Religion Realm

Buhun is an ancient teaching of pre-Hindu Sundanese ancestors & existed long before religion from mainland Asia entered the Indonesian archipelago so pure Buhun teachings do not recognize reincarnation, heaven, hell/moksa. Still, they recognize 3 types of death, namely paeh kasarad / death with his soul becoming a demon sacrifice, paeh Kakungkung / dies but his soul is trapped inside the waruga. His soul will become extinct as the waruga decays / dies in extinction & paeh sawilujeungna / his soul exits the waruga safely into the heavenly realm which is believed to be the realm of eternity. The Buhun belief consists of several sects, different from the Sundanese Wiwitan as the largest religious sect in Indonesia which is spread in several areas of southern Banten & West Java starting from Kanekes in Banten whose population is known as the Baduy tribe, then Ciptagelar in Sukabumi district which is inhabited by people Ciptagelar, Naga village in Tasikmalaya district, Sindang B

This short article wants to examine the future of local religion in West Java by taking a sample of the Sundanese Wiwitan indigenous community. In this discussion which was attended by 40 participants, Zezen Zaenal Mutaqin, researcher & lecturer at UIN Jakarta, was present as a speaker. The founder of Madraism, Madrais, was born in Susukan Ciawi Gebang in 1822. Then in 1825 he was entrusted to Ki Sastra Wedana, a kuwu in Cigugur with the hope that one day he could continue his ancestors' struggle against the invaders. To trick the Company, they made a will that the child be recognized as Ki Sastra Wadana's child. At age 10, Prince Kusuma Adiningrat worked for Kuwu Sagarahiang as a buffalo herder known as Taswan. In the Dutch era, the life of Madrais and his family was very luxurious, like a regent. Madrais died at the age of 65. In Madraism, the Sundanese Javanese religious creed is performed in Sundanese, which means, there is no God but Allah & Madrais is the Messenge