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	Borobudur,Borobudur Temple,Borobudur Indonesia,Borobudur Stupa,Borobudur Buddhist Temple
		Borobudur - Borobudur or the mountain of statues is an astounding accomplishment of the ancient Cambodians.
		Borobudur, the mountain of statues, is the largest non-monastic Buddhist Temple of the planet.
		Borobudur suffered indifference during the 10th and 11th centuries, because of the political turmoil in the region.
	www.tourism-asia.net /wonders-of-asia/borobudur.html (1001 words)

	About Borobudur \| Abbeville Press
		In contrast to the surrounding volcanic summits, Borobudur is an enormous flattened pyramid.
		Borobudur is therefore both a physical and a metaphysical image, as though nothingness, in order to exist, must rest on the immutable and eternal foundations of the all.
		Borobudur is a magical instrument of light that connects heaven and earth, a science of the invisible manifested in stone.
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	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Borobudur
		Borobudur is a Buddhist stupa related to the Mahayana tradition, and is the largest Buddhist monument on earth.
		Borobudur was rediscovered in 1814 by Lieutenant-Governor Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles during the English occupation of the island at the time of the Anglo-Dutch Java War.
		Borobudur is built on a hill, and tropical rains cause the site to function as a sponge which causes the stupa to continuously tend to collapse and sink; the reliefs are thus also continuously attacked by mosses and vegetation.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Borobudur (1730 words)

	Borobudur Summary
		Borobudur was selected to be the Mount Meru (mythical mountain at the center of the world) of the kingdom and a miniature cosmos was built and dedicated to Buddha.
		Borobudur was rediscovered in 1814 by Lieutenant-Governor Sir Thomas Stanford Raffles during the English occupation of the island at the time of the Anglo-Dutch Java War.
		Borobudur is built on a hill, and tropical rains cause the site to function as a sponge which causes the stupa to continuously tend to collapse and sink; the reliefs are thus also continuously attacked by mosses and vegetation.
	www.bookrags.com /Borobudur (1758 words)

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		Borobudur was built during a period when Buddhism was just being introduced to Java and beginning to make its reputation in that region.
		The answer is difficult to establish as Borobudur was actually built over a period of about 70 years and it was also over the course of the rise and fall of various rulers.
		The initiative of the first period of Borobudur appeared to be contemporary of the reign of Visnu, a Sailendra king during 780 A.D. The second and third stage seemed to be carried out during Indra's reign, Visnu's successor.
	web.singnet.com.sg /~yvetay/Borobudur.htm (1591 words)

	In Pursuit of Sacred Science, Part I
		The Menoreh ("Tower") ridge to the south of Borobudur presents the shape of an anthropomorphic figure that--like the golden effigy of the Satapatha Brahmana--faces the sky with the "head" in the east and the "feet" in the west.
		The proportions that Borobudur's architect used in laying out the head, body and foot of his architectural plan also compare to proportion ratios that were later incorporated into the certain mandala traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, where the tripartite design of the kalachakra mandala, for example, represents the body, speech and mind of the Buddha.
		Borobudur’s architectural plan originally called for the placement of 368 Buddha statues in the niches of the lower galleries, together with the 64 statues in niches of the fourth gallery and the 72 statues within the 72 stupas that grace the monument’s summit, or 504 statues in all.
	www.borobudur.tv /survey_1.htm (6755 words)

	Borobudur travel guide - Wikitravel
		Constructed out of an estimated 1,600,000 blocks of volcanic stone, dredged from the river and assembled solely by human labor, the nine-terraced temple is a representation of the transition towards nirvana and is famed for its 1,500 intricately carved reliefs, covering a total length of five kilometers end-to-end.
		Both are well connected and it's possible, if a bit rushed, to visit Borobudur on a day trip from Bali.
		Usage of public transport from Yogyakarta or Semarang is usually discouraged by the more cautious guide books and other authorities due to the increase in pickpockets and others on the usually crowded buses.
	wikitravel.org /en/Borobudur (1211 words)

