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"It clearly was a very grandiose1 equivalent to one of those great Gothic European cathedrals, and it would have taken probably 75 to 100 years to construct it, similar to the cathedrals here in Europe. And so it's a great symbol of the Buddhist2 world, the Buddhist vision, and it's an intellectual exercise at some level. But because it is so brutally3 physical, it is so concrete, it is more than that. It somehow embodies4 something, in a way, that goes beyond just metaphysics or religious doctrine5, and stands for something very vital about what the human spirit can achieve."
The experience of climbing the terraces of Borobudur is a powerful one. As you emerge from the enclosed corridors of the lower terraces, into the clear open spaces above, surrounded only by a circle of volcanoes, you are very conscious of having entered a different world. Even the most hardened tourist has the sense that this is not a site visit, but a pilgrim's progress. The builders of Borobudur understood perfectly6 how stone can shape thought.
1 grandiose | |
adj.宏伟的,宏大的,堂皇的,铺张的 | |
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2 Buddhist | |
adj./n.佛教的,佛教徒 | |
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adv.残忍地,野蛮地,冷酷无情地 | |
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v.表现( embody的第三人称单数 );象征;包括;包含 | |
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n.教义;主义;学说 | |
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adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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