Borobudur: Golden Tales of the Buddhas
With vivid photography and insightful commentary, this travel pictorial shines a light on the Buddhist art and architecture of Borobudur.
The glorious ninth — century Buddhist stupa of Borobudur — the largest Buddhist monument in the world — stands in the midst of the lush Kedu Plain of Central Java in Indonesia, where it is visited annually by over a million people.
Borobudur contains more than a thousand exquisitely carved relief panels extending along its many terraces for a total distance of more than a kilometer. These are arranged so as to take the visitor on a spiritual journey to enlightenment, and one ascends the monument past scenes depicting the world of desire, the life story of Buddha, and the heroic deeds of other enlightened beings — finally arriving at the great circular terraces at the top of the structure that symbolizes the formless world of pure knowledge and perfection.
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 160
- Publisher
- Periplus Editions (HK) ltd.
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780945971900
- Genres
- art, buddhism, history
- Release date
- 1996
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