Subud

English

Etymology

Contraction of Javanese susila budhi dharma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʊbʊd/

Proper noun

Subud

1. An international spiritual movement that began in Indonesia in the 1920s.
   • 1997, Antoon Geels, Subud and the Javanese Mystical Tradition, Curzon, →ISBN, page 131:

     In 1970 the American scholar Jacob Needleman, in his book The New Religions, could write that Subud is the most widespread of all the new teachings, being spread in more than 60 countries throughout the world.

Further reading

• Subud on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Susila Budhi Dharma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia