HoA_Borobudur Temple_TWT

Borobudur Temple is a large site with many Buddhist Statues. This colossal temple was built between AD 750 and 842: 300 years. The temple was built in three tiers in the center of a hill with different representative part of the conception of the universe in Buddhist Cosmology:

• a pyramidal base (kamadhatu) with five different concentric square terraces (rupadhatu)
• the trunk of a cone with three circular platforms (arupadhatu)
• a monumental stupa (arupadhatu) at the top

One thing that attracted me the most is the aerial view of the temple. According to information fron Wikipedia, the view from above resembles the form of a giant tantric Buddhist mandala, which has spiritual and ritual significance in Buddhism, and simultaneously representing the Buddhist cosmology and the natural of mind.

The connection between the hero's journey and the Borobudur temple will be the relationship between human and god. In our world, we always encounter with many kind of difficulties such as desire, temptation, lust, negative impulse and so on (Kamadhatu, the world of desires). Well, I guess it is partially resemble to the hero's journey, which the hero who encounter with problems while the journey  is carrying (Road of Trial and Woman as Temptress from Stage 2: Initiation).

Online-source
Wikipedia (August 1, 2012). Borobudur. Retrieved August 25, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borobudur

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