My Beautiful Borobudur

Who does not know Borobudur ? This Buddhist temple has 1460 relief panels and 504 Buddha effigies in its complex . Millions of people longing to visit the buildings included in this World Wonder Heritages . Not surprisingly , since architecturally and functionally, as a place of worship , Borobudur is attractive. Borobudur was built by King Samaratungga , one of the king of the ancient Mataram kingdom , the descendants Dynasty dynasty . Based Kayumwungan inscription , an Indonesian named Hudaya Kandahjaya revealed that Borobudur is a place of worship that was completed on 26 May 824 , almost one hundred years since the early days was built . The name of Borobudur , as some people means a mountain having terraces ( budhara ) , while the other says that Borobudur means monastery on the high place . Punden Borobudur -shaped building consists of 10 levels . Height 42 meters before it was renovated and 34.5 meters after the renovation because the lowest level was used as supporting . Six lowest level of a square and three levels on top of a circle and the highest level of Buddhist stupa facing to the west . Each level represents the stages of human life . Appropriate school of Mahayana Buddhism , every person who wants to reach the level of the Buddha must through every level of the life . The base of Borobudur , called Kamadhatu , symbolizing human beings that are still bound by lust . Four levels above referred Rupadhatu symbolizes man who had to break free from lust but still bound manner and form . At these levels , statues of Buddha placed open . While , three levels above where the Buddhist stupas are laid in holes called Arupadhatu , symbolizing man who has been free from lust, appearance , and shape . The top part is called Arupa symbolizes nirvana , where Buddha is residing . Each terrace has beautiful relief panels showing how skillful . Relief that will be read coherently when you walk in a clockwise direction ( towards the left of the entrance of the temple ) . On the reliefs of Borobudur tells of a legendary story , the Ramayana . In addition , there are relief panels describing the condition of society at that time . For example , relief of farmers' activity reflecting the advance of agriculture system and relief of sailing boat representing the advance of the cruise that was based in Bergotta ( Semarang ) . All relief panels in Borobudur temple reflect Buddha's teachings . Hence , this temple functions as educating the media for people who want to learn Buddhism . YogYES invites you to surround each of the narrow hallways in Borobudur in order to understand the philosophy of Buddhism . Atisha , a Buddhist from India in the 10th century , once visited this temple that was built 3 centuries before Angkor Wat in Cambodia and 4 centuries before the Grand Cathedrals in Europe . Thanks to visiting Borobudur and having supply of Buddha teaching script from Serlingpa ( King of Sriwijaya ) , Atisha was able to develop Buddhism . He became abbot Vikramasila and taught Tibetans of practicing Dharma . Six manuscripts of Serlingpa was condensed into a core doctrine called " The Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment " or better known as Bodhipathapradipa . One of the questions still unanswered about Borobudur is how the condition around the temple was built and why the temple was found to be buried . Some say Borobudur initially stood surrounded by a swamp and then buried by the eruption of Merapi . Calcutta is essentially the inscription reads 'Amawa ' means sea of ​​milk . The word is then interpreted as lava of Merapi . Some others say that Borobudur buried by cold lava of Merapi . With all the grandeur and mystery that is , only natural that many people from all the world penjru include Borobudur as a place worth visiting in his life . Besides enjoying the temple , you can walk around to the villages around Borobudur , like Karanganyar and Wanurejo to see the activities of people make crafts . You can also go to the top of Watu Kendil to be able to view panorama from the top of Borobudur . Wait what? No need to worry about an earthquake May 27, 2006 , because of Borobudur is not affected at all .