Buddhism's biggest pyramid: Borobudur

(Ancient Architects) Ancient megastructure: The world's largest [excavated*] Buddhist temple: Borobudur Pyramid, Java, Indonesia, with its Unfinished Buddha.

• *The larger Buddhist temple complex, which is said to be at least one square mile large, is Mes Aynak, Afghanistan (ancient Gandhara). Afghanistan has the world's largest Buddha statues (the largest, a reclining figure, still hidden for its protection) because that's where the Buddha is from (Saka/Shakya/Scythia, not Nepal and not India, which did not even exist as a country or empire until centuries later when Buddhist Emperor Ashoka united disparate kingdoms and various janapadas or clan territories). It may well hold an even larger temple. Mes Aynak remains unexcavated and undiscovered due to American imperialism in its prolonged war of plunder followed by Chinese business interests attempting to raze the ancient archeological site for its store of rare earth minerals, gold, and copper.

Buddhist Bamiyan, Afghanistan, today

Will the Taliban bring the Buddhas of Bamiyan back to formerly Buddhist Afghanistan?

[CIA-ISI's] Taliban destroyed a 2,000-year-old wonder of Afghanistan 🇦🇫

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Note big man near right foot.

(Matt Shoe) Sept. 13, 2025: ⚠️ [Lithuanian Matt Shoe hits the road in Central Asia , ancient Gandhara, where the Buddha was born, Saka Land or Kapilavastu, for an adventure.] I begin my journey in front of the legendary Buddha statues of Bamiyan, Afghanistan — the ones destroyed by the [CIA and ISI-created] Taliban in 2001.

I break down the real story behind the destruction, separating myth from truth, and explaining how political motives — not religious extremism — led to the tragic demolition of these ancient marvels [which Madame Blavatsky claimed were far older than two millennia].

How to eat in Muslim Afghanistan

(Matt Shoe) 24 Hours of Eating in Afghanistan 🏳️🇦🇫, gluten, dead meat

Matt Shoe — Travel Content Creator

🕳️ Then, I venture deep into the surrounding Buddhist monastic caves carved into the Bamiyan cliffs — ancient Buddhist monasteries (viharas) — guided by a group of curious local Afghan kids.

The history etched into these walls is as haunting as it is beautiful. [This is the site of the world's oldest oil paintings.] 📜 I then reveal a lesser-known truth: The Taliban is actually considering rebuilding the Bamiyan Buddhas. Is it be a shift in ideology or a strategic political move?

🍽️ From there, I head into the town of Bamiyan to explore local Afghan cuisine — sampling some must-try dishes that reflect the heart of the Hazara culture.

American guy pulls up in American muscle car like Billie Eilish's on his way to go camping.

Where Siddhartha swam? Bamiyan Province

💦 The journey continues to [the Himalayan lakes of the Hindu Kush near Bamiyan called] Band-e Amir, Afghanistan’s first national park — a surreal set of turquoise lakes surrounded by towering cliffs.

Around the world in a purple muscle car?

Here, I meet Keith, an adventurous soul driving a purple American muscle car around the world. We join forces and go camping together in the Afghan wilderness.

(Sinclairs Search) Crossing Kazakhstan Desert in a muscle car

The Buddha's from Bamiyan

⚔️ In a twist few would expect, we encounter the legendary Taliban — not in conflict, but in conversation. They show us their weapons, speak openly about Islam, and offer insight into their worldview. It’s a raw, complex moment that challenges many stereotypes and headlines.

🏳️ Sinclairs (Keith the Muscle Car Guy) YouTube: ‪@sinclairs_search. Sinclairs Instagram: @sinclaires_search. My e-Books: Guides: mattshoe.travel/guides. Follow: Instagram: themattshoe. Facebook: mattshoeyoutube. TikTok: mattshoetravel. Business enquires: contact@mattshoe.travel.

• Matt Shoe, Sept. 13, 2025, and Keith (Sinclairs Search); Dhr. Seven, Amber Larson, Pfc. Sandoval (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

China on Tibet under CIA's Dalai Lama

China, it call me a devil, like this, ha ha.

Serfs' Emancipation Day, observed annually on March 28th, is a holiday in the Tibet Autonomous Region of [occupied] China that celebrates the emancipation of "serfs" [commoners under the Dalai Lama] in [Free] Tibet.

The holiday was adopted by the Tibetan legislature on January 19th, 2009, and it was promulgated that same year.

