[Buddha-l] Borobudur

[Jo]

Maybe that is where I should go--always wanted to see it.
Just thinking of the long airplane ride sure puts me off.

"interesting theory about the present sultan, who has just one wife and five
daughters, unlike his father, another Hamengkubuwono, who had 21 children
with four concubines. The sultan's sad lack of a male heir, the guide
suggested, stems from the sexual aggressiveness of the queen consort, a
condition that produces girl children only."
	That's a new one on me!

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[mailto:buddha-l-bounces at mailman.swcp.com] On Behalf Of Dan Lusthaus
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Travel section of LATimes --

Reporting from Yogyakarta, Indonesia - - Four a.m. is a terrible time of
day, too late for night owls, too early for early risers. The exception is 4
a.m. at Borobudur, waiting for the sun to rise over the Kedu Plain in
central Java with 504 figures of Buddha.
The temple is one of three great religious sites in Southeast Asia, but it's
older and more esoteric than Bagan in Myanmar and Angkor Wat in Cambodia. It
was begun in the 8th century by the Sailendras, a dynasty of Buddhist kings
who ruled central Java for almost 200 years until their power waned and the
temple was abandoned.

http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-borobudur-20110826,0,3522659.story

Nice pictures...

Dan

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