Hiouen-Thsang, the famous Chinese pilgrim travelled in India before the advent of the Islamic rulers. Those were the days when the country was exclusively Brahmanist and Buddhist. This volume, an extract from the author's larger work, Buddhism in India, deals in particular with the memoirs or Hiouen-Thsang. It gives a picture of the condition of Buddhism in India in the middle of the seventh century, and concludes with a summary of Indian Buddhism. This valuable document is a must read for students of religious history.
Buddhist scholar J. Barthelemy Saint-Hilaire has authored a number of widely read works on Buddhism. His Buddhism in India and The Buddha and His Religion are considered to be pioneering comprehensive works on the subject.
| CHAPTER I | Life of Hiouen-Thsang; The importance of his travels in India; his monastic education in China; his vocation as a missionary; his departure; first trials; The King of the Oigurs; the Turkish Khan; Hiouen-Thsang's arrival in India; his superstitious piety; exploration on the banks of the Ganges: five year's sojourn in Magadha and the convent of Nalanda; travels throught the peninsula; return to Nalanda; Siladitya; contest of the Master of the Law against the Little Vehicle; His return to China after sixteen year's absence; Hiouen-Thsang's retreat; translation of the sacred Buddhist books; death of Hiouen-Thsang; his character | 3 |
| CHAPTER II | Memoirs of Hiouen-Thsang; Sources from which the Si-yu-ki is derived; History in India and China. Descriptive method of Hiouen-Thsang; His general views on India; his itinerary in Magadha; a page from his Memoirs on the Convent of Nalanda; Testimony of Hiouen-Thsang as to the Buddha, the Nirvana, the Councils, and the kings of his day; Hiouen-Thsang at the Court of Siladitya, king of Kanyakubja and part of Central Inida; The great Council of Deliverance in the Field of Happiness; Distribution of royal alms. Surprising tolerance of the Hindus. | 57 |
| CHAPTER III | Buddhist worship in India in the seventh century of the Christian era: its simplicity, worship of statues, the important part they play in Buddhism. Moving or flying statues, miraculous cures; relics of the Tathagata and other saintly personages; Imprints of the Buddha's footsteps; The Maitreya Bodhisatwa; Absence of organisation among the Indian Buddhist monks. Relation of Buddhism with Brahmanism in the seventh century; Buddhism divided into two sects: the Little and the Great Vehicle. Realtions of the two principal sects; subordination of the Little Vehicle; its secondary sects; Course of Buddhist studies at the time of Hiouen-Thsang. His intercourse with illustrious learned men; Summary of Indian Buddhis; Index | 95 |
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Hiouen-Thsang, the famous Chinese pilgrim travelled in India before the advent of the Islamic rulers. Those were the days when the country was exclusively Brahmanist and Buddhist. This volume, an extract from the author's larger work, Buddhism in India, deals in particular with the memoirs or Hiouen-Thsang. It gives a picture of the condition of Buddhism in India in the middle of the seventh century, and concludes with a summary of Indian Buddhism. This valuable document is a must read for students of religious history.
Buddhist scholar J. Barthelemy Saint-Hilaire has authored a number of widely read works on Buddhism. His Buddhism in India and The Buddha and His Religion are considered to be pioneering comprehensive works on the subject.
| CHAPTER I | Life of Hiouen-Thsang; The importance of his travels in India; his monastic education in China; his vocation as a missionary; his departure; first trials; The King of the Oigurs; the Turkish Khan; Hiouen-Thsang's arrival in India; his superstitious piety; exploration on the banks of the Ganges: five year's sojourn in Magadha and the convent of Nalanda; travels throught the peninsula; return to Nalanda; Siladitya; contest of the Master of the Law against the Little Vehicle; His return to China after sixteen year's absence; Hiouen-Thsang's retreat; translation of the sacred Buddhist books; death of Hiouen-Thsang; his character | 3 |
| CHAPTER II | Memoirs of Hiouen-Thsang; Sources from which the Si-yu-ki is derived; History in India and China. Descriptive method of Hiouen-Thsang; His general views on India; his itinerary in Magadha; a page from his Memoirs on the Convent of Nalanda; Testimony of Hiouen-Thsang as to the Buddha, the Nirvana, the Councils, and the kings of his day; Hiouen-Thsang at the Court of Siladitya, king of Kanyakubja and part of Central Inida; The great Council of Deliverance in the Field of Happiness; Distribution of royal alms. Surprising tolerance of the Hindus. | 57 |
| CHAPTER III | Buddhist worship in India in the seventh century of the Christian era: its simplicity, worship of statues, the important part they play in Buddhism. Moving or flying statues, miraculous cures; relics of the Tathagata and other saintly personages; Imprints of the Buddha's footsteps; The Maitreya Bodhisatwa; Absence of organisation among the Indian Buddhist monks. Relation of Buddhism with Brahmanism in the seventh century; Buddhism divided into two sects: the Little and the Great Vehicle. Realtions of the two principal sects; subordination of the Little Vehicle; its secondary sects; Course of Buddhist studies at the time of Hiouen-Thsang. His intercourse with illustrious learned men; Summary of Indian Buddhis; Index | 95 |
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