PERAN LELUHUR ORANG HINDU BALI

Ancestral role is very important in religion The Balinese, especially the Hindu, have many layers of culture and religion that are attached to their identity Om Swastiastu, my name is Raffinjeh, I am a doctor of religion and a teacher of Hindu theology I am Indonesian, from India My family moved from North India to Jakarta in 1925, and I have lived in Denpasar since 2012 Although India and Bali are in different cultural contexts, they both have the same worldview They are sourced from the Vedas, with the diversity of gods and goddesses, believe in the existence of the soul, and an ancestral culture that is full of color Let's explore the similarities between the expressions of Hinduism in India and Bali One of them is Pura Pedarman This is a temple or place of worship for the ancestors of Bali Of course, there are many chapters or histories of Pura Pedarman And it turns out that each temple has its own story The story of the ancestors who were powerful, who fought, and then placed on the altar of the worship of the Pedarman Their descendants respect the ancestors in this Pedarman The most popular and can be said to be the most important is in the Pura Besakih complex But there are also Pura Pedarman in other places, depending on the story of the family The Balinese Hindus worship the ancestors, and the ancestors are equated with the gods After someone dies, his soul is placed in the mountain and in the family temple to be worshipped Then his soul returns to the same family This is the Tirta religion or the original Balinese indigenous religion These ancestors will later be associated with the Hindu gods and goddesses such as Shiva and Uma Thus, the Balinese worship the ancestors, which is no different from the Hindu gods and goddesses It means the Balinese are Hindus This is how the Hindu religion spreads its religion without changing the tradition and custom And the same thing happened in India Most of the gods and goddesses now worshipped in Hinduism are the ancestors of the Indians Like Rama, a popular king And Mariamman, the mother of the Tamil nation Unlike the Pedarman, the Indians have Gotra or line of descendants Gotra originates from 8 races or Tokosuchi Atri, Barat Baja, Brigu, Gautama, Kashyapa, Vashistha, Vishvamitra, and Agastya Initially, the Gotra system only applies to Brahmins This is very similar to the descendants of Brahmins in Bali such as Keniten, Kemenuh, Mahs, Manuabel, and others The Kshatriyas have their own dynasties But over time, almost all Indians adopted this Gotra The ancestors are considered as a link between us and God If we compare this phenomenon from the perspective of the Semawi religion The ancestors are like our prophets Actually, the holy books talk about the stories of the prophets And they are the ancestors of the people there Maybe the difference between the indigenous religions and the eastern religions is that the ancestors are the same as God But it's not like humans are created in the same way as God The point is