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Term and Doctrine Source of THK

The term THK (tri hita karana) was actually triggered around 1966 within the activity of Badan Perjuangan Umat Hindu Bali (Balinese Hindu’s Struggling Board). This board was later on known as Prajaniti Hindu Indonesia, which officially established in 1968. Through this organization, later on Prof. Dr. I Wayan Mertha Suteja introduced the three causes of happiness in life, which are Widi (God), manusa (human), and bhuwana (nature/earth).

Even though this term newly introduced, the basic concept of THK had cited within the Holy Book Bhagawad Gita (III.10), mentioned that yadnya (sacrifice) is the basic relationship of God Almighty (Praja Pati), human (praja), and nature (kamadhuk). THK within this affiliation can be mentioned as life’s attitude which balanced between devoted to God, honoring human being, and preserving nature’s welfare based on yadnya. In other word, human as social being can reach the happiness within physical and inner life, if they able to create a harmonic relation with God, among human being, and nature within intact unanimity based on yadnya.
Within the seminar about desa adat (custom traditional village) at Faculty of Law Udayana University in 1969, I Gusti Ketut Kaler formulated THK with the formula parhyangan, pawongan, palemahan. These formulas then reflected into penyuratan awig-awig (the writing of custom village’s rules) which contains with three major things, which are Sukerta Tata Agama, Sukerta Tata Pawongan lan Sukerta Tata Palemahan (application of religion doctrine, social life arrangement, and space division). These three regulations was directed to support the THK application concept at the desa adat (traditional village), which now named as desa pakraman (Bali Travel News, March 26 – April 8, 2004).
So, the THK doctrine resource is Veda and Susastra (Hindu), such as, Bhagavad Gita (III: 10) that mentioned before, which keenly said ‘Saha-yajnah Parajah Srstwa puro’waca Prajatih, anena prasawisyadwam esa wo’stwsta kamadhuk’ (When God creates human based on yadnya/sacrifice and said, “You, human being, with yadnya you can breed and the earth becomes your milky cow). The term ‘milky cow’ doesn’t to legalize human in exploiting or destruct the nature just for individual/group needs. Sloka (verse) of Bhagavad Gita signaled that human is allowed to cut the tree or slaughtering the animal based on yadnya (offering/holy sacrifice).
Explicitly said that even though it sourced from Hindus doctrine, THK is universally characterized which basically accurate for entire society, even for any religions (Ahimsa-Putra, 1999; Arif, 1999; in Windia, 2002). (BTN/B. Ashrama)