So, in other words the builders were fearless badasses willing to build that shit no matter what.

Edit: Or slaves

It really baffles my mind how they built these sort of structures, can someone explain?

Edit: So I looked up some pictures and I see we are just looking at the cliff face of the monastery. The rest of it extends pretty far into the cavern going into the mountain. It's a bit more understandable knowing they would have built it up from inside, instead of dangling from the mountain...

Oh please, just cut the shit