	Borobudur Temple Tourism
		Borobudur temple built in the eighth century by the Cailendra dynasty, is believed to have been derived from the Sanskrit words "Vihara Buddha Uhr" the Buddhist Monastery on the hill.
		Borobudur is a terraced temple surmounted by stupas, or stone towers; the terraces resemble Indonesian burial foundations, indicating that Borobudur was regarded as the symbol of the final resting place of its founder, a Syailendra, who was united after his death with the Buddha.
		The Borobudur was in danger of collapsing as its stone statues and stone cancer, moss and lichen affected bas-reliefs.
	www.indonesia-tourism.com /central-java/borobudur.html (538 words)

	Borobudur Temple
		It could be said that Borobudur is a symbol of cosmic mountain covered by the sky roof, a specific world that could be reached through isolated alleys as stages.
		Borobudur was built by Sanmaratungga in the 8th century, and belongs to Buddha Mahayana.
		Borobudur is facing to the East with a total of 1460 panels (2 meters wide each).
	wonderclub.com /WorldWonders/BorobudurHistory.html (775 words)

	Borobudur, the Biggest Buddhist Temple in the Ninth Century
		Borobudur is the biggest Buddhist temple in the ninth century measuring 123 x 123 meters.
		Borobudur was built by King Samaratungga, one of the kings of Old Mataram Kingdom, the descendant of Sailendra dynasty.
		Some hypotheses claim that Borobudur in its initial foundation was surrounded by swamps and it was buried because of Merapi explosion.
	www.yogyes.com /en/yogyakarta-tourism-object/borobudur (821 words)

	Buddhist Art: The Temple of Borobudur, Java.
		After their periods of glory they sank into oblivion, either as a result of military conquest or natural disasters and their monuments were reclaimed by the jungle and lost to mankind for almost a thousand years.
		The panels show a sophisticated and elegant society and are a pictorial history of the architecture, means of transport, dress, and customs of a race of people whose culture rose and fell a thousand years ago and who left this astounding monument as a testament to their skill and devotion.
		Borobudur can truly be called one of the wonders of the world, one of those rare places where the compassionate, aesthetic beauty of mankind's nature can be glimpsed, a place where that centre of peace and stillness within us all can be felt, and a symbol of the imagination and industriousness of the human race.
	www.buddhanet.net /e-learning/history/buddhist-art/boro.htm (890 words)

	World Art Treasures:Borobudur-The monumental Stupa
		Borobudur, the temple on the hill is a complete initation to Buddhist art, religion and customs.
		Located at 42 kms west of Yogyakarta, on the island of Java in Indonesia, Borobudur - one of the most magnificent Buddhist shrines in the world - was built at the end of the 9th century by the Hindu kings of the Sailendra dynasty.
		The plan for this stupa is a schematized representation of the cosmos, a mandala.
	www.bergerfoundation.ch /Home/high_borobudur.html (134 words)

	Borobudur Travel Blogs (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Borobudur is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
		Borobudur is a buddhist temple built around the 9th century.
		It was discovered under a pile of volcanic ash by the British in 1814 when we did a brief stint screwing over the people of Java (in order to give the Dutch a well-earned break).
	www.travelblog.org /Asia/Indonesia/Java/Borobudur (692 words)

	Borobudur Temple
		The Borobudur Buddhist sanctuary, more than a thousand years old, is recognized as one of the greatest stupa and World's wonder of its kind in the world.
		The name Borobudur is believed to have been derived from the Sanskrit words, Vihara Buddha Uhr, meaning the Buddhist Monastery on the hill.
		Borobudur's architects and sculptors designed it to serve the purpose of veneration, worship and meditation, though Borobudur is not a temple as such.
	www.indo.com /budgetyogya/borobudur.html (219 words)

	Borobudur Home Page
		Borobudur is a large square-based stupa 40km to the north west of Yogyakarta, in a volcanic region on the Indonesian island of Java.
		Borobudur is easily visited from Yogyakarta, but these figures indicate the difficulty of comprehending all of it during a visit to what is now visible of the basements, to the four galleries, or to the stupa terraces at the summit.
		That the building system for Borobudur is suitably generic is shown by the incorporation of a part of the Parthenon Frieze in the same technology used for Borobudur.
	mcel.pacificu.edu /JAHC/JAHCIII1/ARTICLES/Greenhalgh/index.html (3463 words)

