• So it is thought that the entire structure of Borobudur served as a simulation of the process of Buddhist enlightenment.
• It worked like a mandala as an instrument for focusing the mind on a progressive path to higher consciousness. But in in this case the whole structure could be physically traversed to track the path to enlightenment.
• As a ritualistic or meditative practice for religious pilgrims, each of the nine levels of Borobudur show scenes that depicted the different levels of existence, form lowest to highest.
• The lowest levels of existence are physically located on the lowest levels of Borobudur, and the final, most enlightened levels are on the top of the monument.