PENERAPAN PITRA PUJA BENTUK KASIH SAYANG KEPADA ORANG TUA DAN LANSIA

Abstract

A child is a very valuable gift for every parent. In a happy marriage, the presence of a child, whether a boy or a girl, is always awaited with great hope. Parents have the desire to have children not only as successors to the family's ideals and hopes, but also as someone who will look after and care for them in old age, especially when they begin to face declining health conditions. This hope is one of the important goals in family life. However, these expectations are not always in line with reality. Often, changes in attitudes and values ​​that occur in society or when a child starts a family can cause them to start distancing themselves from their parents. As time goes by, relationships that should be warm and close instead become strained, with children increasingly neglecting their responsibilities towards their parents. Because of this, it is important to provide understanding regarding the teachings of applying Pitra Puja to parents and the elderly. Various methods can be used to foster and remind the teachings of Hinduism, especially the teachings of pitra puja, which is in line with the concept of shubakti to parents, one of which is through Dharmawacana activitie