Find nirvana at Borobudur, Indonesia
... near the city of Yogyakarta (a pretty cool city also worth visiting), the 9th century temple is the world’s largest Buddhist stupa, with a surface area of 2,500 square metres, which represents a cosmological model of the universe.
Meant to demonstrate the teachings of Buddha and the path to enlightenment, the stupa features nine terraces, each representing different levels of wisdom one must attain to reach the enlightenment of the Buddha. Pilgrims wind their way up the stupa in a clockwise...
February 9th, 2010 | Vawn | Read More | Comments: 2Filed under: Borobudur, buddha, featuredarticle, indonesia, stupa, UNESCO, Yogyakarta
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