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The Travels of Faxian 法顯

Table of Contents

Chapter 1:
From Chang'an to the Sandy Desert
Chapter 2:
On to Shanshan and Thence to Khotan
Chapter 3:
Khotan. Processions of Images. The King's New Monastery
Chapter 4:
Through the Cong (Bolor-Tagh) or "Onion" Mountains to Kashgar;--Probably Skardo, or Some City More to the East In Ladak
Chapter 5:
Great Quinquennial Assembly of Monks. Relics of Buddha. Productions of The Country
Chapter 6:
On Towards North India. Darada (Darel). Image of Maitreya Bodhisattva
Chapter 7:
Crossing of the Indus. When Buddhism First Crossed the River for the East
Chapter 8:
Wuchang, or Udyana. Monasteries, and their Ways. Traces of Buddha
Chapter 9:
Suheduo. Legend of Buddha
Chapter 10:
Gandhara. Legends of Buddha
Chapter 11:
Takshasila. Legends. the Four Great Topes
Chapter 12:
Purushapura, or Peshawar. Prophecy About King Kanishka And His Tope. Buddha's Alms-Bowl. Death of Huiying
Chapter 13:
Nagara. Festival of Buddha's Skull-Bone. Other Relics, And His Shadow
Chapter 14:
Death of Huijing In the Little Snowy Mountains. Luoyi. Puna. Crossing the Indus To the East
Chapter 15:
Bhida. Sympathy of Monks With the Pilgrims
Chapter 16:
On To Mathura Or Muttra. Condition And Customs of Central India; of the Monks, Viharas, And Monasteries
Chapter 17:
Sankasya. Buddha's Ascent To And Descent From the Trayastrimsas Heaven, And Other Legends
Chapter 18:
Kanyakubja, Or Canouge. Buddha's Preaching
Chapter 19:
Sha-Che. Legend of Buddha's Danta-Kashtha
Chapter 20:
Kosala And Sravasti. The Jetavana Vihara And Other Memorials And Legends of Buddha. Sympathy of the Monks With the Pilgrims
Chapter 21:
The Three Predecessors of Sakyamuni In the Buddhaship
Chapter 22:
Kapilavastu. Its Desolation. Legends of Buddha's Birth, And Other Incidents In Connexion With It
Chapter 23:
Rama, And Its Tope
Chapter 24:
Where Buddha Finally Renounced the World, And Where He Died
Chapter 25:
Vaisali. The Tope Called "Weapons Laid Down." The Council Of Vaisali
Chapter 26:
Remarkable Death of Ananda
Chapter 27:
Pataliputtra Or Patna, In Magadha. King Asoka's Spirit-Built Palace And Halls. The Buddhist Brahman, Radha-Sami. Dispensaries And Hospitals
Chapter 28:
Rajagriha, New And Old. Legends And Incidents Connected With It
Chapter 29:
Gridhra-Kuta Hill, And Legends. Fa-Hien Passes A Night On It. His Reflections
Chapter 30:
The Srataparna Cave, or Cave of the First Council. Legends. Suicide of a Bhikshu
Chapter 31:
Gaya. Sakyamuni's Attaining to the Buddhaship; and Other Legends
Chapter 32:
Legend of King Asoka in a Former Birth, and His Naraka
Chapter 33:
Mount Gurupada, Where Kasyapa Buddha's Entire Skeleton Is
Chapter 34:
On the Way Back to Patna. Varanasi, or Benares. Sakyamuni's First Doings After Becoming Buddha
Chapter 35:
Dakshina, and the Pigeon Monastery
Chapter 36:
In Patna. Faxian's Labours in Transcription of Manuscripts, and Indian Studies for Three Years
Chapter 37:
To Champa and Tamalipti. Stay and Labours There for Three Years. Takes Ship to Singhala, or Ceylon
Chapter 38:
At Ceylon. Rise of the Kingdom. Feats of Buddha. Topes and Monasteries. Statue of Buddha in Jade. Bo Tree. Festival of Buddha's Tooth
Chapter 39:
Cremation of an Arhat. Sermon of a Devotee
Chapter 40:
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