In bed with The Company hoping for peace?

In modern Tibetan history, the Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai declared the dissolution of the Tibetan government on March 28, 1959, and he replaced it with the temporary Preparatory Committee for the Tibet Autonomous Region (PCTAR), with the [kidnapped, neutralized, disappeared, and switched] Panchen Lama also replacing the Dalai Lama as its acting chairman [1]. More

• History: Serfdom in Tibet controversy
• CIA gave [military] 'aid' to Tibetan exiles in '60s, files show (Los Angeles Times)
• Intervention gone sour: The CIA's Tibet file [and paid asset the 14th Dalai Lama] (Los Angeles Times)
• CC Liu, Pfc. Sandoval (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly Wiki edit

Buddhist Pyramids of Thailand: Si Thep

Africa has poster children of prototypical earthling pyramids (and on exoplanets like Mars)

Praveen Mohan fresh from The Cosmic Summit is on the trail of pyramids in deeply Theravada Buddhist Thailand, ancient Siam, in Southeast Asia. There is much to see in this friendly country. Here's a list of world heritage sites in Thailand. Today, we're exploring Si Thep Historical Park. There's already a massive Buddhist temple in Indonesia (Java), declared the largest excavated Buddhist temple in the world, called Borobudur. There's a much larger and older pyramid in Indonesia, one the size of a mountain. Now, science says humans did not build it. And science still can't wrap its head around the possibly more massive pyramids of Bosnia.

(Fringe Field Notes) Bosnian pyramids, cruel hoax or the real thing?

China hides many pyramids. And what country has the most number of pyramids? No, it's not Egypt. It might be Mexico/Mesoamerica when all is said and done, but the current count it is Nubia, modern Sudan.

• Hidden 4,000-year-old tomb of Egyptian prince discovered, and he was buried behind 4.5m granite door
• VIDEO: New scans reveal two hidden chambers inside the Great Pyramid
• VIDEO: Peru’s latest discovery: Newly found Nazca Lines revealed
• Hells Canyon caves reveal unexpected finding about America's deepest gorge
• An amateur archaeologist sunk his shovel into a Birmingham, Alabama dumpsite and uncovered a treasure trove of invaluable relics from the city’s past
• Cairo means "Mars," and it is no coincidence that the Great Pyramids of Giza are right there: Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches $5.3 million at auction, but young dinosaur steals the show
• 16 UFO sightings reported by multiple governments (vimanas)

Going inside the Great Pyramid of Giza

Inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, April 2025

(Brien Foerster) Premiered April 29, 2025. Check out some upcoming events hiddenincatours.com/tours/#major. Why does Wisdom Quarterly care so much about world heritage sites like ancient Egyptian archeological digs? Are they Buddhist?

Interestingly, Buddhism and ancient Egypt meet in the Grand Canyon, in the state of Arizona, USA. It seems obvious that in the past the world was in communication and likely under one world religion or an amalgam of Buddhist, Hindu (Vedic), shamanic (animist), and the gods of the Middle East (Near East and Asia Minor, forming the remnants of what came to be the great Abrahamic faiths).

Dr. Fry finds Atlantis under her feet: Doggerland - How a tsunami devastated Britain’s Atlantis

Prehistoric North Sea "Atlantis" was hit by 5-meter-tall tsunami (BBC News)

The fact that extraterrestrials (devas, angels, light beings, spirits, shapeshifters, extra-dimensionals) have been interacting with humans goes without saying. Develop the meditative absorptions and see and interact with them for yourself. This truth is there to be confirmed.

Regardless, every important place on and in the planet is the human plane (manussa loka), so it is of interest to us. We are citizens of the world, not one limited part of it. If Brien Foerster or David Wilcock (divinecosmos.com) want to organize an expedition or adventure travel to Egypt, we're in. In the meantime, many people have gone and filmed the experience, which is so much more than the Giza Plateau.

