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The Supreme Council for the Confucian Religion in Indonesia (Indonesian: Majelis Tinggi Agama Konghucu Indonesia, MATAKIN; Chinese: 印尼孔教總會; pinyin: yìnní kǒngjiào zǒnghuì) is a Confucian church established in 1955 in Indonesia, comprising the communities of practitioners of Confucianism mostly among Chinese Indonesians.
Chinese folk religion, also named Shenism, was the indigenous religion of the Han Chinese.Its focus is the worship of the shen (神 "expressions", "gods"), that are the generative powers of nature, also including, in the human sphere, ancestors and progenitors of families or lineages, and divine heroes that made a significant imprinting in the history of the Chinese civilisation.
Temple of Confucius of Jiangyin, Wuxi, Jiangsu.This is a wenmiao (文庙), a temple where Confucius is worshipped as Wendi, "God of Culture" (文帝). Gates of the wenmiao of Datong, Shanxi
According to Caldarola, kepercayaan "is not an apt characterization of what the mystical groups have in common". [2] The US State Department's states: . Sizeable populations in Java, Kalimantan, and Papua practice animism and other types of traditional belief systems termed "Aliran Kepercayaan."
All practitioners of Agama Hindu Dharma share many common beliefs, mostly the Five Points of Philosophy, the Panca Srada. These include the belief in one Almighty God ( Brahman ), belief in the souls and myriad of local and ancestral spirits and karma or the belief in the law of reciprocal actions, rather than belief in cycles of rebirth and ...
Sanghyang Adi Buddha is a concept of God in Indonesian Buddhism.This term was used by Ashin Jinarakkhita at the time of Buddhist revival in Indonesia in the mid-20th century to reconcile the first principle of the official philosophical foundation of Indonesia (), i.e. Ketuhanan Yang Maha Esa (lit.
Wali Songo (Javanese: ꦮꦭꦶꦱꦔ, lit. 'Nine Saints'), also transcribed as Wali Sanga, are revered saints of Islam in Indonesia, especially on the island of Java, because of their historic role in the spread of Islam in Indonesia.
Buddhism is the second oldest outside religion in Indonesia after Hinduism, which arrived from India around the second century. [4] The history of Buddhism in Indonesia is closely related to the history of Hinduism, as a number of empires influenced by Indian culture were established around the same period.