Bbc Podcasts: Episode 59: Borobudur Buddha Head 24 Jun 2010

Head of a Buddha statue from Borobudur in Java. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, examines a stone head from Borobudur, one of the world's greatest monuments. He looks at the monument, which is built from one-and-a-half million blocks of stone and devised as an architectural aid to spiritual practice, and considers the trade routes that brought Buddhism to South East Asia. With contributions from anthropologist Nigel Barley and writer and Buddhist teacher Stephen Batchelor. (Duration: 15 mins)