Borobudur (Periplus travel guides)

by John N Miksic

Marcello Tranchini (Photographer) and Anita Tranchini (Photographer)

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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.
  • ISBN10 0877739064
  • ISBN13 9780877739067
  • Publish Date 28 October 1990
  • Publish Status Remaindered
  • Out of Print 12 November 2014
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Shambhala Publications
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 157
  • Language English