arti

Before the arrival of Hinduism and any other greatest world religions, the Javanese had already a culture & belief(s) of their own.

KEJAWEN from the word JAWA (JAVA) : JAVANISM, is a Javanese spiritual knowledge in search of good & correct way of life, so the persons practicing the teaching correctly & wholeheartedly should find the spiritual way to true life (URIP SEJATI => URIP = Life, SEJATI = True ) achieving the harmonious relation between servant & God; in Javanese language well known as JUMBUHING KAWULO GUSTI (JUMBUH = a good, harmonious relation, KAWULA = servant, GUSTI = Lord, God). This is KASUNYATAN - The Reality, KEBATINAN from the word BATIN = innermost-Self, spiritual. KEBATINAN = spiritualism, generally understood as the spiritual teaching of belief in one God.

Some are of the opinion that KEJAWEN has a broader meaning than KEBATINAN, except kebatinan it consists, also of way of thinking, art, tradition, culture etc. The existence of KEJAWEN, in no way can be separated from the Javanese way of life & thinking, the nature & the tradition.