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Balinese Holy Bath
Balinese Holy Bath
The Supreme Deity of their sects was placed at Madhya, the center, as the
source of other eight manifestations. So next we find, madhye padma
sivadeva, at the center of this lotus-likemandala of the world (Padma-
bhuvana-mandala) is Lord Siva. The Nava-devata-stuti then explained the
characteristic of each devata as showed by Their Astram or mystical
weapons. The Astrams symbolize The Nava-devatas spiritual potencies.
Bigger Homatraya-agni-
kundam with various offering
Homatraya-agni-kundam shining in the
night
Sacred-letter OM
OM (in Balinese alphabet), shining jewel
inside the lotus
After “fire meditation”, the aspirant was guided to perform the next step by
accepting holy water bath. A protective and benedictory hymns
called Maha-bhaya stotra was chanted along this process. This stotra was
arranged in the form of what we calldig-bandha-mantra, the shield to
protect the aspirant from all directions. The Maha-bhaya-devatas were
glorified as Sarva-satru-vinasa, The Supreme Terror who destroys all kind
of enemies. The essence of Maha-bhayas then projected into holy water for
bathing the aspirant. This was considered as spiritual bath with the
anointment of The Maha-bhayas as presented by mantras,
their bijaksaras, and flow of holy water. The aspirant meditates on the
shower of holy water as the flow of energies, entering through a small
mystical door on the top of his head (brahma-randhra) and imbibes his
whole body with spiritual power. This part gave the ritual its
name, Mandi Weda, a type ofabhiseka, ritualistic bathing. Mandi means
bathing and Balinese used to call all type of mantras as Weda. So this is a
ritual of sacred bathing accompanied by chanting mantra. After this ritual,
energies of The Maha-bhayas and Their mystical present has been
installed in various bodily parts of the aspirant.
A Balinese couple
accepts Mandi Weda from Highpriest
DIPOSKAN OLEH DASANRANGARAJAN DI 6:13 PM 1 KOMENTAR
LABEL: HINDUISM, MANDI WEDA, RITUAL
These mantras are from Nusantara puja manuscripts, the paddhatis of high
priest. The language called Nusantara Sanskrit or Archipelago Sanskrit.
Some words already change from the original Sanskrit and sometime do
ignore Panini grammar. I shall provide the translation according to how
they understood traditionally, not by exactly analyzing word to word.
Haridwar
Prayag
Gangasagara
The high priest used to bath the person by chanting this benedictory verse.
om bhur bhuvah svah svaha ye tirtha mahapavitraya namahtirtha tirtha
ye nityam suddha lara suddha rogha suddha klesa suddha mala suddha
pataka suddha vighna suddha papa nir upadrava om jalanidhi
mahasakti hum phat
This is the great holy water purifier of the three worlds. Salute It! By
accepting this tirtham may you be freed forever from all types of
disturbance. Washed away all sadness, all sickness, all negative traits, all
impurity, all sins, all disturbances, all inauspiciousness, no defect ever
touch you.
OM the most powerful collection of water HUM PHAT
Bathing in holy water bestowed by the high priest is one of the most
powerful purification rituals and highly demanded by Nusantara Hindus.
This is called Pelukatan Agung in Balinese, an elaborate form
of Prayascitta or atonement. They belief this act of faith will erase their
spiritual discrepancy or even bring material success and good health by
purify the negative energy from the gross and subtle body, thus releasing
the soul from the burden of the effects of bad karmas. By first invoking
Gangadevi and other holy rivers, worshiping her, and then taking bath in
the sanctified water, the Nusantara Hindus belief this is as equal as directly
bathing in those holy rivers of India. By this ritual, the ancient spiritual
connection of Nusantara and India, built from thousands of years ago by
our ancestors, was maintained nicely.
The grand Pelukatan Agung performs by more than one high priest
considered as more potent and supremely beneficial. The sacred texts
called it Pelukatan Agung Mahottama. The greater one, which involving
invocation of Gangadevi and her worship was
called GANGAPRATISTHA. This is the ritual of manifesting Ganga with all
holy rivers and tirthams in water vessels to purify the mass. In this
ceremony the essence of all purifying agents, headed by Gangadevi, were
considered as directly present. Such a ceremony for centuries was never
performed again in Nusantara. But this year on the last 29 August an
Acharya of Balinese Hindu high priest, Ida Pedanda Gede Nabe Bang
Buruwan Manuaba, revived this ancient grand ceremony once again. This
took place at the shore of Bali eastern coast, in a vast courtyard of a temple
called Bindu Sagara. By help of four other high priests, he gave ritual
purification bath to more than 1000 people with gallons of holy water. The
water was ceremoniously mixed with the real Ganga, Yamuna, and Prayag’s
water directly brought from India, and then consecrated further by the
high priests. With full regalia, the Kumbha contained Ganga, Yamuna, and
Prayag’s water was decorated, worshipped, and brought to parade shaded
by royal umbrella, before it was mixed with gallons of scented water. First
the people were bathed in water from the confluence of local river with
ocean as representative of Ganga – Samudra Sangamam. Second bath was
in scented water representing Prayag. The last was directly from high
priests’ own kumbhas as the embodiment of holy waters flowing through
Gangotri – Haridvar.
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LORD OF UNIVERSE
Sri Jagannathdev
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