Borobudur: Golden Tales of the Buddhas - Softcover

Miksic, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804848564 ISBN 13: 9780804848565

Verlag: Tuttle Publishing, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

With vivid photography and insightful commentary, this travel pictorial shines a light on the Buddhist art and architecture of Borobudur.

The glorious ninth–century Buddhist stupa of Borobudur—the largest Buddhist monument in the world—stands in the midst of the lush Kedu Plain of Central Java in Indonesia, where it is visited annually by over a million people.

Borobudur contains more than a thousand exquisitely carved relief panels extending along its many terraces for a total distance of more than a kilometer. These are arranged so as to take the visitor on a spiritual journey to enlightenment, and one ascends the monument past scenes depicting the world of desire, the life story of Buddha, and the heroic deeds of other enlightened beings—finally arriving at the great circular terraces at the top of the structure that symbolizes the formless world of pure knowledge and perfection.

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John N. Miksic, an archaeologist born in the USA, has lived in Southeast Asia since 1968. He has written numerous books on Indonesian sites and artifacts.

John N. Miksic, an archaeologist born in the USA, has lived in Southeast Asia since 1968. He has written numerous books on Indonesian sites and artifacts.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Tuttle Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0804848564
• ISBN 13: 9780804848565
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 158
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