Borobudur Temple

Borobudur is name a candi Buddha located at Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java. Location temple is approximately 100 km southwest of Semarang and 40 km northwest of Yogyakarta. This temple was founded by the Mahayana Buddhists around the year 800 AD the dynasty during the reign of Syailendra. In ethnic Tionghoa, this temple is also called 婆罗 浮屠 (Hanyu Pinyin: po luo fu tu) in Mandarin.
Meaning of Borobudur

Many theories attempt to explain the name of this temple. One of them states that the name is probably derived from the word Sambharabhudhara, which means "mountain" (bhudara) where the slopes situated terraces. In addition there are some other folk etymology. Suppose that the word comes from the greeting Borobudur "the Buddha" who due to sound shifts to Borobudur. Another explanation is that the name derives from two words "coal" and "beduhur". The word supposedly comes from the embers of the monastery, while there is also another explanation where the coal comes from Sanskrit which means temple or monastery complex and beduhur meaning is "high", or to remind the Balinese language means "above". So the point is a monastery or hostel located on high ground.

In sequence, the story is short on meaningful temple reliefs as follows:

1. Karmawibhangga
In accordance with the symbolic meaning of the foot of the temple, reliefs which decorate the walls of a hidden shelf that illustrate the law of karma. Rows of these reliefs is not a story of the series (the series), but in every picture illustrates a story that has a causal correlation. Relief will not only give an illustration of the human moral turpitude accompanied by a penalty that will get, but also human and reward good deeds. Overall, the portrayal of human life in the circle of birth - life - death (samsara) which never ends, and by the Buddhist religion, the chain is the end to reach perfection.

2. Lalitawistara
Is a depiction of a history of the Buddha in a row of reliefs (but not a complete history) that began the decline of the Buddha from heaven Tusita, and ends with the first sermon in the Deer Park near the city of Banaras. These reliefs lined the stairs on the south side, after a row of reliefs exceed a total of 27 frames starting from the east side of the stairs. The activity illustrates the frame 27, either in heaven or on earth, in preparation to welcome the presence of the last incarnation of Buddha Bodhisattvas as the candidate. The reliefs depict the birth of Buddha on this arcapada as Prince Siddhartha, son of King and Queen Maya of Suddhodana Kapilavastu Affairs. Relief amounting to 120 frames, which ended with the first discourse, which is symbolically expressed as Screening Dharma Wheel, the Buddha's teaching on the call of dharma which also means "law", while the dharma is symbolized as a wheel.

3. Jataka and Awadana
Jataka is the story of the Buddha before he was born as Prince Siddhartha. Protrusion of the contents is the subject of good works, which distinguishes the Bodhisattvas from any other creature. Indeed, the collection service / good deed is a step towards the level of preparation in an attempt to Buddhahood.
While Awadana, basically similar to the Jataka but the culprit is not the Bodhisattvas, but others and the stories collected in the book which means noble deeds Diwyawadana saintliness, and the book Awadana Awadanasataka or a hundred stories. In the reliefs of Borobudur temple and awadana Jataka, treated equally, meaning that both are contained in the same row without a distinguishable. The set of the most famous of the life of the Bodhisattvas is Jatakamala or string of Jataka stories, Aryasura and poet who lived in the 4th century AD.

4. Gandawyuha
Is a row of reliefs decorate the walls of the second aisle, is the story of a wandering Sudhana tirelessly in his quest for knowledge about the Supreme Truth by Sudhana. Depiction in the frame 460 based on Mahayana Buddhist scripture entitled Gandawyuha, and for the closing credits on the basis of another story that is Bhadracari.

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