Borobudur or Boeroeboedoer (Javanese: Barabudhur) is a Buddhist shrine 40 km northwest of Yogyakarta in the province of Central Java, in the centre of the Indonesian island of Java. Besides the Prambanan and the Kraton in Jogjakarta, it is one of the tourist attractions of Central Java.
The Borobudur is located near the Merapi, the most active volcano of Indonesia, and was built in the period 750 - 850. The name possibly comes from the Sanskrit "Vihara Buddha Ur", which freely translated means "Buddhist temple on the mountain".
The Borobudur is built as a large stupa. The base of this stupa is 123 by 123 meters. 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 a large central stupa. The large stupa is a symbol of Nirvana.
The small stupas represent from bottom to top the way a Buddhist must travel to eventually be included in Nirvana. The open holes in the lower stupas are at their point (the path is still uncertain) and in the upper stupas flat, horizontal (the path is clear, faith firm).
In the morning, Borobudur still serves as a place of worship. A pilgrim walks around each floor seven times in a clockwise direction. In the stupas are statues of Buddha; whoever touches these statues through the holes in the stupas receives, according to local superstition (not according to Buddhism), eternal happiness.
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