History of Borobudur
Borobudur is the largets Buddhist temple in the world, was built by Sailendra Dynasty on 780-840 AD. Borobudur was built as a place of worship and pilgrimage for the Buddhists. This temple contains instruction and guidance for humans to stay away from worldly passions and going towards wisdom and enlightment, according to Buddha. This relic was discovered by British Forces lead by Sir Thomas Stanford Raffles on 1814. The whole temple area was completely cleaned up on 1835.
Borobudur Temple was built with “Mandala” style which reflects the universe in Buddhist beliefs. The structure is a box-shaped building with four entrances and a circular center point. Borobudur is divided into two realm, the worldly realm which is then divided into three zones on the outside and the Nirvana realm at the center. The three realms are called Kamadhatu which is the world today, Rupadhatu is a transitional realm where humans are free from worldly affairs, and finally Arupadhatu which is the highest realm as the house of God.
The Kamadhatu and Arupadhatu zones are decorated with thousands of reliefs depicting human life now and human life that has been freed from world affairs. While Arupadhatu does not have any relief or ornament that depicts the highest purity, the resurrection of man from the world.
Testimonials
Still as stunning
Did sunrise in my last trip, this time, we decided to do sunset. First of all, it’s way more pleasant as there’s less crowd. Second, it gets so much cooler with the evening breeze. Third, the photographic experience is so rewarding. Key is to get tickets before the place officially closes at 4. We weren’t… aware of the process but got in by other more convulated means. Security starts to bounce the day ticket holders out at 5 and we started to enjoy the sun setting. The only downside is, place is teeming with folks doing the high speed clockwise walk, shooing people out of their way. Read more “Still as stunning”
