IN SEARCH OF THE BUDDHIST BOOKS OF DISCIPLINE
TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED
WITH A COREAN RECENSION OF THE CHINESE TEXT
BY
JAMES LEGGE, M.A., LL.D.
Professor of the Chinese Language and Literature
Oxford
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
1886
[All rights reserved]
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | ||
| [PREFACE] | xi | |
| [INTRODUCTION.] | ||
| Life of Fâ-hien; genuineness and integrity of the text of his narrative; number of the adherents of Buddhism. | 1 | |
| [CHAPTER I.] | ||
| From Chʽang-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 Tsʽung or ‘Onion’ mountains to Kʽeeh-chʽâ; probablySkardo, 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 riverfor the East. | 26 | |
| [CHAPTER VIII.] | ||
| Woo-chang, or Udyâna. Monasteries and their ways. Traces ofBuddha. | 28 | |
| [CHAPTER IX.] | ||
| Soo-ho-to. Legend of Buddha. | 30 | |
| [CHAPTER X.] | ||
| Gandhâra. Legends of Buddha. | 31 | |
| [CHAPTER XI.] | ||
| Taksahśilâ. Legends. The four great topes. | 32 | |
| [CHAPTER XII.] | ||
| Purushapura, or Peshâwar. Prophecy about king Kanishka andhis tope. Buddha’s alms-bowl. Death of Hwuy-ying. | 33 | |
| [CHAPTER XIII.] | ||
| Nagâra. Festival of Buddha’s skull-bone. Other relics, and hisshadow. | 36 | |
| [CHAPTER XIV.] | ||
| Death of Hwuy-king in the Little Snowy mountains. Lo-e. Poh-nâ.Crossing the Indus to the East. | 40 | |
| [CHAPTER XV.] | ||
| Bhida. Sympathy of monks with the pilgrims. | 41 | |
| [CHAPTER XVI.] | ||
| On to Mathurâ, or Muttra. Condition and customs of CentralIndia; of the monks, vihâras, and monasteries. | 42 | |
| [CHAPTER XVII.] | ||
| Saṅkâśya. Buddha’s ascent to and descent from the Trayastriṃśasheaven, and other legends. | 47 | |
| [CHAPTER XVIII.] | ||
| Kanyâkubja, or Canouge. Buddha’s preaching. | 53 | |
| [CHAPTER XIX.] | ||
| Shâ-che. Legend of Buddha’s Danta-kâshṭha. | 54 | |
| [CHAPTER XX.] | ||
| Kośala and Śrâvastî. The Jetavana vihâra and other memorials andlegends of Buddha. Sympathy of the monks with the pilgrims. | 55 | |
| [CHAPTER XXI.] | ||
| The three predecessors of Śâkyamuni in the buddhaship. | 63 | |
| [CHAPTER XXII.] | ||
| Kapilavastu. Its desolation. Legends of Buddha’s birth, and otherincidents in connexion with it. | 64 | |
| [CHAPTER XXIII.] | ||
| Râma, and its tope. | 68 | |
| [CHAPTER XXIV.] | ||
| Where Buddha finally renounced the world, and where he died. | 70 | |
| [CHAPTER XXV.] | ||
| Vaiśâlî The tope called ‘Weapons laid down.’ The Council ofVaiśâlî. | 72 | |
| [CHAPTER XXVI.] | ||
| Remarkable death of Ânanda. | 75 | |
| [CHAPTER XXVII.] | ||
| Pâṭaliputtra, or Patna, in Magadha. King Aśoka’s spirit-builtpalace and halls. The Buddhist Brahmân, Rȧdhasȧmi.Dispensaries and hospitals. | 77 | |
| [CHAPTER XXVIII.] | ||
| Râjagṛiha, New and Old. Legends and incidents connected with it. | 80 | |
| [CHAPTER XXIX.] | ||
| Gṛidhra-kûṭa hill, and legends. Fâ-hien passes a night on it. Hisreflections. | 82 | |
| [CHAPTER XXX.] | ||
| The Śrataparṇa cave, or cave of the First Council. Legends.Suicide of a Bhikshu. | 84 | |
| [CHAPTER XXXI.] | ||
| Gayâ. Śâkyamuni’s attaining to the Buddhaship; and other legends. | 87 | |
| [CHAPTER XXXII.] | ||
| Legend of king Aśoka in a former birth, and his naraka. | 90 | |
| [CHAPTER XXXIII.] | ||
| Mount Gurupada, where Kâśyapa Buddha’s entire skeleton is. | 92 | |
| [CHAPTER XXXIV.] | ||
| On the way back to Patna. Vârâṇasî, or Benâres. Śâkyamuni’sfirst doings after becoming Buddha. | 93 | |
| [CHAPTER XXXV.] | ||
| Dakshiṇa, and the pigeon monastery. | 96 | |
| [CHAPTER XXXVI.] | ||
| In Patna. Fâ-hien’s labours in transcription of manuscripts, andIndian studies for three years. | 98 | |
| [CHAPTER XXXVII.] | ||
| To Champâ and Tâmaliptî. Stay and labours there for threeyears. Takes ship to Singhala, or Ceylon. | 100 | |
| [CHAPTER XXXVIII.] | ||
| At Ceylon. Rise of the kingdom. Feats of Buddha. Topes andmonasteries. Statue of Buddha in jade. Bo tree. Festival ofBuddha’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 toNanking. Conclusion or l’envoi by another writer. | 111 | |
| [INDEX] | ||
| CHINESE TEXT: [法顯傳] | ||