It was not my usual Sunday morning: woke up late in the afternoon, lay on the bed whole day binge-watching Netflix nor did some afternoon jogging (liar). That day, I had to wake up so early which by my standard is not to sleep again after Subuh prayer (definitely a bad habit, promise to work on that this year). On the previous weeks before, I got a project to be the part of video crew for an annual meeting event at the office. We had thoroughly planned how the story line would be and one of it was a scene in the morning at Pura Parahayangan Jagat Guru. The one that’s located in BSD vast neighborhood.
Took me only 10min to go there since there was no traffic at that early time. Arriving there, I hardly saw many people, only my fellow crews for the video project. But the one that startled me was the calmness from the Pura complex. It was not big, but the place could warm one’s heart despite the cold morning that day. We were welcomed by the huge facade of Pura that’s adorned with statues. The moment I entered it I was trapped in tranquility.
I don’t know much about Pura as I’m not able to compare one to another, but on Pura Parahyangan Jagat Guru we had to remove our shoes and be barefooted. It was no marble nor wooden floor which we found a lot on mosques. The floor is built from stone and mowed grass. Trees are let grow around the place, and small fountains are built in the corners. If you close your eyes you can feel the morning sun baths on your skin, hear the dripping water from the fountain and smell the freshly cut grass. What I can imagine when people pray there is the state that they are one with the nature.
For me, it’s truly serene and beautiful. The very idea why we should celebrate differences between us be it our tribes, languages or religions. At the end, none of us means no harm to one another.
-R
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