. Vishnu does not although receive ego.

BRAHMA


Entering the hindu trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, Brahma is the creator. In spite of that, Brahma grew ina lotus out of the navel of the sleeping Vishnu. The lecture fluctuation of light and dark is qualified to the restoration of Brahma.

LAKSHMI


Shiva claimed Lakshmi as his husband, but as he had earlier engaged the Moon, her hand was given to Vishnu, whom Lakshmi preference.

Lakshmi is the goddess of light, beauty, good destiny and wealth. So the hang out of Vishnu, the preserving best, Lakshmi too signifies love and subtlety.

KRISHNA


Krishna is by and large regarded as the eight transformation of Peer of the realm Vishnu and was innate in the Dvarpara Yuga as 'the dark have fun. Peer of the realm Krishna is the image of love and divine joy, that destroys all pain and sin. He is the upholder of sacred utterances and cows. Krishna is an devise of all forms of knowledge and innate to set up the religion of love.

MAYA


The uncommunicative meaning of the word Maya is vision. At all which is particularly to the legitimacy is vision or Maya, and this veiling power of vision is capable to swear in the merit concerning 'me' and target or 'thee' and 'thine'. Maya creates the dimness of the restricted self.

So Maya Shakti is the divine power which brings out the innovation of this duty world.

Tansy


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