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Javanese religious activities Kejawen

Diposting oleh KI "Wong Jowo" SEMAR

According to an English term kejawen is Javanism, Javaneseness; which is a marker for the descriptive elements of Javanese culture is regarded as the fact that Java and define as a specific category. Javanisme the religious view of life besarta people.

Javanisme the religious view of life besarta Javanese emphasize the inner ketentraman, harmony and balance, nrima attitude towards all the events that occurred while placing the individual under the community and the community under the worlds.

Niels Mulder estimate elements of this comes from the Hindu-Buddhist period in the history of Java berbaur in a fisafat, the system of special basis for the behavior of life. Javanisme system of thought is in itself complete, containing the cosmological, mythological, of the fact that conception is a mystical and so distinctive anthropologi Java, which is a system of ideas about human nature and society which in turn explain the ethics, traditions, and style of Java. In short Javanisme provide a general idea of nature as a comprehensive body of knowledge, which is used to interpret the life and sebagimana apparently. So kejawen not a religious category, but to show an ethical and lifestyle inspired by the way of thinking Javanisme.

Most of the Java community is a Java Kejawen or abangan Islam, in this case does not serve their obligations in full Islamic religion does not make for example sembayang five times, not to the mosque and there is also not fast at Ramadan. Base their view is the opinion that the order of nature and society have been determined in all seginya. They assume that the core of life itself and the status is set, fate had been determined before so they must menaggung kesulitanhidupnya with the patient. Belief-belief that they are closely associated with their belief in the adikodrati guidance and assistance from the spirit of the ancestors of God as giving rise to religious feelings and a sense of security

Kejawen can be expressed well by those who understand the secret of the Javanese culture, and that this often kejawen once represented the most by both the elite priyayi-old offspring and descendants who assert that their own awareness of the cultural phenomenon that is widespread among Java. Awareness of the culture is often a source of pride and cultural identity. Those who maintain this cultural heritage as a Java sevara depth kejawen.

Javanese religious Kejawen determined by their trust in various kinds of spirits that do not look that can be dangerous, such as accident or illness when they are made angry or adherents do not care. To protect them, people give offerings kejawen Java or caos dahar that can be trusted events deflect unwanted and maintain in a state of inner calm. Offerings that are used usually consists of rice and various other food, leaves flowers and incense.

Sample activities in the religious community, and particularly the Javanese Kejawen is fasting or Siam. People have a habit Kejawen Javanese fast on certain days such as Monday-Thursday or on the day of birth, all that is origin from tirakat. With tirakat people can become more diligent da will get a reward. Javanese kejawen be imprisoned consider a matter that is important. In the ancient literary people, and people who for centuries considered to be imprisoned as a saint because people can be imprisoned with a life of strict discipline with high and capable Manahan carnality so that objectives can be achieved is important. Activities Javanese kejawen the other is meditation or semedi. According Koentjaraningrat, meditation or semedi is usually done with tapabrata (be imprisoned) and done in places that are considered sacred in the mountains, for example, the grave, which dikeramatkan space and so forth. In general, people do meditation or approach is to unite ourselves with God.

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