• VIDEO: Remote viewers find ETs in secret bases
• VIDEO: More ancient megalithic wonders in Cusco, Peru, that the Inca found 1,000 years ago
• Brien Foerster (Hidden Inca Tours - Visit Paracas, Nazca, Cusco, Machu Picchu, Peru, Tiwanaku, Puma Punku, Bolivia with Brien Foerster)

Buddhist Afghanistan before Islam

The Buddhas of Bamiyan niches preservation by Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan (English subtitle)

(Namat Rawan) Foladi Valley Bamiyan, Afghanistan, drone footage ديدار از دره شاه فولادی باميان

"Monks of the Mines" National Geographic 2015 (Rocío Espín Piñar - Mes Aynak temple)

• Buddhist Afghanistan’s amazing past

Beauty and significance of Buddhist Mes Aynak | Afghanistan

(Kartemquin) May 6, 2015: #SAVEMESAYNAK. Watch the film: igg.me/at/savemesaynak.

FILM: Saving Mes Aynak

The award-winning film Saving Mes Aynak follows Afghan archeologist Qadir Temori as he races against time to save this 5,000-year-old Buddhist archeological site in Afghanistan from imminent demolition [by Chinese industrialists who want to extract gold and rare earth minerals].

Saving Mes Aynak, from the producers of Life Itself and The Interrupters, examines the conflict between ancient cultural preservation and new economic opportunity, through the lens of the Afghan archeologists and local villagers who live and work near Mes Aynak.

They face a nearly impossible battle against the communist Chinese, the Islamic Taliban, and local politics to save their Buddhist culture and heritage from permanent erasure. But we can help.

• We must try to stop this from happening (igg.me/at/savemesaynak).
• The Buddha was born in Afghanistan, according to Dr. Ranajit Pal, which at that time was a part of ancient Gandhara, and the oldest Buddhist texts are from there: Gandhāran Buddhist texts. This is why the largest unexcavated Buddhist temple is in Afghanistan, why the oldest Buddhist texts are from here, and why the largest Buddha statues were built here (including the most massive one in the world, a buried reclining Buddha in the lion's pose under Bamiyan). The Shakyians, from which we derive the name Shakyamuni, are the ancient Indo-Sakas.
• [UPDATE: Sakka, Kwan Yin, Maha Brahma, and/or Prajnaparamita Devi seem to have intervened and raised the human supply of rare earth minerals, which means the price was brought down, which stopped the Chinese government in its tracks. It already built train tracks to the site to begin extracting the country's mineral resources, but it does not seem feasible (profitable) now to do so. Other sources of these formerly rare minerals were found on the seabed by Russian and other prospectors. That seems to have made things safe...until everyone needs a second cellphone and more electronics, which are dependent on these elements. So take care of your devices and use them longer, extending their usefulness and lifespan even though Apple Corporation and others want planned obsolescence.]

For the past few years, the effort of American Director (and Northwestern University Professor) Brent E. Huffman, through Saving Mes Aynak, has played a vital role in delaying the demolition of this historical treasure.

Mes Aynak: 1 sq. mile Buddhist temple complex

But again time may be quickly running out. A state-owned Chinese mining company still has immediate plans to destroy Mes Aynak and mine it for precious minerals, and it could happen AT ANY MOMENT.

Now, the only way for Mes Aynak to be saved is if the Afghan government (that sold off the mineral rights in a desperate attempt to earn foreign currency) intervenes, halts mining, and officially petitions to UNESCO to make Mes Aynak a World Heritage Site.

• The Afghanistan Heritage and Extractive Industries Development Initiative | UNESCO

Only the Afghan government can approach UNESCO. Through the film Saving Mes Aynak, the major goal is to raise mass awareness of the impending demolition, creating an international movement to put pressure on the mining company, the Afghanistan government, and UNESCO to make Mes Aynak a World Heritage Site.

(Zawia) For Muslims to care about cultural preservation: The Age of

Buddhism before Islam in Afghanistan | زمان افغانستان قبل از اسلام بودیزم

This is the ONLY WAY to #SAVEMESAYNAK. The more funds raised, the more people will see the film and know the beauty and importance of Mes Aynak, and the greater the chance of Mes Aynak being saved.

To do this, the focal point of the campaign is #SaveMesAynak Day, July 1st, a global event when supporters everywhere stream the film and stand in unity together to save Mes Aynak.

Through social media, plans are to use this day to spark worldwide conversation, action, and protest. After that, an ambitious outreach effort will be mounted through the film to reach as many people as can be reached.

The more awareness that can be raised, the larger the pressure that can be put on the Afghan government to stop the demolition and to formally petition UNESCO instead. This way, we can all ensure Mes Aynak's safety for future generations. #savemesaynak

Hey, UNESCO, declare it a World Heritage Site

Afghan Buddhist treasures are priceless.

