Antara News, Sunday, September 19, 2010 02:41 WIB
Magelang, Central Java (ANTARA News) - A group of foreign tourists performed a ritual called "The Cosmology of Life" to restore their spiritual sanity at Borobudur, the largest Buddhist temple in the world, in Magelang, Central Java on Saturday (Sept. 18).
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Borobudur at dawn – quiet and peaceful (JP/Sunita Sue Leng) |
"We call this `The Cosmology of Life` as we conduct a dialogue with nature through our conscience to explore our surroundings," the leader of the group, Kanwa Adikusumah, said.
The group comprises 28 people with different professions but most of them are artists. They hailed from European countries such as Belgium, the Netherlands,France and Spain.
The ritual took place in front of Manohara Pendopo (a pavilion-like structure) on the east side of the Borobudur temple with background music by zither and kecapi (traditional Indonesian string instrument) players.
They gathered under a Bodhi tree around which people had placed a pile of green coconuts, torches, and strewn rose petals.
The participants with some of them and the zither and kecapi players wearing white clothes and white headbands sat cross-legged under the tree.
They strew roses on the pile of coconuts under the Bodhi tree and moved freely following the sound of the Zither and kecapi.
"I use green coconuts as an `entrance` to perform this ritual. They capture the energy and the Javanese philosophy of the coconuts and nature," said Kanwa who has been developing the spiritual exercise through this method for the last 10 years.
He uses some media such as green coconuts, grass, pendopo, Bodhi tree, and canary trees in the spiritual exercise.
He said every place and ritual media has its own energy.
"We conduct the ritual in a tranquil state of mind to get spiritual sanity as guidance to live our lives," he said.
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| A monk at the Waisak ceremony, commemorating Buddha’s birth, death and enlightenment, at Borobudur Temple. (JG Photo/Boy T Harjanto) |
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