Title:
THE SRADHA BHAKTI VALUES AS THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE CHARACTER OF THE HINDU YOUNG GENERATION IN LAMPUNG

Authors:
I Made Sucipta, Ida Ayu Gde Yadnyawati and Ni Made Indiani, Indonesia

Abstract:
From 1956 to 2021 the Balinese people in Lampung Province were highly adapted to the Ethnic group, Religion, Tradition and Culture that the local people belong to. It is necessary to instill the shrada bhakti values in such a very dynamic social life as an effort to strengthen the character of theyoung Hindu generation in Lampung. Shrada Bhakti refers to the manifestation, obedience and surrender with sincerity and love to the lmighty God and His creations. The sradha bhakti values in Hindu religious education is based on the emphasis reflected in Panca Sradha (the five beliefs of Hindus). They are (1) the belief in Brahman (God); (2) the belief in Atman (the soul); (3) the belief in the Karma Phala (the law of cause and effect); (4) the belief in Punarbhawa (reincarnation); and (5) the belief in Moksa (the union of the human soul with God. The problems of the current study are as follows: 1) why the shrada bhakti values are instilled to form the character of the Hindu young generation in Lampung; 2) how are the Sharada Bahkti values instilled to strengthen the character of the Hindu young generation in Lampung; 3) what are the implications of instilling the shrada bhakti values to strengthen the character of the Hindu young people on their knowledge, attitude, and behavior? The theories used to answer the problems of the study are the theory of symbolic interactionism proposed by George Herbert Mead; the theory of social interaction proposed by Jonathan H. Turner; and the theory of constructivism proposed by Vygotsky. The current study applies the qualitative research method. The results of the study show that 1) it is very necessary to instill the shrada bhakti values to strengthen the character of the Hindu young generation in Lampung; 2) The shrada bhakti values as the enhancement of the character of the Hindu young generation are instilled through the panca yadnya rituals, dharma wacana, dharma swaka, dharma tula, formal and non-formal pasraman; 3) the Hindu young generation feels confident to perform the Hindu three frameworks; rituals, morality, and philosophy. The shrada bhakti values instilled to strengthen the character of the Hindu young generation in Lampung in order to avoid the conflict as that occured before are analyzed using the theory of symbolic interactionism proposed by Mead, the theory of social interaction proposed by Turner, and the constructive theory proposed by Vygotsky.