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+ | |Title of information=The Goddess Saraswati | ||
+ | |Description of information=SARASWATI DAY, THE DAY OF ENLIGHTEMENT | ||
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+ | Ketut Yuliarsa (posted on Facebook on Oct 2022) | ||
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+ | On the day of "saniscara umanis watugunung" in the Balinese calendar, the Balinese Hindus celebrate Saraswati day. The day of knowledge and enlightenment. | ||
+ | Enlightenment has not yet been achieved, but Saraswati the Goddess, consort of the God Brahma, the Creator, has been around forever, for she is also manifested in India as a river: the Saraswati river. | ||
+ | There isn't any particular temple built to worship Goddess Saraswati, as a statement that knowledge doesn't just belong to a particular religion, people or race, but instead is available to all who seek it and received by all who strive for it. | ||
+ | But in order to get to knowledge, there is no free ride on her mystical swan's back. No quick fix for the pain and suffering caused by our past misdeeds and ignorance. For our dispositions are so varied. We have been there and done that, things both good and bad, which are now tied up in our law of karma, known also as the law of cause and effect. They follow us as "the wheel follows the cart". | ||
+ | Therefore, the Goddess Saraswati carries with her not just the holy book of Veda for the Hindus, but in her many arms of compassion also offers science and philosophy for the inquisitive minds, poetry and music for the passionate and the dispassionate ones, art and beauty to soothe the senses. She represents the academic and artistic endeavours of the human race, in the written, the spoken, and even in the whispered words. | ||
+ | On Saraswati day, Balinese people pay homage to the bearer of knowledge and wisdom. They clean their slates, tidy up their books, decorate their studies, sharpen their pencils, pens and minds as well. For whatever is owned was given, whatever is known was taught. They are grateful because at least once every 210 days, they are reminded that our entire civilisation is built upon the wisdom of the Goddess Saraswati. The very wisdom that ascends into our thoughts to become us. | ||
+ | Just like the Saraswati river in India, this river of knowledge and wisdom flows in the blood of the Hindus and of all people, though she cannot be seen. | ||
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|Linked words=Alit, Jaja, Saraswati, Rahina, Das lemah, Lemah, Sanganan, Woh-wohan, Krama, Dresta, Wong, Watugunung | |Linked words=Alit, Jaja, Saraswati, Rahina, Das lemah, Lemah, Sanganan, Woh-wohan, Krama, Dresta, Wong, Watugunung |
Revision as of 22:11, 22 October 2022
Information about Holiday or Ceremony
Saraswati
Where did this ceremony take place:
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In Balinese
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Sacha Savinov in cooperation with BasaBali.org
Saraswati
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In Balinese
In Indonesian
Rio Helmi (photo and text)
http://ubudnowandthen.com/saraswati-in-praise-of-learning-and-inspiration/
The Goddess Saraswati
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In Balinese
In Indonesian
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