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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