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View of Borobudur temple
As
on previous post: “What is the Largest Buddha Temple in the World?”
That there are 3 important parts of temple.
We
talking about reliefs now. At the body of the temple, we could find
many reliefs. As said by Raezer and Raezer (2016), the total number
of relief is 120 big pieces (around 1500 small panels).
Reliefs
are sculptures on the wall (body) of the temple, they depicted:
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Buddha life (critical to understand the faith)
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the daily life of people surrounding the temple around 1,200 years
ago.
Buddha
life consists of:
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Buddha descend from the Tushita heaven
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Buddha enter Maya’s womb
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Maya travel to Lumbini
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Buddha cuts hair
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Buddha meditates with 5 ascetics
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Mara’s daughter tempt Buddha
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Siddhartha achieve enlightenment become Buddha
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Buddha gives first sermon
Relief
of Buddha (Siddhartha) cut hair
Cutting
hair is a symbol to embrace new (ascetic) life. Some said the symbol
as represent of:
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Love
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Courage
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Sacrifice
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Discipline
Siddhartha
cut his hair when he reached 29 years old while
in
the process to be Buddha.
Since
then,
he cut the tie between his current life to his former status as a
prince.
Relief
after meditation Siddhartha achieve enlightenment.
One
process to become Buddha is meditation. Siddhartha meditated under
the tree for 49 days or 7 weeks without changing position.
He
“deeply absorbed in meditation” to penetrate the true of life. At
this stage, he got enlightenment and then become Buddha.
Borobudur
entrance
Observing
reliefs on the temple wall is one of attractive reasons to visit
Borobudur. The largest Buddha temple in the world.
Reference
Raezer,
D and Raezer, J. 2016. The Temples of Java: Borobudur &
Prambanan.
Retrieved
from
http://www.approachguides.com/ebook-previews/Preview-ApproachGuides-Indonesia-Java-Borobudur-Prambanan.pdf
So beautiful. I would love to visit a temple like this. This makes me want to read Siddhartha again since it has been many years.
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Siddhartha cut his hair when he reached 29 years old while in the process to be Buddha.
Interesting to learn about this temple. Thanks for the information and photos.
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Since then, he cut the tie between his current life to his former status as a prince.
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Reliefs on the Largest Buddha Temple in the World, Borobudur – part 1
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- the daily life of people surrounding the temple around 1,200 years ago.
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Buddha life consists of:
- Buddha descend from the Tushita heaven
- Buddha enter Maya’s womb
- Maya travel to Lumbini
- Buddha cuts hair
- Buddha meditates with 5 ascetics
- Mara’s daughter tempt Buddha
- Siddhartha achieve enlightenment become Buddha
- Buddha gives first sermon
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Relief of Buddha (Siddhartha) cut hair
I didn't know this place. Thanks for the information.
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Siddhartha cut his hair when he reached 29 years old while in the process to be Buddha.
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Since then, he cut the tie between his current life to his former status as a prince.
I like the reliefs. Have a sunny day :-).
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Relief after meditation Siddhartha achieve enlightenment.
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I would love to see this personally! :)
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Observing reliefs on the temple wall is one of attractive reasons to visit Borobudur. The largest Buddha temple in the world.
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I love Buddhism, the buildings are beautiful.
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I wish I could visit this amazing place!
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We talking about reliefs now. At the body of the temple, we could find many reliefs. As said by Raezer and Raezer (2016), the total number of relief is 120 big pieces (around 1500 small panels).
I had never heard or read about any of this, thanks for introducing it. I learned a lot. Thanks to you, I now know what a relief is.
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Borobudur is not promoted well compared to other holy places in the world....
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Reliefs are sculptures on the wall (body) of the temple, they depicted:
- Buddha life (critical to understand the faith)
- the daily life of people surrounding the temple around 1,200 years ago.
Borobudur is a great reference to the development of Buddhism in the past in Java. Not only the reliefs depict Buddha's story, it also depict beliefs and daily life during that era.
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Reliefs are sculptures on the wall (body) of the temple, they depicted:
- Buddha life (critical to understand the faith)
- the daily life of people surrounding the temple around 1,200 years ago.
Buddha life consists of:
- Buddha descend from the Tushita heaven
- Buddha enter Maya’s womb
- Maya travel to Lumbini
- Buddha cuts hair
- Buddha meditates with 5 ascetics
- Mara’s daughter tempt Buddha
- Siddhartha achieve enlightenment become Buddha
- Buddha gives first sermon
Reliefs on the Largest Buddha Temple in the World, Borobudur – part 1
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He “deeply absorbed in meditation” to penetrate the true of life. At this stage, he got enlightenment and then become Buddha.
Borobudur is an incredible temple. I was there in 2011, not long after Mr. Merida (I think that’s the name) blew and parts were clothes and other parts that were partly open, you could see people use toothbrushes in the carvings to get the ash out.
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Cutting hair is a symbol to embrace new (ascetic) life. Some said the symbol as represent of:
- Love
- Courage
- Sacrifice
- Discipline