Mystery of the Borobudur Temple (Part :1)

in #story8 years ago (edited)

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Borobudur temple is an Indonesian cultural heritage that has been famous the world over, this building is the largest Buddhist temple in the world and established as one of the world cultural heritage by UNESCO. The form is magnificent and unique architectural details makes everyone want to visit Borobudur are curious about the story, Borobudur steal the world's attention since HC cornelius locate it on the orders of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in 1814. The digging work locations suspected major monuments followed by hotman wrong a Dutch government official who was vying race archaeologists to find out the origin of the world's largest Buddhist temple

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The origin of the Borobudur temple

Borobudur temple is believed to be the kingdom of Sailendra dynasty during the reign of Samaratungga of the Ancient Mataram Kingdom and was completed in the 8th century. a lot of the mystery of the Borobudur temple were not revealed yet, what was the original name of Borobudur temple there are no inscriptions or books that explain with certainty about the Development of Borobudur, some say the name comes from the name samara budhara meaning mountain slope lies patio terrace there are also those who say borobudur is derived from the words of the Buddha who has shifted one of his writings that mention borobudur first was Thomas Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in his book, the history of the island of Java invoke historians estimate Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles mention of the word borobudur and budur bore, bore means the village is a village located near the site of the Borobudur temple layout is found while the ancient meaning budur
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history of the Borobudur temple was probably built in 750 BC by the royal dynasty which at that time embraced Buddhist religion, the development was very mysterious because people in the 7th century have not met the calculation of architecture are high but Borobudur was built calculation sophisticated architecture, up to now none who can explain how the construction and history of this Borobudur temple

Already many scientists from all over the world who come but none of them managed to reveal the mystery of the construction of Borobudur. One of the questions that led researchers curious is from where the large stones in the temple of Borobudur and the like where arrange them with precision and architecture is very neat. There are estimates that the rock came from volcanoes but how to bring it out of the volcano to the location of the temple was given its location on the hill.

Candi Borobudur has 72 magical bell-shaped stupa, the largest Stupa is located at the top of the temple while others surround stufa up to down. When scientists draw a map Borobudur temple, they found strange patterns that lead to the function of Borobudur as a sundial, a needle winder a shadow stupa large and falls right on the stupa downstairs but not yet known exactly how the division of time will be undertaken using some say the Borobudur temple at Borobudur temple clock showing the signs of when the period of cultivation or harvest.
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The Mystery of the Borobudur Temple and the Numbers 1

Section in order architecture Borobudur temple when observed mathematically there are interesting mystery that leads from number one, some of the numbers that were in the temple when in total the numbers will always produce the number one what's the story, before telling a mystery figure one needs to know about the level of Ranas Buddhist spiritual in Borobudur temple.
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Depth of the first is Kamadhatu that the world is still controlled by kama or lust lower part is mostly covered by piles of stones were made to strengthen the construction of the temple the second level is rupadhatu that the world has been able to break free from lust but still tied to appearance and shape of the area the are four shoulder terraces formed korang kriling that of the walls were decorated gallery relief floor of the square at 4 corridor that 1,400 images reliefs long-reliefs whole second half kilometer with 1,212 decorative panels third level is Arupadatu is the highest level that symbolizes a lack of form perfect in this area of ​​the floor plan is a circle which symbolizes that the man had been free from all desires of bond forms and shapes but have not reached nirvana.
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The first temple of Borobudur has 10 levels if in total the 1 plus 0 result 1 number one more appear in the area Arupadatu this area is an area 4 topmost level of the temple, on the first level there is one temple to the second level, there are 16 temples third level there are 24 temples level to 4 there are 32 temples number of temples that are in the area are 73 pieces arupadhatu if in total the 7 and 3 the result is 10 and if in totalizing again 1 to 0 the result is 1. the figure of one of the last to appear on the total number of the statue Borobudur temple there are 505 statues there when the numbers in total the results also number one.

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Thank you, very interesting and informative.

The temple is impressive

Oh! gorgeous it is! My family believe in Buddism in Korea. Even it's a little bit diffrent from South-East Buddim.. All were from same one.. like a big ocean is from rivers..

Wow, it is amazing the temple was built when it was and is still in such good shape. I wonder what it was like when it was first built; I’ll bet there must have been many people using it. Thanks for sharing, nice post!

this what I love about steem, you get to learn new things each day. Great article

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