A record of Buddhistic Kingdoms : being an account by the Chinese Monk Fâ-hien of his Travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist Books of Discipline

Front Cover......Page 1 Back Cover Introduction......Page 2 Front Page......Page 4 Publishers Info......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 6 PREFACE......Page 10 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 15 Note on the sketch-map......Page 16 I. Dream of Buddha's mother of his incarnation......Page 83 II. Buddha just born, with the Nagas supplying water to wash him......Page 87 III. Buddha tossing the white elephant over the wall......Page 86 IV. Buddha in solitude and enduring austerities......Page 114 V. Buddhaship attained......Page 115 VI. The devas celebrating the attainment of the Buddhaship......Page 17 VII. Buddha's dying instructions......Page 92 VIII. Buddha's death......Page 93 IX. Division of Buddha's relics......Page 94 Life of FA-hien; genuineness and integrity of the text of his narrative; number of the adherents of Buddhism......Page 18 I. From Ch'ang-gan to the Sandy Desert......Page 26 II. On to Shen-shen and thence to Khoten......Page 29 III. Khoten. Processions of images. The king's New Monastery......Page 33 IV. Through the Ts'ung or 'Onion' mountains to K'eeh-ch'A; probably Skardo, or some city more to the East in Ladak......Page 38 V. Great quinquennial assembly of monks. Relics of Buddha. Productions of the country......Page 39 VI. On towards North India. Darada. Image of Maitreya Bodhisattva......Page 41 VII. Crossing of the Indus. When Buddhism first crossed that river for the East......Page 43 VIII. Woo-chang, or Udyana. Monasteries and their ways.Traces of Buddha......Page 45 IX. Soo-ho-to. Legend of Buddha......Page 47 X. Gandhara. Legends of Buddha......Page 48 XI. Takshasila. Legends. The four great topes......Page 49 XII. Purushapura, or Peshawur. prophecy about king Kanishka and his tope. Buddha's alms-bowl. Death of Hwuy-ying......Page 50 XIII. Nagara. Festival of Buddha's skull-bone. Other relics, and his shadow......Page 53 XIV. Death of Hwuy-king in the Little Snowy mountains. Lo-e. Pohna. Crossing the Indus to the East......Page 57 XV. Bhida. Sympathy of monks with the pilgrims......Page 58 XVI. On to Mathura, or Muttra. Condition and customs of Central India; of the monks, viharas, and monasteries......Page 59 XVII. Sankasya. Buddha's ascent to and descent from the Trayastrimsas heaven, and other legends......Page 64 XVIII. Kanyakubja, or Canouge. Buddha's preaching......Page 70 XIX. Sha-che. Legend of Buddha's Danta-kashtha......Page 71 XX. Kosala and Sravasti. The Jetavana vihara and other memorials and legends of buddha. Sympathy of the monks with the pilgrims......Page 72 XXI. The three predecessors of Sakyamuni in the Buddhaship......Page 80 XXII. Kapilavastu. Its desolation. Legends of Buddha's birth, and other incidents in connexion with it......Page 81 XXIII. Rama, and its tope......Page 89 XXIV. Where Buddha finally renounced the world, and where he died......Page 91 XXV. Vaisali. The tope called 'Weapons laid down.' The Council of Vaisali......Page 97 XXVI. Remarkable death of Ananda......Page 100 XXVII. Pataliputtra, or Patna, in Magadha. King Asoka's spirit-built palace and halls. The Buddhist Brahman, Radhasami. Dispensaries and hospitals......Page 102 XXVIII. Rajagriha, New and Old. Legends and incidents connected with it......Page 105 XXIX. Gridhra-kuta hill, and legends. FA-hien passes a night on it. His reflections......Page 107 XXX. The Srataparna cave, or cave of the First Council. Legends. Suicide of a Bhikshu......Page 109 XXXI. Gaya. Sakyamuni's attaining to the Buddhaship; and other legends......Page 112 XXXII. Legend of king Asoka in a former birth, and his naraka......Page 117 XXXIII. Mount Gurupada, where Kasyapa Buddha's entire skeleton is......Page 119 XXXIV. On the way back to Patna. Varanasi, or Benares. Sakyamuni's first doings after becoming Buddha......Page 120 XXXV. Daksiiina, and the pigeon monastery......Page 123 XXXVI. In Patna. Fa-hien's labours in transcription of manuscripts, and Indian studies for three years......Page 125 XXXVII. To Champa and Tamalipti. Stay and labours there for three years. takes ship to singhala, or Ceylon......Page 127 XXXVIII. At Ceylon. Rise of the kingdom. Feats of Buddha. Topes and monasteries. Statue of Buddha in jade. Bo tree. Festival of Buddha's tooth......Page 128 XXXIX. Cremation of an Arhat. Sermon of a devotee......Page 134 XL. 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......Page 138 INDEX......Page 146 CHINESE TEXT. Page 44......Page 151 CHINESE TEXT (Jananese copy). Page 1......Page 195