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Divine Kala
13 March 2011, 09:03 PM
The priest at my mandir, a lovely man, is very concerned about my health (it seems that every other week I come in I'm sick in some way, shape or form) and has recommended that I pray to Surya for my health.

Does anyone known any good prayers to Surya or any poojas that I could do?

SanathanaDharma
14 March 2011, 04:31 AM
Dear Friend,

There are many sacred hymns about Surya or Aditya...
Here are a few available on the internet...

This link contains the Suryanamaskara, Dashanama[10 names], 108 names
http://www.harekrsna.de/surya/surya-names.htm

This link contains the Surya Ashtakam
http://www.hindu-blog.com/2009/01/prayer-to-lord-surya.html

This link contains the Aditya Hrudayam
http://www.hindu-blog.com/2008/06/english-translation-of-aditya-hridayam.html

This link contains details regarding Surya Pooja
http://hinduprayercentral.blogspot.com/2008/01/surya-puja.html

And most important and powerful mantra is the "Gayatri Savitur Mantra" or the popularly known as "Gayatri Mantra"...that will help you a lot...

May that powerful Surya bless you with the strength and health needed by you to perform your duty...

Eastern Mind
14 March 2011, 07:26 AM
The priest at my mandir, a lovely man, is very concerned about my health (it seems that every other week I come in I'm sick in some way, shape or form) and has recommended that I pray to Surya for my health.

Does anyone known any good prayers to Surya or any poojas that I could do?

Vannakkam DivineKala: Of course none of us is aware of your situation, but personally, I'd be looking at nutrition, amount of exercise, and other factors as well. One example (I'm not implying anything) is when people switch to a vegetarian diet, all they do is give up meat, but continue on with the junk food. Best wishes at increasing health.

Aum Namasivaya

yajvan
14 March 2011, 10:37 AM
hariḥ oṁ
~~~~~~

namasté DK,



The priest at my mandir, a lovely man, is very concerned about my health (it seems that every other week I come in I'm sick in some way, shape or form) and has recommended that I pray to Surya for my health.

Does anyone known any good prayers to Surya or any poojas that I could do?


First I do not have an answer to your question, but would like to offer a few ideas. All of the HDF members will offer you suggestions
with good intent. Yet no one knows you personally. So it seems wise to see a doctor for best results. You may wish to visit a vaidya
(āyurvedic doctor) as they treat the whole person ( body and mind), yet do what makes sense for your time, finances and the like.

Now, why did the priest suggest sūrya¹ as a devatā to consider for health improvement? From a jyotish point of view sūrya is the kāraka¹
for the 1st house in one's chart - tanu. Tanu means the body, person, self. So sūrya has that influence on the body.
One stays in balance with sūrya and the body stays in balance. What does sūrya own? The day , the month and the year. All growth and
health is founded on sūrya. How one spends one's day ( for the sun provides the light for work to occur) or career/profession , daily activities
are predicated on the sun and its balance.

The sun is a perfectly balanced graha (~planet~) - without this even-ness, this balance, no other planet can circle it ( have the proper
angular momentum from a physics point of view). It is considered sattvic¹ by nature ( in balance). So the more balance you can express,
the more you take on those sattvic qualities i.e. alignment with sūrya.

praṇām

words

kāraka - instrumental in bringing about the action
sūrya - the sun or its deity ; in the veda the name sūrya is generally distinguished from savitṛ ;
yet as time moves on sūrya is identified with savitṛ as one of the 12 ādityas of the Sun in the 12 months of the year ,
tanu , the body , person , self
sattva - the quality of purity ; (regarded in the sāṃkhya school as the highest of the three guṇas qualites of prakṛti because
it renders a person true , honest , pure , clean

c.smith
14 March 2011, 02:57 PM
Hari Om Divine Kala,

A site that I like is www.totalbhakti.com (http://www.totalbhakti.com) they have bhajans, prayers, etc. I hope that you find something useful there.

Also, have you considered Rudraksha? Some of the beads have properties that are good for such deficiencies. There are several good reference sites on the net.

Om Namah Sivaya!

Divine Kala
14 March 2011, 07:21 PM
Vannakkam DivineKala: Of course none of us is aware of your situation, but personally, I'd be looking at nutrition, amount of exercise, and other factors as well. One example (I'm not implying anything) is when people switch to a vegetarian diet, all they do is give up meat, but continue on with the junk food. Best wishes at increasing health.

Aum Namasivaya

Unfortunately I cannot do much about weight and exercise and similar because I am on a medication that makes me put on weight no matter what I eat. (It's very frustrating.) I believe the medication may, in fact, be partially to blame for me current ill health but I will be going to the doctor today to see what's up.


Hari Om Divine Kala,

A site that I like is www.totalbhakti.com (http://www.totalbhakti.com/) they have bhajans, prayers, etc. I hope that you find something useful there.

Also, have you considered Rudraksha? Some of the beads have properties that are good for such deficiencies. There are several good reference sites on the net.

Om Namah Sivaya!

I wear rudraksha all the time. I have been wearing them since about 2007. While they are not the special, type specific ones I still wear them all the time.