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Author : Faxian
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book ホッケンデン written by Faxian and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Faxian
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book A Record of the Buddhist Countries written by Faxian and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yijing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book A Record of the Buddhist Religion written by Yijing and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Faxian
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms written by Faxian and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yijing
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
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Download or read book A Record of the Buddhist Religion as Practised in India and the Malay Archipelago (A.D. 671-695) written by Yijing and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : I-Tsing
Publisher : Asian Educational Services
ISBN 13 : 9788120616226
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (162 download)
Download or read book A Record of the Buddhist Religion as Practiced in India and the Malay Archipelago (A.D. 671-695) written by I-Tsing and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 2005 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Practised In India And The Malay Archipelago (A.D. 671-695).
Author : Faxian Faxian
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9359392650
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (593 download)
Download or read book A Record Of Buddhistic Kingdoms written by Faxian Faxian and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms" is a travelogue written by Faxian (also spelled Fa Hsien), a Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar who lived during the 4th and 5th centuries CE. The book chronicles Faxian's journey from China to India and back, as he sought to obtain Buddhist scriptures and deepen his understanding of Buddhism. In his account, Faxian provides vivid descriptions of the countries, people, and Buddhist sites he encountered along the way. Faxian's observations shed light on the cultural practices, religious customs, and social conditions of the Buddhist kingdoms he visited. As an ardent Buddhist practitioner and scholar, Faxian's primary purpose was to collect Buddhist scriptures and learn from esteemed teachers. "A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms" is not only a valuable historical record of Faxian's travels but also an important source of information on the spread and development of Buddhism in Asia. It provides valuable insights into the religious and cultural landscape of the time and contributes to our understanding of ancient Buddhist traditions and practices. Faxian's travelogue remains a significant text for scholars and enthusiasts of Buddhism, history, and cross-cultural exchanges.
Author : Fa Xian
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781989743041
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms written by Fa Xian and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faxian (337 - c. 422) was a Chinese Buddhist monk and translator who traveled by foot from Ancient China to Ancient India, visiting many sacred Buddhist sites in Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia between 399-412 to acquire Buddhist texts. His journey is described in his important travelogue, A Record of Buddhist Kingdoms, Being an Account by the Chinese Monk Fa-Xian of his Travels in India and Ceylon in Search of the Buddhist Books of Discipline. Other transliterations of his name include Fa-Hien, and Fa-hsien. In 399 Faxian set out with nine others to locate sacred Buddhist texts. He visited India in the early fifth century. He is said to have walked all the way from China across the icy desert and rugged mountain passes. He entered India from the northwest and reached Pataliputra. He took back with him Buddhist texts and images sacred to Buddhism. He saw the ruins of the city when he reached Pataliputra. Faxian's visit to India occurred during the reign of Chandragupta II. He is also renowned for his pilgrimage to Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautama Buddha (modern Nepal). However, he mentioned nothing about Guptas. Faxian claimed that demons and dragons were the original inhabitants of Sri Lanka. On Faxian's way back to China, after a two-year stay in Ceylon, a violent storm drove his ship onto an island, probably Java. After five months there, Faxian took another ship for southern China; but, again, it was blown off course and he ended up landing at Mount Lao in what is now Shandong in northern China, 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of the city of Qingdao. He spent the rest of his life translating and editing the scriptures he had collected. Faxian wrote a book on his travels, filled with accounts of early Buddhism, and the geography and history of numerous countries along the Silk Road as they were, at the turn of the 5th century CE. He wrote about cities like Taxila Patliputra, Mathura, and Kannauj in Middle India. He also wrote that inhabitants of Middle India also eat and dress like Chinese people. He declared Patliputra as a very prosperous city. He returned in 412 and settled in what is now Nanjing. In 414 he wrote (or dictated) Foguoji (A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms; also known as Faxian's Account). He spent the next decade, until his death, translating the Buddhist sutra he had brought with him from India.
Author : Monk Fa-Hsien
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465525734
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)
Download or read book A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms: Being an Account by the Chinese Monk Fa-Hsien on Travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399 - 414) in Search of the Buddhist Books of Discipline written by Monk Fa-Hsien and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : I-Tsing
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781498136730
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)
Download or read book A Record of the Buddhist Religion as Practised in India and the Malay Archipelago A.D. 671-695 written by I-Tsing and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1896 Edition.
Author : James Legge
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781721163045
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (63 download)
Download or read book A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms written by James Legge and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-18 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms by James Legge - This country originally had no human inhabitants, but was occupied only by spirits and nâgas, with which merchants of various countries carried on a trade.... Through the coming and going of merchants... when they went away, the people of their various countries heard how pleasant the land was, and flocked to it in numbers till it became a great nation. -from "Chapter XXXVIII: At Ceylon" Little is known about the 5th-century Chinese monk Fâ-hien beyond what he himself tells us in the journals of his travels in India and Ceylon from the years 399 to 414 in search of the Buddhist Books of Discipline. But as he follows in the footsteps of the Buddha, revisiting the legendary places of the faith, his wise observations reveal an enlightenment that transcends time. An important primary source on the traditions and beliefs of Buddhism, this 1886 translation-complete with copious notes on Buddhist ideas and rituals, particular translations, and poetic idioms-is still considered the best English-language version available. Spiritual seekers will find a deeper understanding of Buddhism; students of Asian history will discover a glorious travelogue of an ancient culture. Scottish scholar JAMES LEGGE (1815-1897) was the first professor of Chinese language and literature at Oxford University, serving from 1876 to 1897. Among his many books are The Life and Teaching of Confucius (1867), The Religions of China (1880), and the 50-volume Sacred Books of the East (1879-1891). We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Author : Xuanzang
Publisher : BDK America
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Great Tang Dynasty Record of the Western Regions, The written by Xuanzang and published by BDK America. This book was released on 1996-05 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The great Tang dynasty record of the western regions is the itinerary of the journey undertaken by the Tripitaka-Master Xuanzang [a.k.a. Hsüan-tsang], in India and some parts of Central Asia in 629-45 C.E."--Page 1.
