Buddha statue
Borobudur
temple is located in Borobudur, Magelang
Regency, and Central Java Province. Borobudur is the biggest Buddhist temple in
Indonesia. Borobudur Temple was built by using / – 55,000 m3 of rock. This
building height is 42m, with a base width of 123 m. It is upright and sturdy
mount to the sky and part of the history of 12th-century-old. When exactly
Borobudur was founded is not known with certainty. The absence of written
evidence caused the full darkness of Borobudur. Determination of age was
conducted by observing the basic pattern and carved temple-style carvings,
showing pattern of Central Java at 8 BC.
The
name of Borobudur itself according to some people means a mountain terraces
(budhara), while the other says that Borobudur means monastery on the high
places. Borobudur has punden berundak shape which consists of 10 levels.
Its height was 42 meters before being renovated and 34.5 meters after the
renovation, because the lowest level was used as guard. Six lowest level and
square in the upper three floors and a circular highest level of Buddhist are
facing to the west. Each level represents the stage of human life. Accordance
to Buddha Mahayana, anyone who wants to reach the level of Buddha must go
through each of those life stages the base of Borobudur temple, called
Kamadhatu, and is symbolizing human beings that are still bound by lust. Four
levels mentioned above represents Rupadhatu humans who have set themselves free
from lust but still tied to appearance and shape. At these levels, a statue of
Buddha placed in open space. Meanwhile, three levels above where the Buddhist
stupa placed in the holes is called Arupadhatu, symbolizing human beings that
have been freed from lust, appearance, and shape. The top level is called Arupa
symbolizes nirvana, where Buddha is residing.
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