Hello,
I was reading the Prashna Upanishad, something caught my attention
4:2 "O Gargya, just as all the rays of the setting sun become unified in this orb of light, and they disperse from the sun as it rises up again similarly all that becomes unified in the mind" (Prasna upanishad 4:2)
Today we know that, because sun doesn't set therefore rays of the sun doesn't become unified in it, the sun stays still, it is the earth that moves around it. The verse says rays of the sun become unified in the sun when it sets, and when the sun rises they disperse from the sun again. Does that suggest Rishis believed literal setting and rising of the sun?
I`d like to hear your thoughts on this.
I was reading the Prashna Upanishad, something caught my attention
4:2 "O Gargya, just as all the rays of the setting sun become unified in this orb of light, and they disperse from the sun as it rises up again similarly all that becomes unified in the mind" (Prasna upanishad 4:2)
Today we know that, because sun doesn't set therefore rays of the sun doesn't become unified in it, the sun stays still, it is the earth that moves around it. The verse says rays of the sun become unified in the sun when it sets, and when the sun rises they disperse from the sun again. Does that suggest Rishis believed literal setting and rising of the sun?
I`d like to hear your thoughts on this.