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An architectural marvel1, the center of the Golden Global Pagoda2 in Bijapur India contains the world’s largest stone dome3, built without any supporting pillars. The planned height of the structure is more than 315 feet. And with an inner diameter of nearly 280 feet, it is nearly twice the size of the previously4 largest hollow stone monument in the world. Near completion, it is being built with the combination of ancient Indian and modern technologies to enable it to last for thousands of years.
It would have taken three ages, three generations to build this structure, which the computer technology, which has made each stone design like this, which can be fabricated at Bhilwada and Rajasthan site.
With an octagonal base, the pagoda externally rises and tapers5 at the top through a circular bell shape.
It was an architectural challenge for anyone, in the sense that 300 feet of octagonal side isconverging into a one-foot diameter needle on the top.
The inside of the pagoda is hollow and serves as a large meditation6 hall, reportedly big enough to accommodate 8000 people.
This is exact replica7 of Swedagon pagoda of Rangoon, Burma. But Swedagon pagoda is not hollow inside. It is solid. Here we have made it hollow so that people can sit and meditate8 there.
The pillarless dome is made of thousands of Jodhpur stones, each weighing about 1300 to 1500 pounds, suspended without any external support. The construction engineers have used an interlocking principle of one stone griping and holding another to lock the massive stones into place. Stones have grooves9 cut both horizontally and vertically10, designed to interlock in both directions. It’s a gesture of thanks to monks11 in Myanmar, who have preserved the Vipassana form of mediation12 through the ages.
Vipassana joins people, people from every community, people from every religion, from every tradition. They come, meditate. They don’t feel that they are being converted intoBuddhism. So we make it very clear that we are not here to convert. We convert you frommisery to happiness.
Pagodas13 were originally erected14 as memorials to Buddha15. In thediscourse recording16 the last days of the Buddha, it is mentioned that ten pagodas were constructed to house his remains17.
1 marvel | |
vi.(at)惊叹vt.感到惊异;n.令人惊异的事 | |
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2 pagoda | |
n.宝塔(尤指印度和远东的多层宝塔),(印度教或佛教的)塔式庙宇 | |
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3 dome | |
n.圆屋顶,拱顶 | |
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4 previously | |
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5 tapers | |
(长形物体的)逐渐变窄( taper的名词复数 ); 微弱的光; 极细的蜡烛 | |
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6 meditation | |
n.熟虑,(尤指宗教的)默想,沉思,(pl.)冥想录 | |
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7 replica | |
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8 meditate | |
v.想,考虑,(尤指宗教上的)沉思,冥想 | |
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9 grooves | |
n.沟( groove的名词复数 );槽;老一套;(某种)音乐节奏v.沟( groove的第三人称单数 );槽;老一套;(某种)音乐节奏 | |
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10 vertically | |
adv.垂直地 | |
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11 monks | |
n.修道士,僧侣( monk的名词复数 ) | |
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12 mediation | |
n.调解 | |
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13 pagodas | |
塔,宝塔( pagoda的名词复数 ) | |
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adj. 直立的,竖立的,笔直的 vt. 使 ... 直立,建立 | |
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15 Buddha | |
n.佛;佛像;佛陀 | |
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17 remains | |
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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