Dharmasasananing Pandita In Hindu Diversity System In Bali

Abstract

<p>Hindus feel disappointed and disgraced if one of their figures who should be a leader and purified does a disgraceful deed such as having an illegal wife, working as a middleman, slandering and so forth. In short, Hindus feel disappointed and disgraced if one of their figures who should be a leader and purified “deviates” from the ethical code of priesthood (<em>dharmasasaning pandita</em>). Just to remind again that when someone starts his priesthood, the ethical cod of priesthood (<em>dharmasasananing pandita</em>) should be used as the parameter of his identity as a holy person. In many Hindu literary works, the <em>dharmasasananing pandita</em> has been included. The reasons why a priest often ‘deviates’ from the ethical code of priesthood are as follows. From the internal dimension, the senior priest (<em>nabe</em>) is often used as a symbol, the impact of the symbolic capital “power” and the impact of uncontrollable sexual libido. The external dimension includes: the impact of external ‘education’, the impact of genealogical caste, and impact of the market ideology. The implications on a priest are as follows: he will become a what is called <em>patita</em>, he will die young, he will go to hell, and it is believed that, when he is reincarnated, he will not become a human being any longer. The implications on society are as follows: conflicts cannot be avoided, more and more people are getting poor, religious conversion cannot be avoided, and society will become psychologically depressed.</p>