Borobudur is constructed like a large stupa. The base of this stupa is 123 by 123 meters. The stupa has nine floors; the bottom six are square, the top three round. The floors represent the Buddhist cosmos. On the upper floors there are 72 small stupas, built around one large central stupa.
From bottom to top, the small stupas represent the path a Buddhist must take to ultimately enter Nirvana. The open holes in the lower stupas are on their point (the path is still uncertain) and in the upper stupas they are flat, horizontal (the path is clear, the faith is firm).
In the morning, Borobudur still serves as a place of worship. A pilgrim walks around each floor seven times in a clockwise direction. The stupas contain statues of Buddha; Anyone who can touch these statues through the holes in the stupas will receive, according to local superstition (not according to Buddhism), eternal happiness.
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