Global Pagoda - Modern Wonder of the World

[thegeffc]

Very enjoyable thank you

[msjessypp]

i enjoyed this vid

[clairebehun]

really informative and interesting

[ruzickaw]

there is no wonder in it. Just the desire to make it bigger and bigger.

[kadag]

May all being be free of suffering, and abide evenly in ever deepening states of happiness.

[violakyaw]

this is lookin a lot like shwdegon in Myanmar(Burma), Yangon!

[artynz]

Yes, it is modeled on Schwedagon. The global pagoda is now completed and was officially opened by the President of India in February 2009.

[violakyaw]

is this bigger than the original one? da world's largest??

[artynz]

It is a tiny bit smaller than Schwedagon (out of respect). However this is a dome with space inside which is quite different. This is by far the largest unsupported stone dome ever built.

[erikdegroot88]

It's wonderful... sill I'm feeling weird seeing this project evolve. I was very surprised first hearing about this project. It's built to have good groupsits with a huge amount of people in, and also to draw the interest of people not having contact with Vipassana before.

But I wonder if this kind of 'showing off' suits the pure dhamma technique... Now it's there, better enjoy it.

[artynz]

Surely Goenkaji's intention is for people to be able to get good information about the Buddha's real teaching for thousands of years to come.

[contactvickey97]

well the dome(without any pillar) of global pagoda is the largest in the world, twice as big as the earlier largest dome in the world(gol gumbaj, bijapur).10,000 meditators can meditate here at a time.so it is the largest meditation place in the world. the monument will certainly look magnificent after its completation. its just that in the video,it is looking ordinary.

[n480n]

Hmm...this is looking a lot like all the other pyramid styled buildings being erected around the world...it's a conspiracy...a cosmic one at that!

[terraceterra]

I didn't know about that. Interesting.

[Fartre]

very cool