Shri Surya Upasana

Contents Preface 11 Section One Upasana : Worshipping 1 Obeisance to Surya 13 i. Shiva Proktam Suryashtakam 13 ii. Manu Krita Surya Stuti 15 iii. Aditya Hridaya Stotram 17 iv. Surya Stotram by Yagyavalkya 26 v. Navagrah Kawach 28 vi. Shri Surya Stavaraja 29 vii. Shri Surya Mandal Stotram 33 viii. Suryarya Stotram 37 ix. Arjun Authored Surya Stavan 40 x Shri Surya Deva Mahima 43 xi. Compassion of Surya Deva 44 xii. Mangal Ashansa Panchakam 45 xiii. Surya Upanishad 46 xiv. Surya Stavan 51 xv. Shri Surya Pratah Smaran 51 xvi. Surya Swfiha Mantra 52 xvii. Prayers to Surya 53 xviii. Pratah Samameeya Dvadasha Nama 56 xix. Surya Namaskar 60 xx. Worshipping Surya 63 xxi. Surya Sukta 72 xxii. Suryasya 73 xxiii. Shri Aditya Mahima 75 xxiv. Aditya Stotram 76 Section Two Parichaya : Introduction 2 Surya 80 3 Surya for Indians 83 i. Modern Indians and Surya 84 ii. Surya Pradurbhava; Appearance of the Sun 85 iii. . Surya; The Son of Aditi 87 iv. Divisions of the Sun 89 4 Meditation Mantras for Twelve Suns of a Year 90 i. Dhata Surya 90 ii. Aryama Surya 92 iii. Mitra Surya 94 iv. Varun Surya 96 v. Indra Surya 98 vi. Vivaswan Surya 99 vii. Pusha Surya 102 viii. Prajanya Surya 104 ix. Anshuman Surya 105 x Bhaga Surya 107 xi. Tvashta Surya 108 xii. Vishnu Surya 110 xiii. The Retinue of Surya 113 5 Suryopasana: Surya Vrats 115 i. The Ever and Fast Growing Crisis 116 ii. The Need of Worshipping 116 iii. Sunday Fasting 119 iv. Surya Shashti Vrat: Chhatha 121 v. Other Vrats 122 6 Surya Vrat (fasting) Process 123 Section Three Surya in Scriptures 7 Surya Tattva: Living Sun 129 i. Prayers 130 ii. Surya Keeps and Fixes Dharma 130 iii. Surya Tattva 131 iv. Surya and Creation 136 v. The Tree of Creation 136 vi. Panjikrit: Mixing of Guna and Tattva 137 vii. Aditya: Born in the Beginning 138 viii. The Sciptural Surya Analyzed 138 ix. Maharishi Bhrigu: Kriyadhikar Surya 144 x Rashi; Doori; Gati: Rays; Distance; Movement 148 xi. Ashta Surya: Eight Suns 149 xii. Meaning and Analysis of One Shloka 150 xiii. The Centre of a Round Object 151 xiv. Living Surya 152 xv. Isha Upanishada Prays 153 xvi. The Twelve Suns Created 153 8 Surya in Vedas' 155 9 Surya: Meaning and Doubts 159 11 Surya Sukta of Rigveda 164 12 Surya in other Scriptures 169 i. Divine Introduction to Surya 170 ii. Five Gross Elements and Surya 172 iii. The Sun as the Central and Supreme Power 175 iv. Ravi Urza: Energy from the Sun 178 v. Sunshine and our Body 179 13 Meditation on Surya 181 14 Surya, Shakti and Gayatri 185 15 Surya: Akasha: Space 189 i. Surya in Vaisheshika Sutra 191 ii. Inner Space 193 iii. Dimensions Need Space 194 iv. Surya and Celestial Bodies 196 16 Surya in Puranas 206 17 Surya in Surya Purana 209 18 The Secret of Eklinga and Jyotirlinga of Surya 213 19 Worshipping Surya 220 20 Surya: the Soul of Creation 224 21 Surya and Jyotish 225 i. Surya Stithi: the Sun's Position 226 ii. Results of Houses Possessed by Sun 232 iii. Different Yoga with the Sun and Results 232 iv. Jyotishiya Surya 240 v. Birth Zodiac and the Sun 243 vi. The Sun in Different Signs of Zodiac 243 vii. Rashi Bhramana Samaya 244 viii. Siddha Surya Yantra 245 22 Surya and the Brahmand 245 i. Saur Jagat: Solar System 245 ii. Surya: Scientific Facts 247 iii. Time: Days and Years 249 iv. Four Types of Years 250 v. Graban: Eclipse 251 vi. Amavasya and Purnamasi 252 vii. Colours during Eclipse 253 23 Aksha Uoanishad 254 24 Krushana Yajurveddeya Chakshusha Upanishad 254 25 Chakshushi Vidya 254 26 Names of Surya 255 27 Sun Synonyms 259 28 Surya Sahasra Nama Stotra 264 29 Surya Sahasranamvalya Swahakarviddhi 281 Section Four Modern Science and the Sun 30 Modern Way to Understand Cosmos 320 i. Dilapidation and Danger 321 ii. Brahmand or the Universe 322 iii. Stars 323 iv. Galaxies 324 v. Planets 325 vi. Luminosity of Stars 325 vii. Red Giants 325 viii. White Dwarf 326 ix. Magnitude of Stars 326 x Supernova 327 xi. Sun 327 xii. Solar System 330 xiii. Solar Wind 330 xiv. Solar Flares 331 xv. Solar Cycle 331 xvi. Solar Energy 331 xvii. Solar Nebula 331 xviii. Solar Prominence 323 xix. Photosphere 323 xx. Eclipse 333 31 Sun Storm: Only Fiction 333 Section Five Shuddhi-karan: Catharsis 32 Universal Surya Worshipping 339 i. Indology: European Acceptance 341 ii. Surya: European Acceptance: A Few Examples 343 iii. Surya Worshipping in other Parts of the World 344 33 Pray to Surya for Survival 348