Author : Matthew W. King
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231555148
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book In the Forest of the Blind written by Matthew W. King and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Record of Buddhist Kingdoms is a classic travelogue that records the Chinese monk Faxian’s journey in the early fifth century CE to Buddhist sites in Central and South Asia in search of sacred texts. In the nineteenth century, it traveled west to France, becoming in translation the first scholarly book about “Buddhist Asia,” a recent invention of Europe. This text fascinated European academic Orientalists and was avidly studied by Hegel, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche. The book went on to make a return journey east: it was reintroduced to Inner Asia in an 1850s translation into Mongolian, after which it was rendered into Tibetan in 1917. Amid decades of upheaval, the text was read and reinterpreted by Siberian, Mongolian, and Tibetan scholars and Buddhist monks. Matthew W. King offers a groundbreaking account of the transnational literary, social, and political history of the circulation, translation, and interpretation of Faxian’s Record. He reads its many journeys at multiple levels, contrasting the textual and interpretative traditions of the European academy and the Inner Asian monastery. King shows how the text provided Inner Asian readers with new historical resources to make sense of their histories as well as their own times, in the process developing an Asian historiography independently of Western influence. Reconstructing this circulatory history and featuring annotated translations, In the Forest of the Blind models decolonizing methods and approaches for Buddhist studies and Asian humanities.
Author : Junjirō Takakusu
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book An Introduction to I-tsings's "Record of the Buddhist Religion as Practised in India and the Malay Archipelago (A.D. 671 - 695)" written by Junjirō Takakusu and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yijing
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book A Record of the Buddhist Religion as Practised in India and the Malay Archipelago written by Yijing and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Benjamin Brose
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834844095
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Xuanzang written by Benjamin Brose and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and legacy of Xuanzang: a Buddhist seeker, philosopher, and intrepid traveler who became the world's most famous pilgrim. In the fall of 629, Xuanzang (600–662), a twenty-nine-year-old Buddhist monk, left the capital of China to begin an epic pilgrimage across the country, through the deserts of Central Asia, and into India. His goal was to locate and study authentic Buddhist doctrine and practice, then bring the true teachings back to his homeland. Over the course of nearly seventeen years, he walked thousands of miles and visited hundreds of Buddhist monasteries and monuments. He studied with the leading teachers of his day and compiled a written account of his travels that remains a priceless record of premodern Indian history, religion, and culture. When Xuanzang finally returned to China in 645, he brought with him a treasure trove of new texts, relics, and icons. This transmission of Indian Buddhist teachings to China, made possible by Xuanzang’s unparalleled vision and erudition, was a landmark moment in the history of East Asian Buddhism. As with many great pre-modern religious figures, the legends surrounding Xuanzang’s life have taken on lives of their own. His story has been retold, reshaped, and repurposed by generations of monastics and laypeople. In this comprehensive and engaging account, Benjamin Brose charts a course between the earliest, most reliable accounts of Xuanzang’s biography and the fantastic legends that later developed, such as those in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West. Xuanzang remains one of the most consequential monks in the rich history of Buddhism in East Asia. This book is an indispensable introduction to his extraordinary life and enduring legacies.
Author : John Kieschnick
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231556098
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Buddhist Historiography in China written by John Kieschnick and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2022-07-29 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, 2023 Toshihide Numata Book Award, Numata Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of California, Berkeley Since the early days of Buddhism in China, monastics and laity alike have expressed a profound concern with the past. In voluminous historical works, they attempted to determine as precisely as possible the dates of events in the Buddha’s life, seeking to iron out discrepancies in varying accounts and pinpoint when he delivered which sermons. Buddhist writers chronicled the history of the Dharma in China as well, compiling biographies of eminent monks and nuns and detailing the rise and decline in the religion’s fortunes under various rulers. They searched for evidence of karma in the historical record and drew on prophecy to explain the past. John Kieschnick provides an innovative, expansive account of how Chinese Buddhists have sought to understand their history through a Buddhist lens. Exploring a series of themes in mainstream Buddhist historiographical works from the fifth to the twentieth century, he looks not so much for what they reveal about the people and events they describe as for what they tell us about their compilers’ understanding of history. Kieschnick examines how Buddhist doctrines influenced the search for the underlying principles driving history, the significance of genealogy in Buddhist writing, and the transformation of Buddhist historiography in the twentieth century. This book casts new light on the intellectual history of Chinese Buddhism and on Buddhists’ understanding of the past.