[Look, we're working on it:] ...a number of achievements, especially related to the enhancement of the joint Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC)-Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) discussions about the Mes Aynak case. During a round of renegotiation between the MoMP and the Mining Company, it was suggested to implement an underground mining method, at least for the Central Aynak Deposit, to allow for in-situ conservation. This exploration of an integrated approach from the side of the MoMP, a tremendous step forward, led to the organization of the Mes Aynak Symposium (July 2019). The aim was to provide the government with a complete understanding of the relationship between mining and cultural resources in Mes Aynak and to examining the available options to reconcile them before approving a mining plan... unesco.org/en...afghanistan-heritage

• Brent E. Huffman, savemesaynak.org, Kartemquin Films; UNESCO.org; Dhr. Seven, Amber Larson, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria: Our Heritage

Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria: In the Name of our Heritage

(Best Documentary) July 12, 2024: Twenty years ago, the [CIA and ISI's Taliban] destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan shocked the world. Preserved for millennia, these statues of the Buddha disappeared in an instant, victims of the Islamic purifying madness of the Taliban [fed a CIA philosophy of Wahabism]. It was to be the start of a new trend: the deliberate destruction of historical artifacts. With Islamist groups in the Sahel, then the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, world heritage has paid a heavy price [to promote war between angry Christians clamoring for war and younger Muslims going along with a constructed narrative]. The ancient sites of Palmyra and Hatra, the museums of Mosul and Raqqa and various religious monuments have been reduced to rubble. Since 2016, these acts have been recognized as war crimes by the International Criminal Court. Under the banner of UNESCO and ALIPH, the international community is now attempting to restore and reconstruct these witnesses of time and past civilizations.

In Mosul, Iraq, the city museum and its collection of Assyrian art is slowly being restored with the help of the Louvre. The old minaret of the Al-Nouri Mosque, a national emblem, is also being restored. Thirty kilometers away, at the Syrian Catholic monastery of Mar Behnam, the mausoleum of a saint that was destroyed by ISIS has been rebuilt. Today, through this rediscovered heritage, the entire population of the region is finding its roots.

Director: Thomas Raguet. Featured places: See more information in Google Maps Buddha of Bamyan Tourist attraction 4.5 (377) Details

The Caves in Spain, archeology, meditation

Aristos Georgiou, Newsweek via MSN, 12/6/23; Dhr. Seven, Amber Larson, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly; Sanditthika.org via Beth Upton (bethupton.com)

In modern Spain today, there is a new cave meditation community (sanditthika.org)

The caves of Spain will be even more famous by a new Buddhist community in them.

Site where evidence of Paleolithic dwelling was found within La Garma cave complex in Cantabria, northern Spain. The dwelling was constructed around 16,800 years ago, according to archeologists (© Proyecto La Garma/Gobierno de Cantabria).

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The Buddhist cave community of Spain

Archeologists have uncovered evidence of a cave dwelling that was constructed around 16,800 years ago by prehistoric humans.

The dwelling was found in the La Garma cave complex in the autonomous community of Cantabria, northern Spain, the local government announced in a statement.

The new discovery is "one of the best preserved Paleolithic dwellings" in the world, according to the Government of Cantabria. The Paleolithic, also referred to as the Old Stone Age, is a period in human prehistory that extends from the earliest use of stone tools more than 3 million years ago to around 12,000 years ago.

Beth Upton (bethupton.com) is an accomplished former British Buddhist nun now in Spain

Buddhist Spanish cave community: Sanditthika

La Garma is a "unique" archeological site that boasts an impressive collection of rock art and Paleolithic remains, including thousands of fossils, according to the World Monuments Fund.

• Beth Upton's Spanish cave center | Sandiṭṭhika Meditation Community (sanditthika.org)

The complex forms part of a world-renowned network of caves in northern Spain that are listed together as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Inside a Spanish cave along the coast

This listing includes the famous Cave of Altamira in Cantabria that features striking prehistoric cave art dating as far back as around 35,000 years ago. To date, five levels of caves have been discovered at La Garma, which preserves evidence of human activity spanning over 300,000 years, right up until the Middle Ages.

The original entrance to the cave's Lower Gallery was blocked by a landslide around 16,000 years ago, preserving the ancient remains inside intact, turning it into a kind of prehistoric "time capsule," according to the local government.

