고승 법현전 高僧 法顯傳 (The Book of A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms, by Faxian)

고승 법현전 高僧 法顯傳 . The Book of A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms, by Faxian
CONTENTS.

PAGE
PREFACE xi
INTRODUCTION.

LIFE OF FA- HIEN; GENUINENESS AND INTEGRITY OF THE TEXT OF HIS
NARRATIVE; NUMBER OF THE ADHERENTS OF BUDDHISM. 1
CHAPTER I.

FROM CH?ANG- GAN TO THE SANDY DESERT. 9
CHAPTER II.

ON TO SHEN- SHEN AND THENCE TO KHOTEN. 12
CHAPTER III.

KHOTEN. PROCESSIONS OF IMAGES. THE KING’S NEW MONASTERY. 16
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. 21
CHAPTER V.

GREAT QUINQUENNIAL ASSEMBLY OF MONKS. RELICS OF BUDDHA.
PRODUCTIONS OF THE COUNTRY. 22
CHAPTER VI.

ON TOWARDS NORTH INDIA. DARADA. IMAGE OF MAITREYA BODHISATTVA. 24
CHAPTER VII.

CROSSING OF THE INDUS. WHEN BUDDHISM FIRST CROSSED THAT RIVER FOR
THE EAST. 26
CHAPTER VIII.

WOO- CHANG, OR UDYANA. MONASTERIES AND THEIR WAYS. TRACES OF
BUDDHA. 28
CHAPTER IX.

SOO- HO- TO. LEGEND OF BUDDHA. 30
CHAPTER X.

GANDHARA. LEGENDS OF BUDDHA. 31
CHAPTER XI.

TAKSAH?ILA. LEGENDS. THE FOUR GREAT TOPES. 32
CHAPTER XII.

PURUSHAPURA, OR PESHAWAR. PROPHECY ABOUT KING KANISHKA AND HIS
TOPE. BUDDHA’S ALMS- BOWL. DEATH OF HWUY- YING. 33
CHAPTER XIII.

NAGARA. FESTIVAL OF BUDDHA’S SKULL- BONE. OTHER RELICS, AND HIS
SHADOW. 36
CHAPTER XIV.

DEATH OF HWUY- KING IN THE LITTLE SNOWY MOUNTAINS. LO- E. POH- NA.
CROSSING THE INDUS TO THE EAST. 40
CHAPTER XV.

BHIDA. SYMPATHY OF MONKS WITH THE PILGRIMS. 41
CHAPTER XVI.

ON TO MATHURA, OR MUTTRA. CONDITION AND CUSTOMS OF CENTRAL INDIA;
OF THE MONKS, VIHARAS, AND MONASTERIES. 42
CHAPTER XVII.

SA?KA?YA. BUDDHA’S ASCENT TO AND DESCENT FROM THE TRAYASTRI??AS
HEAVEN, AND OTHER LEGENDS. 47
CHAPTER XVIII.

KANYAKUBJA, OR CANOUGE. BUDDHA’S PREACHING. 53
CHAPTER XIX.

SHA- CHE. LEGEND OF BUDDHA’S DANTA- KASH?HA. 54
CHAPTER XX.

KO?ALA AND ?RAVASTI. THE JETAVANA VIHARA AND OTHER MEMORIALS AND
LEGENDS OF BUDDHA. SYMPATHY OF THE MONKS WITH THE PILGRIMS. 55
CHAPTER XXI.

THE THREE PREDECESSORS OF ?AKYAMUNI IN THE BUDDHASHIP. 63
CHAPTER XXII.

KAPILAVASTU. ITS DESOLATION. LEGENDS OF BUDDHA’S BIRTH, AND OTHER
INCIDENTS IN CONNEXION WITH IT. 64
CHAPTER XXIII.

RAMA, AND ITS TOPE. 68
CHAPTER XXIV.

WHERE BUDDHA FINALLY RENOUNCED THE WORLD, AND WHERE HE DIED. 70
CHAPTER XXV.

VAI?ALI THE TOPE CALLED ‘WEAPONS LAID DOWN.’ THE COUNCIL OF VAI?ALI. 72
CHAPTER XXVI.

REMARKABLE DEATH OF ANANDA. 75
CHAPTER XXVII.

PA?ALIPUTTRA, OR PATNA, IN MAGADHA. KING A?OKA’S SPIRIT- BUILT PALACE
AND HALLS. THE BUDDHIST BRAHMAN, R?DHAS?MI. DISPENSARIES AND
HOSPITALS. 77
CHAPTER XXVIII.

RAJAG?IHA, NEW AND OLD. LEGENDS AND INCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH IT. 80
CHAPTER XXIX.

G?IDHRA- KU?A HILL, AND LEGENDS. FA- HIEN PASSES A NIGHT ON IT. HIS
REFLECTIONS. 82
CHAPTER XXX.

THE ?RATAPAR?A CAVE, OR CAVE OF THE FIRST COUNCIL. LEGENDS. SUICIDE
OF A BHIKSHU. 84
CHAPTER XXXI.

GAYA. ?AKYAMUNI’S ATTAINING TO THE BUDDHASHIP; AND OTHER LEGENDS. 87
CHAPTER XXXII.

LEGEND OF KING A?OKA IN A FORMER BIRTH, AND HIS NARAKA. 90
CHAPTER XXXIII.

MOUNT GURUPADA, WHERE KA?YAPA BUDDHA’S ENTIRE SKELETON IS. 92
CHAPTER XXXIV.

ON THE WAY BACK TO PATNA. VARA?ASI, OR BENARES. ?AKYAMUNI’S FIRST
DOINGS AFTER BECOMING BUDDHA. 93
CHAPTER XXXV.

DAKSHI?A, AND THE PIGEON MONASTERY. 96
CHAPTER XXXVI.

IN PATNA. FA- HIEN’S LABOURS IN TRANSCRIPTION OF MANUSCRIPTS, AND
INDIAN STUDIES FOR THREE YEARS. 98
CHAPTER XXXVII.

TO CHAMPA AND TAMALIPTI. STAY AND LABOURS THERE FOR THREE YEARS.
TAKES SHIP TO SINGHALA, OR CEYLON. 100
CHAPTER 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. 101
CHAPTER XXXIX.

CREMATION OF AN ARHAT. SERMON OF A DEVOTEE. 107
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.
CONCLUSION OR L’ENVOI BY ANOTHER WRITER.
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