Abstract

To live in harmony with the others and nature is the way of life of the Buna’ people in Timor, Indonesia. Love each other is not only a philosophical or theological term for them. They practice it as a tradition. The root of this tradition of living in harmony is the object of our research done from 2005 to 2019, fourteen years. The Buna’ people is a local tribe, about 100,000 members live in the Island of Timor, Indonesia & the Democratic Repubblic of Timor. Here we present the result of our study that they live for centuries on the basis of their way of live: Nopil, Nawas, Nejel, Nimil, in English: desire, reason, instinct and conscience. We named this four aspects: ‘Bele Quadrant’ as four parts of human being. Keywords: ‘Bele Quadrant’, desire, reason, instinct, conscience. DOI: 10.7176/JPCR/48-01 Publication date: March 31 st 2020

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