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|name= Gedong Bagus Oka
|image= Stamps of Indonesia, 060-04.jpg
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
|birth_date= {{birth date|1921|10|3}}
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|birth_name= Ni Wayan Gedong
|death_date= {{death date and age|2002|11|14|1921|10|3}}<ref>[http://www.balidiscovery.com/messages/message.asp?Id=1001 Ibu Gedong Bagoes Oka: 1921 – 2002 Bali Loses its Philosopher-Stateswoman]. balidiscovery.com. November 18, 2002</ref>
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|guru=
|honors= [[Parisada Hindu Dharma]]
|footnotes=
}}

'''Gedong Bagus Oka''' (October 3, 1921 – November 14, 2002) was a Hindu reformer and philosopher in [[Indonesia]]. She was one of the foremost authorities on [[Agama Hindu Dharma]] and started the ''[[Parisada Hindu Dharma|Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia]]'' movement in the 1980s.<ref>[http://www.tokohindonesia.com/ensiklopedi/g/gedong-bagus-oka/index.shtml] (Indonesian) – ENSIKLOPEDI TOKOH INDONESIA</ref> She was a recipient of the 1994  [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]].<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Award">{{cite web|url=http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/archives/1994/international/mrs-gedong-bagoes-oka |title=Jamnalal Bajaj Award |publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation |date=2015 |access-date=October 13, 2015 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Early life==
Gedong was born with the name Ni Wayan Gedong in [[Karangasem Regency|Karangasem]] as the daughter of the couple I Komang Layang and Ni Komang Pupuh, a member of the village council. Unlike most females at the time, the young Gedong was given the freedom by her parents to undertake all of her wishes. She was allowed to go to school. So she went to study in [[Yogyakarta]] and [[Jakarta]].

At school in Yogyakarta, she had the liberty to study Christianity. Her understanding about Christianity and her birth in the Hindu tradition caused her to befriend [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. They discussed Christian and Hindu philosophy.<ref>Ramstedt, Martin (2000) [http://www.iias.nl/iiasn/23/theme/23T5.html Gedong Bagoes Oka]. IIAS Newsletter.</ref>

The understanding about these two religions made her a follower of Hindu spirit, that is ''[[ahimsa|{{IAST|ahiṁsā}}]]'' (non violence) and ''[[satya]]'' (truth).

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.balidiscovery.com/messages/message.asp?Id=1001 Bali discovery]
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[[Category:Balinese people]]
[[Category:20th-century Hindu philosophers and theologians]]
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[[Category:Hindu reformers]]


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