Write a Metaphorical Analysis of Pagodas as Chakras.

The class is Buddhist Architecture. Assignment one was to write an analytical essay that takes any two elements we studied and make them into a metaphor for each other. One is a unknown which here would be The Pagoda and the other would be the known which is Chakras. Particularly focusing on one pagoda as a prime example would likely be helpful. Some of the most important ones we studied were Hōryū-ji, Sakyamuni pagoda/Yingxian wooden pagoda, Songyue pagoda, Renshou pagoda, and Yúnyán Monastery Pagoda. The idea was to analyze the architectural components as being related to the components of the many chakras and how with all of them aligned some sort of enlightenment can be achieved. The design is essentially a metaphorical translation of this conceptual and spiritual abstraction.Please reference Buddhism and Buddhist Art by Charles F. Chicarelli .