Temple Tourism in Yogyakarta

• Borobudur Temple

Who is not familiar with the Borobudur temple ? This temple is the largest Buddhist temple in the 19th century . Buddhist temple , measuring 123 x 123 meters with 1460 relief panels and 540 Buddha effigies in each complex . Millions of people racing to visit the buildings included in this World Wonder Heritages . Not surprisingly , because , this Buddhist temple is very attractive in terms of its form the heart of every person who comes to this place .

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 .

Borobudur -shaped building punden 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 a buffer . 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 symbolizes the stage of human life . In accordance 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 , a statue of Buddha placed open . Meanwhile , three levels above where the Buddhist stupas are laid in holes called Arupadhatu , symbolizing human beings that have 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 ) . In the reliefs of Borobudur tells the story 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 alleys 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 head of monastery 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