Borobudur is constructed as a large stupa. The base of this stupa is 123 by 123 metres. The stupa has nine floors; the lower six are square, the upper three round. The floors represent the Buddhist cosmos. On the upper floors are 72 small stupas, built around one large central stupa. The large stupa symbolises Nirvana, with the small stupas representing, from bottom to top, the path a Buddhist must take to eventually be absorbed into Nirvana. The open holes in the lower stupas are at their point (the road is still uncertain) and in the upper stupas flat, horizontal (the road is clear, the faith firm).
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