THE SIGNIFICANCE OF NYEPI DAY
         ( Balinese Hindu Silent Day )
The Nyepi feast day is a marked by undertaking 'Brata Nyepi' (brata penyepian) that meaning abstinence during the Nyepi.The Balinese enter a serene moment, perfectly silent. As mentioned in the palm-leaf manuscript Sundarigama, devotees should perform the abstinence consisting of amati gni ( lighting no fire ), amati karya ( no working ), amati lelungan ( no traveling ), and amati lelanguan ( no relishing any entertainment). Since they concentrate on those abstinences, Bali island automatically turn totally silent, just like an uninhabited island. In the evening, it's absolutely dark. Similarly, it's ambience is so quite and pollution free.
Essentially, amatigni denotes a guidance to empty out the emotion by controlling the passion of sense of taught in the Sarasamusccaya . " As matters of fact, senses are assumes a heaven or hell, if one is capable of controlling it, it's called heaven and if she or he is not, it's just like a hell ".
Mean while, the amati karya or doing no activities primarily means guidance for self introspection, contemplation towards all deeds performing during the last year. Everybody should consider, separate or determine the bad and good of a deed, as whatever deed one performs will surely bear an effect, it will be lucky if the proceeds are good and could make the people prosperous. The Sarasamuccaya also remind us that one will be renowned as descendant with noble character in terms of the proceeds on his or her work for the sake of public interest, not of what he or she has taken from nature just for self interest.
Amati lelungan and amati lelanguan also make people aware in order they are not easily tempted by hedonistic life style.Qualities like unserious, extravagant, and jealous of seeing others progress and self satisfaction should be avoided, as it's contradictory to the miserable condition of countries all over the world.