Nyepi is a Balinese "Day of
Silence" that commemorated every Isakawarsa (Saka new year) according to
Bali's calendar (in 2011, it will be on March 5th). It is a day of silence,
fasting, and meditation. The day following Nyepi is also celebrated as New year Gudi Padva in Maharashtra and Ugadi in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in India.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
THE MEANING OF “NYEPI” VIEWED FROM PHILOSOPHY CORNER
For
Balinese Hindu New Year always begins after Tilem Caka Kesanga (IX), so Hari
Raya Nyepi is a new year. Why the turn of the year
begins after the expiration month kesanga( IX) ?, But one year there were 12
months according to calendar calculations. Besides Bali calendar
recognizes one year there were 12 months ie Kedasa, Jiyestha, Sada, Kasa,
Karo, katiga, Kapat, Kalima, Kenem, Kepitu, Kaulu, Kesanga. Why Caka year begins
from kedasa?. This is because the notion of numbers. Hindus especially in Bali admitted that the highest number is the number 9 (sanga). While the number ten is actually a repetition rate which consists of the numbers 1 and 0 (number ten letters of Bali). Similarly, the number eleven is the number of replications 1 and 1, as well as the number twelve (12) and so forth. It's all repetition rates again. While the number nine said to be a number of mystical (magic) because the only numbers when multiplied by the number, except zero or fractional numbers, the numbers will show abnormalities of the other figures. Because one number among the numbers one to nine when multiplied by the number nine, the result of multiplication is then added together would produce nine for example: |
