Borobudur-shaped level terraces, which consists of six levels of a square, three levels of a circular and a main stupa as a peak. Also scattered in all levels-the levels some of the stupa.
Borobudur which clearly illustrates the ten-story school of Mahayana philosophy. like a book, Borobudur described ten levels of Bodhisattva who must pass to reach the perfection of the Buddha.
Kamadhatu symbolizes the foot of Borobudur, the world is still dominated by kama or "low desire". This section is mostly covered by a pile of stone that allegedly made to strengthen the construction of the temple. At the closed part of this additional structure there are 120 panels Karmawibhangga story. A small additional structure that is set aside so people can still see the relief in this section.
Four floors with wall relief on it by the experts called Rupadhatu. The floor is rectangular. Rupadhatu is a world that was able to break free from lust, but is still bound by the form and shape. This level represents the nature of that is, between the bottom and the nature of nature. In part this Rupadhatu Buddha statues found in the recesses of the wall above the ballustrade or hallway.
Starting the fifth to the seventh floor walls are not relief. This level is called Arupadhatu (which means no tangible form or not). Circular floor plan. This level represents the nature of, where people are free from all desires and bond forms and shapes, but have not reached nirvana. Buddha statues are placed in the stupa is covered with holes as in captivity. From outside the statues were still vaguely visible.
The highest level that describes the lack of form is represented in the form of the stupa of the largest and highest. Stupa described plain without the holes. In this largest stupa, believed there had been a statue depiction Adibuddha. The statue is thought to have come from the largest stupa is now placed in an archeological museum, a few hundred meters from the Borobudur temple. This statue is known as the unfinished Buddha.
In the past, several Buddha statues along with 30 stones with reliefs, two stone lions, some kala-shaped stone, stairs and gates are sent to the King of Thailand, Chulalongkorn who visited the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) in 1896 as a gift from the Dutch when it.
Borobudur has no worship spaces like other temples. That there are long hallways which is a narrow road. The hallways surrounding the walled temple level by level. In the halls of this is expected to conduct Buddhist ceremonies walk around the temple to the right. Shape of the building without room and terraced structure is believed to be the development of punden form terraces, which is a form of original architecture from prehistoric Indonesia.
Borobudur structure when viewed from above form a mandala structure.
Relief.
At every level carved reliefs on temple walls. These reliefs read according to the clockwise or called mapradaksina in Old Javanese language derived from Sanskrit meaning is daksina east. These reliefs variety of story content, among others, there are reliefs of the Hindu epic Ramayana. There are also reliefs Jataka stories.
Reading of the stories are always the starting relief, and ends on the east side of the gate on each level, starting on the left and right ends of the gate. So obviously that the east is the ladder up the real (main) and toward the top of the temple, it means that the temple facing the east while the other sides of similar right.
If we stand at the top of Borobudur temple and facing eastwards, first we see is the peak of Merapi
And if the point of view we are right from the top of the stupa straight to the east then can we draw straight lines are formed if we connect the three top of the temple, Borobudur, Pawon and Mendut.
Also unique formation of the Sun, the peak Pawon temple, mendut temple,and Borobudur temple
Since this is the path of the sun.
Borobudur on map
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