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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