Dharmasasananing Pandita In Hindu Diversity System In Bali

Abstract

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 (dharmasasaning pandita). Just to remind again that when someone starts his priesthood, the ethical cod of priesthood (dharmasasananing pandita) should be used as the parameter of his identity as a holy person. In many Hindu literary works, the dharmasasananing pandita 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 (nabe) 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 patita, 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.