Borobudur - Zwaan Karin; Zwaan Irene

Buddha's garden of peace and healing

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'Borobudur' is a spiritual journey with Lama Gangchen through the flower-fields of love, compassion, harmony, and joy.

Centuries ago in Java, Indonesia, a king from the Sailendra dynasty called an architect, Gunadharma, to build an improbable construction. Hundreds of artists and workers may have taken three generations to realize Borobudur. The temple then saw the light only for a short period, before being overwhelmed by volcanic lava, ash, and jungle vegetation.

A thousand years later, the temple, which in fact is a three-dimensional mandala, was excavated and restored in phases. Scientists and scholars continue to debate the meaning of the five Dhyani Buddhas and of the thousands of statues, images, and symbols found in the galleries of the nine-story stupa.

In the last few decades, the Tibetan Lama Healer T.Y.S. Gangchen Rinpoche has gradually shown that the stupa mandala is a guide for the path to enlightenment according to all Buddhist traditions, for Tibetan Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism. In the nineti...
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2016Uitgever: Aspekt272 paginasTaal: NederlandsISBN-10: 946338085XISBN-13: 9789463380850

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