PEMAKNAAN KONSEP DIRI DALAM SYAIR LAGU CIPTAAN BHIKKHU GIRIRAKKHITO - ANALISIS SEMIOTIKA PADA SYAIR LAGU DI ALBUM SENANDUNG SANUBARI
Buddhism has a distinctive self-concept. Through Buddhist Song Lyrics, the Venerable Girirakkhito expressly and implicitly gives signs and signifiers to declare and interpret the Buddhist self-concept. This study aims to describe: signature and self-concept found in the song lyrics created by Bhikkhu Girirakkhito in the album Senandung Sanubari as well as interpret the thoughts of the creator of the song in understanding the self-concept. This article is arranged using interpretive methods of language style with semiotic studies based on Saussure, Barthes, and Pierce's theories. Data validity using data source triangulation techniques, and Rahcmat Kriyantono's theory. Technique of data collecting is technique of recalled and recorded with interview (tech skill with informant). The result can be concluded: (1) the self-concept marker in this research is a word, sentence, or verse of the song; (2) the hallmark of the self-concept is the thought of the self-consciousness that undergoes change, unsatisfactory, and without the core of the self; (3) the creator of the song defines itself in the effort of self-awareness toward the ideal self-concept of attaining Buddhahood.