Sacrifice for Happiness

A self that is connected to the networks for the strengthening of unity and public welfare is the moral message of Idul Adha for the sake of collective happiness.

KOMPAS/FAJAR RAMADHAN

Yudi Latif.

State ideology Pancasila’s first principle stipulates that the spirit of divine belief has a strong significance in the realization of collective benefits and happiness. Through an in-depth understanding, every religious teaching and ritual has a strong moral message on how mankind is lifted and social order is implemented.

We can take the religious path toward the implementation of a national vision by capturing the moral message of the haj nearing Idul Adha (Day of Sacrifice). Ali Shariati portrays the symbolic meaning of haj as a colossal drama of mankind’s simultaneous life movements: movements of returning and wandering. The former portrays mankind’s return from “the house of life” towards “the house of God” (a movement of faith). The latter portrays mankind’s wandering from “the house of God” toward “the house of life” (a movement of sacrifice).