Borobudur (eBook)

Golden Tales of the Buddhas

John Miksic (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
160 Seiten
Tuttle Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4629-0910-0 (ISBN)

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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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.11.2012
• Illustrationen: Anita Tranchini, Marcello Tranchini
• Zusatzinfo: color photos throughout
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 270 x 270 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
• Schlagworte: art of buddhism • borobudor temple • buddhist architecture • buddhist art and architeture • buddhist temples • buddhist tourism • buddhist travel • indonesian buddhism
• ISBN-10: 1-4629-0910-8 / 1462909108
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4629-0910-0 / 9781462909100