A very brief summary of the Surat Centhini

A very brief summary of the Surat Centhini

The Serat Centhini dwells on the three children of Sunan Giri: Jayengresmi, Jayengsari and Rancangkapti. Fleeing the Sultan Agung's troops led by Raden Pekik, who burn down their house, the three siblings become separated and as a fugitive, Jayengresmi studies ma'rifat, the highest knowledge of mysticism, and starts to call himself Syekh Amongraga.

The siblings make new friends and learn a lot from their experiences on the road. Some of these experiences related to Amongraga's delinquency, are told in the first book, Forty Nights and One of Rain.

Finally, Amongrage gets married to Tembangraras, the daughter of an Islamic cleric, Ki Permana.

Forty days after their wedding day, the couple has not yet had sex although they stayed completely naked in their bridal bedroom. All this time, Amongraga continued to teach his wife the "essence of love." --The Jakarta Post