Introduction. The Pilgrimage Of Faxian And Xuanzang To

Introduction The pilgrimage of Faxian and Xuanzang to the India is an important event in the cultural exchange between China and India because their experiences of pilgrimages have significant effects on not only development of Buddhism in China as well as cultural exchange between China and India. Faxian and Xuanzang actively participated in various Buddhist activities in India. Their travel experiences were maintained in detailed records of their precious books, which are preservation of valuable historical information such as Ancient Buddhism, geography and social customs in order to study India, Sri Lanka, and other countries. Motivations of the Chinese monks The main motivation of the Chinses monks’ pilgrimage is the emergence of†¦show more content†¦From this perspective, the pilgrimage to India is necessary. At the same time, the Buddhist scriptures and discipline were incomplete and there were only a few of them. Monks acts in his own way without law compliance at that time. These two reasons are there was a movement to seek the Buddhist scriptures and discipline in India. And they are the motives of Faxian’s pilgrimage to India. On the other hand, the motivations of Xuanzang’s pilgrimage to India are due to inspiration of Faxian and mere and messy situation of Buddhist scriptures and discipline. It is no doubt that Faxian s pilgrimage to India is successful. And his book Record of the Buddhist Kingdoms has more directly inspired Xuanzang to obtain Buddhist scriptures and discipline. Another important reason for Xuanzang’s pilgrimage to India is the mere and messy situation of Buddhist scriptures and discipline. Within the study of the theory of different Buddhist scriptures and discipline, there was more doubt and confusion due to lack of sufficient Buddhist scriptures and discipline. Based on the introduction of Buddhism situation in India, especially the Buddhist Center Nalanda which is the highest school of Buddhism from one monk from India, Xuanzang determined his pilgrimage to India. Both two reasons show that he has a purpose and will to pursue for his pilgrimage to India. Experiences of Faxian and Xuanzang’s