	BOROBUDUR - BALI BEYOND - BaliVision.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Borobudur is one of the most impressive monuments ever created by man. It is both a temple and a complete exposition of doctrine, designed as a whole, and completed as it was designed, with only one major afterthought.
		The iconography of Borobudur suggests that the legend of the royal bodhisattva recounted in many of the reliefs was meant to "authenticate" some king or dynasty.
		Yet it hardly seems possible that Borobudur was the focus of a specific royal cult, as there is no provision at all for the performance of royal ritual.
	www.balivision.com /bb/borobudur.asp (1553 words)

	Borobudur Java Indonesia : Reviews from the Lost Luggage Tales
		Built around 1200 years ago, Borobudur is a pyramid-shaped arrangement of temples in three tiers, rising up a hill and culminating in a monumental stupa (Buddhist shrine).
		Borobudur is surrounded by volcanoes and it is thought that the one which erupted in 1006AD, Mt Merapi, was the reason the complex was abandoned.
		Borobudur's 10 terraces represent the 10 levels an aspirant must developed to become an "awakened one." The walls and balustrades of the terraces are decorated with hand-carved reliefs showing the different phases of the soul's journey towards salvation.
	www.lostluggagetales.com /reviews/borobudur.shtml (278 words)

	Borobudur - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Borobudur, Hindu-Buddhist temple, near Magelang on the island of Java in Indonesia.
		Little archaeological evidence of the Sri Vijayan Empire remains on Sumatra although there is considerable written evidence, notably in the works of...
		Buddhist architecture also appears in other Asian countries, as at Borobudur (late 8th-early 9th century) in Java.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Borobudur.html (88 words)

	Borobudur Temple in Indonesia - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
		The Borobudur Temple is considered as one of the seven wonders of the world.
		There's no way the Borobudur Temple could be one of the Seven Wonders of the World because those seven spots have already been filled.
		Borobudur stupas with the sacred volcano Mount Merapi in the background
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=3572 (1389 words)

	indahnesia.com - Borobudur - Introduction to Candi Borobudur - Discover Indonesia Online (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It could be said that Borobudur is a symbol of cosmic mountain covered by the sky roof, a specific world that could be reached through isolated alleys as stages.
		Borobudur was built by Sanmaratungga in the eighth century and belongs to Buddha Mahayana.
		Borobudur is facing to the East with a total of 1,460 panels (two meters wide each).
	indahnesia.com /indonesia.php?page=BOROB1 (547 words)

	Blurry Travel Travelogue - Borobudur, Central Java, Indonesia
		We were again fortunate to have the temple almost exclusively to ourselves as we wandered around the six square terraces that lead up to the top three circular terraces.
		The few visitors at Borobudur seemed to sprint directly to the peak bypassing the 2,672 narrative and decorative panels and 504 Buddha statues that adorn the nine levels.
		As we left, humbled by the man-made splendor of Borobudur, we were unaware of the natural splendor that awaited us at our next destination, the Dieng Plateau.
	www.blurrytravel.com /sea2003/journal/2000/java06/borobudur.html (419 words)

	Borobudur travel guide - Wikitravel
		Constructed out of an estimated 1,600,000 blocks of volcanic stone, dredged from the river and assembled solely by human labor, the nine-terraced temple is a representation of the transition towards nirvana and is famed for its 1,500 intricately carved reliefs, covering a total length of five kilometers end-to-end.
		Both are well connected and it's possible, if a bit rushed, to visit Borobudur on a day trip from Bali.
		Usage of public transport from Yogyakarta or Semarang is usually discouraged by the more cautious guide books and other authorities due to the increase in pickpockets and others on the usually crowded buses.
	www.wikitravel.org /en/Borobudur (1143 words)

	Borobudur - Indonesia - Mark Moxon, Travel Writer
		The temple complex of Borobudur, which we visited on Monday 27th, contains the biggest single Buddhist temple in the world: there are larger complexes elsewhere, notably in Cambodia, but none of the individual temples themselves are as big as the one at Borobudur.
		The idea of Borobudur is that walking through the corridors and layers represents the journey through life, from the world we live in to enlightenment, and students of Buddhism would walk through the monument as a way to appreciate the philosophy behind their religion.
		The most famous Buddhist monuments might be in Cambodia, Thailand and India, but Borobudur is still unique, and the fact that it is a stone's throw from the amazing Hindu complex at Prambanan is simply icing on the cake.
	www.moxon.net /indonesia/borobudur.html (500 words)

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