Rabu, 10 Juni 2009

Borobudur Temple

Borobudur temple is located in Magelang, Central Java, about 40 km from Yogyakarta. Borobudur has 10 levels and consists of 6 square-shaped levels, 3 levels of circular-shaped coil and a stupa as a main peak. At every level there are some stupa. 72 stupa there is a whole other than the main stupa. In each there is a statue of a Buddhist stupa. Ten levels of Buddhist philosophy which describes the ten Bodhisattva levels should be to achieve perfection in a Buddhist Nirwana. This perfection symbolized by the main stupa at the top level. Borobudur structure when viewed from above form the structure of the mandala that Buddhist cosmology and describes the way people think.

On the fourth side there is a temple gate and a ladder to the level above it like a pyramid. This describes the Buddhist philosophy that is all life comes from the stones. The stone became sand, and a plant, and insects to be, and then become wild animals, and pets, and became the last man. This process is known as reincarnation. The process is to become the last of the soul and eventually into Nirwana. Each stage in the process of enlightenment of life is based on Buddhist philosophy and is depicted on the relief sculpture on the whole temple of Borobudur.
This giant building is only a giant pile of stone blocks that have a height of 42 meters total. Each stone through without using cement or adhesive. Stones is only based on the pattern and through stacked. The bottom of the Borobudur temple measuring 118 m around each of the side. Stones used as approximately 55,000 cubic meters. All stone is taken from rivers around the Borobudur Temple. These stones cut and transported ago through a pattern such as a game release. All without using glue or cement.

Meanwhile, relief began to be made after the stones are stacked and finished to. Relief is available on the temple walls. Borobudur Temple in 2670 has a different relief. Relief is read clockwise direction round. This relief depicts a story of how it begins and ends at the gate in the east. This shows that the main gate to the east of the Borobudur temple as generally other Buddhist.

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