Buda Tengger


The original religion of the Tengger people was a mixture of Majapahit-era Hindu-Buddhist religion with some elements of ancestor worship, different from the Hindu Dharma religion of Bali. What is clear is that the ancestors of the Tengger tribe were recognized as fleeing the Majapahit Kingdom which collapsed after being attacked by Demak. The philosophical & ritualistic traditions of Tengger's ancestors do have differences from mainstream Buddhism in general.

Until the 90s, guidance was carried out by the government & authorized institutions, so mainstream Buddhist traditions merged with Tengger's ancestral teachings. The villagers then embraced Buddhism. Mistono, Head of the Paramita Ngadas Vihara, explained that the existence of Buddhists can be traced back to the founding of Ngadas village in 1774 by a group of Buddhist ancestors.

According to him, the teachings of these ancestors, even though they are labeled Buddha, are more traditional in nature, and have been preserved until now. What is unique is that Buddhists in Ngadas perform devotional prayers twice every day, morning & evening, before sunrise and after sunset, according to ancestral tradition. For the sequence/procedure in puja bhakti, in the morning it starts with burning incense, then paying respects to the Buddhas & Bodhisattvas, followed by respecting Sang Hyang Ismaya.

However, there is a special day, Wednesday Legi, where apart from the regular service, there is also a sungkem / alms earth event, which uses the sekul liwet offering, cooked rice plus free-range chicken eggs. This ceremony takes place in a temple at the foot of northern Mount Bromo, namely Pura Luhur Poten Bromo & continues to the top of Mount Bromo. There is also unan - unan, a ceremony for salvation which is held every 5 years.

Apart from that, there is a ceremony once a year, Karo, which is held to pray for deceased ancestors.

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