84 Ngaben Conception In Lontar Siwa Tattwa Purana By: I Nyoman Kiriana Institut Hindu Dharma Negeri Denpasar E-mail: kiriana@ihdn.ac.id Received: August 20, 2017 Accepted: September 15, 2017 Published: October 30, 2017 Abstact Generally, in most traditions every birth and death will be made a ritual. The implementation of these rituals will usually be adapted to the local culture. Thus in the implementation order will vary, but the substance is the same. In the tradition of the Hindu community in Bali, if there are people who died will be made Ngaben ceremony, as a form of respectful and responsibility. In the implementation of this Ngaben ceremony will always be guided by the sacred books and will be adapted to the local tradition. One of the sacred books guided in Ngaben’s ceremony is Lontar Siva Tattwa Purana. In this Lontar explained that Ngaben ceremony is an obligation of his descendants as one of the payment of Rna (debt) to his ancestors. In practice it, must be adjusted to the level of ability of his or her generation for all harmony. Further , will be explained the procedure of Ngaben ceremony in this Lontar start from the beginning to the end. Keywords: Tradition, Ngaben, Lontar Siwa Tattwa Purana. Vol. 1 No. 2 October 2017 I. Introduction Traditionally, almost all religions in the world believe that the universe and its contents are created by God. All that is created will return to it, because the most certain of this life is death. Generally in most of the religions, when someone is death will be made a ritual in according to the tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation. In various traditions related to the corpse there are some of them in the grave and some are burned. In the beliefs of the Abraham religions (Jews, Christians and Muslims), most of the corpses were in the grave, but in Hinduism the corpses were generally burned. The burning of the body in Hinduism is mainly equipped with various means of banten which has its own meaning and function. Implementation of the process of the corpse in Hinduism in Bali will be always referring to the traditions and the Ngaben Conception In Lontar Siwa Tattwa Purana | I Nyoman Kiriana