The Balinese philosophy of Tri Hita Karana may be able to encourage the G20 Summit participants to forge joint agreements to resolve global challenges, the President’s special staff coordinator Ari Dwipayana has said.
“The philosophy of Tri Hita Karana includes a harmonious relationship between humans and their God, fellow humans, as well as the environment to achieve happiness,” he observed here on Thursday.
The official, along with Jean Couteau — a French anthropologist who has lived in Bali since 1975 — stressed the importance of introducing the philosophy during the implementation of the G20 Summit so that the meeting can provide concrete solutions to global problems, such as conflicts, economic crisis, hunger, socioeconomic inequality, and climate change.
Dwipayana said that the international conflicts being witnessed currently are problems of inharmonious interhuman relations.
Furthermore, climate change can be deemed the result of the problematic relationship between humans and nature. Currently, global warming has raised sea levels and affected marine life forms.
“The G20 Summit meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali (province), is a momentum to introduce the Balinese philosophy, which always maintains a harmonious relationship between humans and humans, humans and nature, and humans and God,” Dwipayana, who is also the chairperson of Kauhan Ubud Temple Foundation, remarked.
He said he expects that by introducing the Tri Hita Karana philosophy at the summit, the heads of state of G20 nations will strive to maintain the harmony of the three relationships.
“The heads of state need to stop wars and rivalries, which end up destroying the world and its people. It must be prevented,” he stressed.
Meanwhile, Couteau noted that there are a number of Balinese values that need to be invoked at the G20 Summit.
“Balinese people prioritize harmony and agreements, rather than differences. It is important for the G20 meeting (which is being hosted) in the midst of a tense global situation to jointly put aside differences as well as emphasize harmony and agreements,” he said.
The G20 Summit – which will be held on November 15 and 16, 2022 — must absorb the values and philosophies of the Balinese people to reach solutions and agreements to tackle the world economic crisis and climate change, which is threatening mankind, he added.
Source: Antara News