Bhinneka Tunggal Ika is the motto or slogan Indonesia. This phrase comes from the Old Javanese language and is often translated with the phrase "Different but still one". This sentence is a quotation from a Javanese version of kakawin Sutasoma, essays Mpu Tantular during the Majapahit kingdom around the 14th century. Kakawin was special because it teaches tolerance between Hindus Shiva with Buddhists. This quotation comes from Canto 139, verse 5.
This is a complete stanza like the following:
- Rwāneka dhātu winuwus Buddha Wiswa
- Bhinnêki rakwa ring apan kena parwanosen
- Mangka ng Jinatwa kalawan Śiwatatwa tunggal
- Bhinnêka tunggal ika tan hana dharma mangrwa
Translation:
- It is said that Buddha and Shiva are two different substances
- They are different, but how is it possible to recognize
- Because the truth of Jina (Buddha) and Shiva is one
- Split it, but one step that was. There is no confusion in the truth
Bhinneka Tunggal Ika is the motto or slogan Indonesia. This phrase comes from the Old Javanese language and is often translated with the phrase "Different but still one". This sentence is a quotation from a Javanese version of kakawin Sutasoma, essays Mpu Tantular during the Majapahit kingdom around the 14th century. Kakawin was special because it teaches tolerance between Hindus Shiva with Buddhists. This quotation comes from Canto 139, verse 5.
This is a complete stanza like the following:
- Rwāneka dhātu winuwus Buddha Wiswa
- Bhinnêki rakwa ring apan kena parwanosen
- Mangka ng Jinatwa kalawan Śiwatatwa tunggal
- Bhinnêka tunggal ika tan hana dharma mangrwa
Translation:
- It is said that Buddha and Shiva are two different substances
- They are different, but how is it possible to recognize
- For the truth of Jina (Buddha) and Shiva is one
- Different but still one also, no ambiguous legal
