Ultimate Journey Retracing the Path of an Ancient Buddhist Monk Who Crossed Asia in Search of Enlightenment

Name: Ultimate Journey Retracing the Path of an Ancient Buddhist Monk Who Crossed Asia in Search of Enlightenment
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ISBN: 9780679781578

ISBN-10: 0679781579

ISBN-13: 9780679781578

Edition: 2002

Authors: Richard Bernstein

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In 629, the revered Buddhist monk Hsuan Tsang set out across Asia in search of the Ultimate Truth, and to settle what he called “the perplexities of my mind.” From the Tang dynasty capital at Xian through ancient Silk Road oases, over forbidding mountain passes to Tashkent, Samarkand, and the Amu-Darya River, across Pakistan to the holiest cities of India–and back again–his sixteen-year journey was beset with every hardship imaginable. Pilgrimage complete, Hsuan Tsang wrote an account of his trek that is still considered one of the classics of Chinese literature. In 1998, Richard Bernstein, venerated journalist and Time magazine’s first Beijing bureau chief, retraced the steps of Hsuan…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/5/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Introduction


How Many Springs Do We See?


Leaving the Ba River Behind


The Fugitive Monk


The Ghost Town


The Long Dead


The Bombing of Belgrade


The Horror of Home


The Torugart Pass


Genghis Khan's Ancestors


The Bridge Nobody Crosses


Self-Annihilating Arguments


An Orphanage in Amritsar


The Maharaja of Ruin


A Detour to Hong Kong


The Holy Places


The Synagogue of Calcutta


The Shankaracharya of Kanchipuram


To the Kunjerab Pass


The Nightmare Bus to Khotan


The Southern Oases to Dunhuang


Last Words


Acknowledgments


Index