A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms

Wikified by:Laxman Burdak, IFS (Retd.)

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A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms: : James Legge, 1886

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Being an Account by the Chinese Monk Fa-Hien of his Travels in India and Ceylon (A.D.399-414) in Search of the Buddhist Books of Discipline Translated and annotated with a Corean recension of the Chinese text by James Legge

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Table of Contents

Sketch map of Fa-Hien’s Travels

• Wiki Editor Notes
• Front Cover

• Preface:

• Introduction: Life of Fa-Hien; Genuineness and Integrity of the Text of his Narrative; Number of the Adherents of Buddhism.

• Chapter 1: From Ch’ang-Gan to the Sandy Desert
• Chapter 2: On to Shen-Shen and Thence to Khoten

• Chapter 3: Khoten. Processions of Images. The King’s New Monastery.

• Chapter 4: Through the Ts’ung or “Onion” Mountains to K’eeh-Ch’a; — 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. Image of Maitreya Bodhisattva.

• Chapter 7: Crossing of the Indus. When Buddhism First Crossed the River for the East

• Chapter 8: Woo-Chang, or Udyana. Monasteries, and Their Ways. Traces of Buddha.

• Chapter 9: Soo-Ho-To. Legend of Buddha.

• Chapter 10: Gandhara. Legends of Buddha.

• Chapter 11: Takshasila. Legends. The Four Great Topes.

• Chapter 12: Purushapura, or Peshawur. Prophecy About King Kanishka and His Tope. Buddha’s Alms-Bowl. Death of Hwuy-Ying.

• Chapter 13: Nagara. Festival of Buddha’s Skull-Bone. Other Relics, and His Shadow.

• Chapter 14: Death of Hwuy-King in the Little Snowy Mountains. Lo-E. Pohna. 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. Fa-Hien’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.

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Source - Ebook by University of Adelaide

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