Subud

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/ˈsʊbʊd/

proper noun

An international spiritual movement that began in Indonesia in the 1920s.

OriginJavanese susila budhi dharma →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An international spiritual movement that began in Indonesia in the 1920s.

    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.

    1997, Antoon Geels, Subud and the Javanese Mystical Tradition, Curzon, →ISBN, page 131

Origin

  1. Javanesesusila budhi dharma
  2. EnglishSubud

Contraction of Javanese susila budhi dharma.

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APA

Subud. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Subud

MLA

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Chicago

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