The Travels of Fa-Hien
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THE TRAVELS OF FA-HIEN
or
RECORD OF BUDDHISTIC KINGDOMS
- CHAPTER I
FROM CH'ANG-GAN TO THE SANDY DESERT
- CHAPTER II
ON TO SHEN-SHEN AND THENCE TO KHOTEN
- CHAPTER III
KHOTEN. PROCESSIONS OF IMAGES. THE KING'S NEW MONASTERY.
- CHAPTER IV
THROUGH THE TS'UNG OR "ONION" MOUNTAINS TO K'EEH-CH'A;--PROBABLY
SKARDO, OR SOME CITY MORE TO THE EAST IN LADAK
- CHAPTER V
GREAT QUINQUENNIAL ASSEMBLY OF MONKS. RELICS OF BUDDHA.
PRODUCTIONS OF THE COUNTRY.
- CHAPTER VI
ON TOWARDS NORTH INDIA. DARADA. IMAGE OF MAITREYA BODHISATTVA.
- CHAPTER VII
CROSSING OF THE INDUS. WHEN BUDDHISM FIRST CROSSED THE
RIVER FOR THE EAST
- CHAPTER VIII
WOO-CHANG, OR UDYANA. MONASTERIES, AND THEIR WAYS. TRACES OF BUDDHA.
- CHAPTER IX
SOO-HO-TO. LEGEND OF BUDDHA.
- CHAPTER X
GANDHARA. LEGENDS OF BUDDHA.
- CHAPTER XI
TAKSHASILA. LEGENDS. THE FOUR GREAT TOPES.
- CHAPTER XII
PURUSHAPURA, OR PESHAWUR. PROPHECY ABOUT KING KANISHKA AND
HIS TOPE. BUDDHA'S ALMS-BOWL. DEATH OF HWUY-YING.
- CHAPTER XIII
NAGARA. FESTIVAL OF BUDDHA'S SKULL-BONE. OTHER RELICS,
AND HIS SHADOW.
- CHAPTER XIV
DEATH OF HWUY-KING IN THE LITTLE SNOWY MOUNTAINS. LO-E. POHNA.
CROSSING THE INDUS TO THE EAST.
- CHAPTER XV
BHIDA. SYMPATHY OF MONKS WITH THE PILGRIMS.
- CHAPTER XVI
ON TO MATHURA OR MUTTRA. CONDITION AND CUSTOMS OF CENTRAL INDIA;
OF THE MONKS, VIHARAS, AND MONASTERIES.
- CHAPTER XVII
SANKASYA. BUDDHA'S ASCENT TO AND DESCENT FROM THE TRAYASTRIMSAS
HEAVEN, AND OTHER LEGENDS.
- CHAPTER XVIII
KANYAKUBJA, OR CANOUGE. BUDDHA'S PREACHING.
- CHAPTER XIX
SHA-CHE. LEGEND OF BUDDHA'S DANTA-KASHTHA.
- CHAPTER XX
KOSALA AND SRAVASTI. THE JETAVANA VIHARA AND OTHER MEMORIALS AND
LEGENDS OF BUDDHA. SYMPATHY OF THE MONKS WITH THE PILGRIMS.
- CHAPTER XXI
THE THREE PREDECESSORS OF SAKYAMUNI IN THE BUDDHASHIP.
- CHAPTER XXII
KAPILAVASTU. ITS DESOLATION. LEGENDS OF BUDDHA'S BIRTH,
AND OTHER INCIDENTS IN CONNEXION WITH IT.
- CHAPTER XXIII
RAMA, AND ITS TOPE.
- CHAPTER XXIV
WHERE BUDDHA FINALLY RENOUNCED THE WORLD, AND WHERE HE DIED.
- CHAPTER XXV
VAISALI. THE TOPE CALLED "WEAPONS LAID DOWN."
THE COUNCIL OF VAISALI.
- CHAPTER XXVI
REMARKABLE DEATH OF ANANDA.
- CHAPTER XXVII
PATALIPUTTRA OR PATNA, IN MAGADHA. KING ASOKA'S SPIRIT-BUILT
PALACE AND HALLS. THE BUDDHIST BRAHMAN, RADHA-SAMI.
- CHAPTER XXVIII
RAJAGRIHA, NEW AND OLD. LEGENDS AND INCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH IT.
- CHAPTER XXIX
GRIDHRA-KUTA HILL, AND LEGENDS. FA-HIEN PASSES A NIGHT ON IT.
HIS REFLECTIONS.
- CHAPTER XXX
THE SRATAPARNA CAVE, OR CAVE OF THE FIRST COUNCIL. LEGENDS.
SUICIDE OF A BHIKSHU.
- CHAPTER XXXI
GAYA. SAKYAMUNI'S ATTAINING TO THE BUDDHASHIP; AND OTHER LEGENDS.
- CHAPTER XXXII
LEGEND OF KING ASOKA IN A FORMER BIRTH, AND HIS NARAKA.
- CHAPTER XXXIII
MOUNT GURUPADA, WHERE KASYAPA BUDDHA'S ENTIRE SKELETON IS.
- CHAPTER XXXIV
ON THE WAY BACK TO PATNA. VARANASI, OR BENARES. SAKYAMUNI'S
FIRST DOINGS AFTER BECOMING BUDDHA.
- CHAPTER XXXV
DAKSHINA, AND THE PIGEON MONASTERY.
- CHAPTER XXXVI
IN PATNA. FA-HIEN'S LABOURS IN TRANSCRIPTION OF MANUSCRIPTS, AND
INDIAN STUDIES FOR THREE YEARS.
- CHAPTER XXXVII
TO CHAMPA AND TAMALIPTI. STAY AND LABOURS THERE FOR THREE YEARS.
TAKES SHIP TO SINGHALA, OR LANKA.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII
AT LANKA. RISE OF THE KINGDOM. FEATS OF BUDDHA. TOPES AND
MONASTERIES. STATUE OF BUDDHA IN JADE. BO TREE.
- CHAPTER XXXIX
CREMATION OF AN ARHAT. SERMON OF A DEVOTEE.
- CHAPTER XL
AFTER TWO YEARS TAKES SHIP FOR CHINA. DISASTROUS PASSAGE TO JAVA;
AND THENCE TO CHINA; ARRIVES AT SHAN-TUNG; AND GOES TO NANKING.
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