Faxian
A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms
Being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664133236
Table of Contents
or RECORD OF BUDDHISTIC KINGDOMS
FROM CH'ANG-GAN TO THE SANDY DESERT
ON TO SHEN-SHEN AND THENCE TO KHOTEN
KHOTEN. PROCESSIONS OF IMAGES. THE KING'S NEW MONASTERY.
ON TOWARDS NORTH INDIA. DARADA. IMAGE OF MAITREYA BODHISATTVA.
WOO-CHANG, OR UDYANA. MONASTERIES, AND THEIR WAYS. TRACES OF BUDDHA.
TAKSHASILA. LEGENDS. THE FOUR GREAT TOPES.
NAGARA. FESTIVAL OF BUDDHA'S SKULL-BONE. OTHER RELICS, AND HIS SHADOW.
BHIDA. SYMPATHY OF MONKS WITH THE PILGRIMS.
KANYAKUBJA, OR CANOUGE. BUDDHA'S PREACHING.
SHA-CHE. LEGEND OF BUDDHA'S DANTA-KASHTHA.
THE THREE PREDECESSORS OF SAKYAMUNI IN THE BUDDHASHIP.
WHERE BUDDHA FINALLY RENOUNCED THE WORLD, AND WHERE HE DIED.
VAISALI. THE TOPE CALLED "WEAPONS LAID DOWN." THE COUNCIL OF VAISALI.
RAJAGRIHA, NEW AND OLD. LEGENDS AND INCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH IT.