Cremation ceremony in Bali
The book of the Bima suarga journey, the source of cremation
The cremation ceremony in Bali takes this event based on the Balinese lontar lontar where all sources are based on Hindu religious scriptures which say that as long as there are elements of the 5 elements of the human body, the spirit will be trapped in our nature.
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They will not be able to travel to the spirit realm to account for their karma in the karmic court in the cosmos. as long as they are trapped in our world they will feel misery and suffering.
The only way is to return the elements in the body to their origin by burning or the process of turning them into ashes in Bali is called ngabuin. The word Ngaben comes from this process, namely ngabuin.
The essence of this ceremony is the action of a child to save their parents from misery and quickly free them from their karma with this cremation process, according to the story of Bima Suarga.
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namely Bima's journey to save his parents in the world of hell and heaven. with good karma the soul will elevate the spirit of its parents to a more noble place.
This is the basis of Ngaben itself. Nowadays all children want to serve their parents by speeding up the process of their ancestral spirits so that they can quickly get the results of their karma and reincarnate into more intellectual human beings. quickly get the results of this karma by showing the way for the Spirit to face the court of karma.
In the cremation process, there are many symbols that will be used in various types of offerings. Oh yes, I forgot to provide information that offerings in Bali are a means of conveying a wish or activity to the universe, if it is easier to digest it as a letter to convey this wish, where we are limited so we assemble every energy into a letter.
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In terms of the elements of the offering itself, it represents each alphabet that makes up a sentence. Because the process varies from one village to another, it is very difficult to explain.
However, let's summarize the process as follows: with this offering, the corpse is melted down and all its elements are returned, then reshaped symbolically and guided to show the way (making Bade. One of the towers is where there are birds of paradise to open the way and tree leaves. wishing as the gps)
In the spiritual world after receiving the karmic court, they are carried and drifted in the sea as a symbol of releasing the Spirit for their karmic court, after receiving the karmic court it is hoped that the Spirit will return again with a level of holiness and purity the Spirit (withdrawing the Spirit and being purified by asking for the blessing of purification to the mountains and seas again before going to the family temple) to guide the generations before they are reincarnated again and that is why we Balinese have family temples, to place the ancestors to always provide guidance to us and protection.
That's why Balinese have family temples to get closer to their ancestors so that they can lead a peaceful life and improve the quality of our spirit with awareness.
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As one of the elements to unite with light or nirvana. Hinduism never promises heaven or hell, but provides knowledge about heaven or hell, now it depends on us choosing heaven or hell. This is a universal teaching because it examines cause and effect no matter what religion. The goal of Hinduism is not heaven or hell itself but union with the Creator
Many cultures are involved in the process, one of the most prominent of which is China. we use their lights, their kepeng money in this cultural mix.
The conclusion is that one of the children's spiritual struggles is to dedicate themselves to their ancestors with this cremation process to elevate the Spirit to quickly gain Purity of Spirit so that they can guide and protect their generation.
