•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.