The latest discovery at La Garma is the prehistoric dwelling from 16,800 years ago, which occupies an oval space of almost 54 square feet. The dwelling is delimited by an alignment of stone blocks and stalagmites that supported a structure of sticks and skins leaning against a ledge of the cave wall.

Beth Upton comes from a forest tradition in the Burmese jungle of Pa Auk Monastery

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Spanish caves have served many good purposes

In the center of the dwelling, the researchers found evidence of a small bonfire, around which lie several remains left behind by the hunter-gatherers who lived there. These include antler and bone instruments, as well as evidence of fur working and stone tool production.

In total, the archeologists documented more than 4,600 objects during their investigations, primarily the bones of deer, horses, and bison, but also pieces of flint, needles, and a proto-harpoon, as well as shells of marine mollusks.

Aurochs — an extinct giant cattle species — painted on cave walls show purposeful art.

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I'll make it so that everyone can meditate here.

They also found decorated bones, among them, a spectacular pierced bone of an aurochs — an extinct giant cattle species — with an engraved representation of that animal, as well as several pendants that the residents of the dwelling may have worn. More + VIDEO

• Mysterious prehistoric monument discovered by archeologists: 'Very rare'
• Archeologists 'surprised' by 6,500-year-old Stone Age site near Arctic
• Bones stored in box for decades turn out to be Neanderthal remains
• British Buddhist Beth Upton's Spanish Sanditthika Cave Meditation Community

Meditation caves in Spain? Living in simplicity, growing in wisdom (sanditthika.org)

Massive earthquake destroys Morocco (BBC)

Laurence Peter, Maria Zaccaro, BBC; A. Wells, CC Liu, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Marrakesh, Morocco earthquake: Mountain villages plunged into grief - BBC News

Morocco earthquake: British tourists describe 'terrifying' moment quake hit - BBC News

• Morocco: Race against time to save buried survivors
• UPDATES: 2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake (Wiki)

Where is Morocco? Next to Spain, EU?

The death toll from a powerful earthquake in the Kingdom of Morocco under King Mo in North Africa, has soared to more than 2,000, with a similar number of injured.

The interior ministry says more than 1,400 have serious injuries, and the heaviest casualties are in provinces just south of Marrakech.

King Mohammed VI declared three days of national mourning and ordered shelter, food, and other help for survivors. Many people are spending a second night out in the open.

The magnitude 6.8 quake hit Marrakesh and many towns on Friday night. In remote mountain areas, entire villages are reported to have been flattened.

The epicenter was in the High Atlas Mountains, 44 miles (71km) south-west of Marrakesh -- a city with world heritage status which is popular with tourists.

But the tremors were also felt in the capital Rabat, some 350km away, as well as Casablanca, Agadir, and Essaouira.

Morocco, Africa, next to Spain, circa 1212

The interior ministry says Al Haouz province has the highest death toll, followed by Taroudant province.

There are far fewer deaths in Marrakesh, though the UNESCO-protected old city has suffered considerable damage.

It is believed that many simple mud brick, stone, and timber homes in mountain villages will have collapsed, but the scale of devastation in remote areas will take some time to assess.

PM, King Mo, hot model, Don, Merkel, Putins

When he arrived in one such village, BBC correspondent Nick Beake says, "an elderly woman was wailing as 18 bodies had been recovered in that one place. Many people are camping out for the night there," he says, "as they fear aftershocks.

"They say they are desperately short of food and water. But such places are hard to reach, with mountain roads strewn with rocks and other debris, making access difficult for the emergency services." More

• "It was total chaos": Voices from the earthquake
• PHOTOS: Damage in historic Marrakesh
• Mountain villages plunged into grief
• Such a powerful earthquake is unusual for Morocco

What caused this?

Stewart Swerdlow survived Montauk Project

What is the cause of this great earthquake? There is one man who is sure to know, the great Stewart Swerdlow (expansions.com), a proficient psychic used by covert U.S. government agencies to remote view and test advanced technology due to his known lineage of Russian relatives with mystic powers. Swerdlow explained that the great quake that hit Aceh, Indonesian, and caused the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, was caused by the military-industrial complex trying to power up the Montauk chair for experimentation. It uses a tremendous amount of power. And in the wrong hands, it causes a great disturbance in the force. See: Buddhism on the causes of great earthquakes

• Mysterious flash illuminates Moroccan sky moments before earthquake. [Could it be HAARP activity disturbing the skies?] (msn.com)