Prince Madrais Alibasa Manuscript No. 48B

The manuscript No.48B is written in a notebook with blue cover. The size is 21 x 16.5 cm. The condition of paper is brittle and yellowing. The writing is still readable. In this manuscript, Prince Madrais explain his teachings. This life is like a sailing ship. If we do not know to where ship’s wheel is directed, we will get lost. In human beings, the wheels are in ears, mouth and buttocks, whereas the main mast are in nose and breathe. The driving force is cultivating the lust of humans’ behavior from eyes and ears. The lust reveals from desire of body. Madrais opened the secret of sky and earth which started from the beginning of life when the spirits to seize Ilmu Buda Prawa. That is the knowledge about world, life and the power of good and bad. He said that it was only Cigugur teachings which could return all to God’s decreeThe balance of nature and human must be maintaned. Many people were not brave to do it independently. It caused him struggle by himself fight in prang alah. He was willing to that because of a promise so he would have held all the effects including the death.

Extent and format of original material: File 48B: 68 pages of notebook.

Owner(s) of original material: Prince Djatikusumah, Ratna Gumilang Damiasih.

Author/Scribe: Prince Madrais Sadewa Alibassa Kusuma Wijayaningrat.

The material is written in Cacarakan (Sundanese-Javanese) script.