With its innumerable stone reliefs, its stupas and masterly statues of Buddha, Borobudur is the greatest example of Indonesian religious art. The site was probably abandoned in the fifteenth century ...
It is known as Borobudur among the local people. The base is a 1200 square meter terrace, topped with six tiers. The walls are adorned with numerous Buddha reliefs. The total length of the galleries ...
I'm at Borobudur, one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world, and the huge, square, terraced pyramid in front of me, is nothing less than the Buddhist view of the cosmos, in stone.
The Abhay mudra is also linked to Buddha, and many believe that he was one of the first people to be depicted in this gesture. According to tradition, the Buddha first used this gesture after ...
Borobudur Temple is a relic of the Ancient ... level of the round terrace with rows of bell-shaped stupas containing a Buddha figure symbolizing Arupadhatu, the realm of the formless.
They walked a distance of about 80km from the Buddha Jayanti Wungkal Kasap Temple in Semarang to the Borobudur Temple Complex in Magelang, just an hour’s drive from Yogyakarta. For the bhikkhus ...
I'm at Borobudur, one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world, and the huge, square, terraced pyramid in front of me, is nothing less than the Buddhist view of the cosmos, in stone.