Suluk Jebeng english version

Suluk Jebeng

 Written in song Dhandhanggula and begins with the discussion of the human form as a vicegerent of God on earth, and created man bahawasanya resemble His image (mehjumbh dinulu). The essence of the true self this must be known in order behavior and actions of a person in the world perubuatan reflect the truth. Unity with God is likened to the echo with the sound. Man must know suksma (spirit) inside his body. Spirit in the body as an invisible flame. That seems just coals, light, flame, heat and smoke. Linked to form a hidden spirit, the appearance and disappearance is not readily known. Sunan Bonang said:

    The highlight of the perfect science
    As the fire raged
    Only embers and flames
    Just a flash of light
    Only visible smoke
    Ketauilah form before the fire burning
    And after the fire extinguished
    Since the store was filled secret
    Are there any words that can be said?
    Do not elevate themselves beyond measure
    Take refuge in Him alone
    Find out, in fact the body is the soul
    Do not ask
    Do not worship the prophets and saints
    Do not confess the Lord
    Do not think there is but there is
    Should silent
    Do not get shaken
    By confusion
    Achieving perfect
    Like a person who is asleep
    With a woman, when sex
    They sank in the fun, complacent
    Lost in lust
    My son, take
    And understand it well
    Science is indeed difficult to digest

The only Sunan Bonang prose can be identified up to now is Pitutur Seh Bari. One of the manuscripts containing the text of Sunan Bonang's prose is MS Leiden Cod. Or. 1928. The manuscript text has been transliterated into Latin script and translated into Dutch by Schrieke in his doctoral dissertation Het Boek van Bonang (1911). Hoesein Djajadiningrat also examine and review it in his "History of Critische Beschouwing van de Banten" (1913). Last manuscript text transliterated and edited by Drewes, in his book The Admonotions of Seh Bari (1978), along with reviews and translations in English.
This book was written in the form of a dialogue or question-and-answer between a prosecutor science mysticism, Syaful Rijal, and his teacher Sheikh Bari. Name Syaiful Rijal, which means a sharp sword, usually used as a nickname to a student who diligently studied Sufism (al-Attas 1972). Maybe this is the name for Sunan Bonang yourself when being a prosecutor science mysticism. Shaykh Bari is a teacher allegedly Sunan Bonang in Pasai and comes from Bar, Khurasan, Persia East Power (Drewes 1968:12). In general Sufism raised close to the teachings of the two great figures of Persian Sufi, Imam al-Ghazali (d. 1111 CE) and Jalaluddin al-Rumi (1207-1273 AD). The names of other experts of Persian Sufism is called a Sufi Shaykh (may Harith al-Muhasibi), Nuri (may Hasan al-Nuri) and Jaddin (maybe Junaid al-Baghdadi). Teachings three characters are the main source of the teachings of Imam al-Ghazali (al-Taftazani 1985:6). Terms used in this book, that "science wirasaning mysticism" (soul or essence of Sufism) recalls the statement of Imam al-Ghazali that Sufism is the soul of the religious sciences.