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Posted by abdul on November 7, 2006, 9:19 pm, in reply to "Traditional Pencak Silat Cimande Girang Walisongo" Bantenese and tari kolot tradition, , maintains and considers Maulana Hasanuddin, not his father Sunan Gunung Jati, as Banten's first Muslim ruler and founder of Pencak Silat Cimande Girang.. Present practitioners of the invulnerability technique debus, , also claim that their secret knowledge derives from Maulana Hasanuddin,the founder of not only Pencak Silat Cimande and Debus but also Banten's Royal dynasty. Debus is just one instance of tarekat-related techniques being transposed to a different context of meaning and put to a different set of purposes; one may find numerous other instances in Indonesia The fame of Banten's spirituality has made some of the debus teachers and practitioners also popular as healers, called upon to set broken bones or to massage away physical pain but especially to cure diseases or other complaints believed to be caused by magic or evil spirits. Guru Besar Haji Dumyati(past) and Guru Besar Haji Aos Suganda(present) Grandmasters Guru Haji Pak Muhammad Ariffin Mang Ipin his family has a sound lineage/genealogy and a healthy appreciation practice and mastery of original walisongo silat and traditional healing arts which he chose over debus practice . his grandparents having being respected masters and veterans of the oldest silat of west java the most honored and reputed pencak silat cimande tari kolot girang pusaka karahun walisongo , his grandmother specialized in the rare gynecological healing aspects of silat cimande , whom was highly respected for her high level of skill and very much adored for her compassion. This rich tradition of practice and mastery of silat and its related healing arts and esoteric mystical traditions within his family inspired and motivated Guru Haji Pak Muhammad Ariffin Mang Ipin at that time in his youth with the advise and blessings of his family to seek out the then Guru besar in Tari kolot in Cimande village to further refine his studies and broaden his horizons and acquire a true understanding of his family pusaka karahun heritage. As for the meaning of "Tari Kolot": The word "tari" in Sundanese has a different meaning than in Bahasa Indonesia - in Sundanese it means something like " (vanished) garden", "a place where once a garden was" , the actual meaning of "Tari Kolot" is something like "old (vanished) garden". Guru Haji Pak Muhammad Ariffin Mang Ipin was very blessed and extremely fortunate to have met and been accepted as a closed door disciple of the late Guru Besar (grandmaster) and cimande village elder Haji Dumyati he studied assiduously everyday while leaving with his guru daily for just under a decade until his demise into the devine presence! He then continued and completed his studies of original silat cimande under the current de facto Guru besar Haji Aos Suganda the late grandmasters son as per the late grandmasters wish this humble attitude and sincere practice Resulted in him a profound realizations and complete holistic understanding and comprehension of the truths inherent in true silat cimande and the refinement of both the combative and healing / spiritual dimensions and other aspects of this noble art, and attained his khatam in the art after almost nearly 3 decades of learning , this highlights the fact to readers and prospective students to remain cautious of others whom state otherwise that in essence learning true silat can take a lifetime and not just a matter of weeks or months as some have stated and claimed regardless of there talent or quick learning abilities of those whom claim to have done so it would seem logically and practically impossible and improbable.!
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Maulana Sultan Hassanudin walisongo
Sunan Gunung Jati, took his son, Maulana Hasanuddin, on a miraculous journey to Mecca to perform the hajj. After performing the rites of the pilgrimage they go on to Medina to pay their respects to the Prophet's shrine, and it is here that Maulana Hasanuddin receives an initiation in the Naqshbandiyya tarekat.Sultan Hasanuddin before controlling this Banten area did tapa in places that uptil now it was considered as the cosmic centre in Banten, namely the Pulosari Mountain, the Coral Mountain and the Panaitan Island before him departed for Mekkah to do the pilgrim's religious duties. Sultan Hasanuddin was taught the Knowledge of the Sufis, Perfect Knowledge. He made the vow of allegiance to his shaikh (bai`at), was given the silsila and the litanies (wird) of the Naqshbandiyya, received formal instruction (talqîn) in its dhikr and other spiritual exercises (sughul, Arabic shughl, "work"), and finally received the Sufi cloak (khirqa), symbolising his embarking upon the Sufi path. one can only receive instruction in these practices (talqîn) from an authorised teacher of the tarekat, and only after pledging a vow of obedience (bai`at) to this shaikh. The shaikh gives his disciples permission (ijâza) to practice the tarekat; he may also authorise one or more of them to teach it to others, i.e. appoint them as his khalîfa. In this way a hierarchically ordered network of teachers may emerge. Each shaikh can show a chain of authorities for the tarekat he teaches, his silsila or spiritual genealogy. Usually the silsila reaches back from one's own teacher up to the Prophet, with whom all tarekats claim to have originated although there have been modifications along the way. A Sufi's silsila is his badge of identity and source of legitimation; it provides him with a list of illustrious predecessors and shows how he is related to other Sufis.The Naqshbandiyya was known, and enjoyed prestige, in Banten court circles. The association with Medina rather than Mecca is correct, and gives a cue as to when the Naqshbandiyya became known in Banten. In the 17th century, Medina was a major centre for this brotherhood. Maulana Hasanuddin's affiliation with it is therefore honorable, serving to strengthen the religious foundation of his dynasty. The tarekat appears here as a form of secret mystical Knowledge (and probably a source of power, kasektèn) possessed, by the ruling dynasty.
