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A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms

A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms

Author: Faxian
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Chapter 1 FROM CH'ANG-GAN TO THE SANDY DESERT

Word Count: 1442    |    Released on: 28/11/2017

scipline, in the second year of the period Hwang-che, being the Ke-hae year of the cycle,(2) he entered into an engagement

hey went forward to the kingdom of Now-t'an,(8) crossed the mountain of Yang-low, and reached the emporium of Chang-yih.(9) There they found the country so much disturbed

er, resuming after it their travelling, and going on to T'un-hwang,(13) (the chief town) in the frontier territory of defence extending for about 80 le from east to west, and about 40 from north to south. Their company,

avellers) who encounter them perish all to a man. There is not a bird to be seen in the air above, nor an animal on the ground below. Though you look all round most

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1 Chapter 1 FROM CH'ANG-GAN TO THE SANDY DESERT2 Chapter 2 ON TO SHEN-SHEN AND THENCE TO KHOTEN3 Chapter 3 KHOTEN. PROCESSIONS OF IMAGES. THE KING'S NEW MONASTERY.4 Chapter 4 THROUGH THE TS'UNG OR ONION MOUNTAINS TO K'EEH-CH'A;-PROBABLY SKARDO, OR SOME CITY MORE TO THE EAST IN LADAK5 Chapter 5 GREAT QUINQUENNIAL ASSEMBLY OF MONKS. RELICS OF BUDDHA. PRODUCTIONS OF THE COUNTRY.6 Chapter 6 ON TOWARDS NORTH INDIA. DARADA. IMAGE OF MAITREYA BODHISATTVA.7 Chapter 7 CROSSING OF THE INDUS. WHEN BUDDHISM FIRST CROSSED THE RIVER FOR THE EAST8 Chapter 8 WOO-CHANG, OR UDYANA. MONASTERIES, AND THEIR WAYS. TRACES OF BUDDHA.9 Chapter 9 SOO-HO-TO. LEGEND OF BUDDHA.10 Chapter 10 GANDHARA. LEGENDS OF BUDDHA.11 Chapter 11 TAKSHASILA. LEGENDS. THE FOUR GREAT TOPES.12 Chapter 12 PURUSHAPURA, OR PESHAWUR. PROPHECY ABOUT KING KANISHKA AND HIS TOPE. BUDDHA'S ALMS-BOWL. DEATH OF HWUY-YING.13 Chapter 13 NAGARA. FESTIVAL OF BUDDHA'S SKULL-BONE. OTHER RELICS, AND HIS SHADOW.14 Chapter 14 DEATH OF HWUY-KING IN THE LITTLE SNOWY MOUNTAINS. LO-E. POHNA. CROSSING THE INDUS TO THE EAST.15 Chapter 15 ON TO MATHURA OR MUTTRA. CONDITION AND CUSTOMS OF CENTRAL INDIA; OF THE MONKS, VIHARAS, AND MONASTERIES.16 Chapter 16 SANKASYA. BUDDHA'S ASCENT TO AND DESCENT FROM THE TRAYASTRIMSAS HEAVEN, AND OTHER LEGENDS.17 Chapter 17 KANYAKUBJA, OR CANOUGE. BUDDHA'S PREACHING.18 Chapter 18 SHA-CHE. LEGEND OF BUDDHA'S DANTA-KASHTHA.19 Chapter 19 KOSALA AND SRAVASTI. THE JETAVANA VIHARA AND OTHER MEMORIALS AND LEGENDS OF BUDDHA. SYMPATHY OF THE MONKS WITH THE PILGRIMS.20 Chapter 20 THE THREE PREDECESSORS OF SAKYAMUNI IN THE BUDDHASHIP.21 Chapter 21 2122 Chapter 22 RAMA, AND ITS TOPE.23 Chapter 23 WHERE BUDDHA FINALLY RENOUNCED THE WORLD, AND WHERE HE DIED.24 Chapter 24 VAISALI. THE TOPE CALLED WEAPONS LAID DOWN. THE COUNCIL OF VAISALI.25 Chapter 25 REMARKABLE DEATH OF ANANDA.26 Chapter 26 PATALIPUTTRA OR PATNA, IN MAGADHA. KING ASOKA'S SPIRIT-BUILT PALACE AND HALLS. THE BUDDHIST BRAHMAN, RADHA-SAMI. DISPENSARIES AND HOSPITALS.27 Chapter 27 RAJAGRIHA, NEW AND OLD. LEGENDS AND INCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH IT.28 Chapter 28 GRIDHRA-KUTA HILL, AND LEGENDS. FA-HIEN PASSES A NIGHT ON IT. HIS REFLECTIONS.29 Chapter 29 THE SRATAPARNA CAVE, OR CAVE OF THE FIRST COUNCIL. LEGENDS. SUICIDE OF A BHIKSHU.30 Chapter 30 GAYA. SAKYAMUNI'S ATTAINING TO THE BUDDHASHIP; AND OTHER LEGENDS.31 Chapter 31 LEGEND OF KING ASOKA IN A FORMER BIRTH, AND HIS NARAKA.32 Chapter 32 MOUNT GURUPADA, WHERE KASYAPA BUDDHA'S ENTIRE SKELETON IS.33 Chapter 33 ON THE WAY BACK TO PATNA. VARANASI, OR BENARES. SAKYAMUNI'S FIRST DOINGS AFTER BECOMING BUDDHA.34 Chapter 34 DAKSHINA, AND THE PIGEON MONASTERY.35 Chapter 35 IN PATNA. FA-HIEN'S LABOURS IN TRANSCRIPTION OF MANUSCRIPTS, AND INDIAN STUDIES FOR THREE YEARS.36 Chapter 36 TO CHAMPA AND TAMALIPTI. STAY AND LABOURS THERE FOR THREE YEARS. TAKES SHIP TO SINGHALA, OR CEYLON.37 Chapter 37 AT CEYLON. RISE OF THE KINGDOM. FEATS OF BUDDHA. TOPES AND MONASTERIES. STATUE OF BUDDHA IN JADE. BO TREE. FESTIVAL OF BUDDHA'S TOOTH.38 Chapter 38 CREMATION OF AN ARHAT. SERMON OF A DEVOTEE.39 Chapter 39 AFTER TWO YEARS TAKES SHIP FOR CHINA. DISASTROUS PASSAGE TO JAVA; AND THENCE TO CHINA; ARRIVES AT SHAN-TUNG; AND GOES TO NANKING. CONCLUSION OR L'ENVOI BY ANOTHER WRITER.