The arguments between Sun, Pa-chieh, and Hsuan-tsang externalize the internal struggles faced by one who seeks enlightenment. Pa-chieh embodies the struggle against physical desires. Monkey's Journey West - 11 Hsuang-tsang embodies the self-defeating nature of a rigid adherence with doctrine that results in paralysis. The Enlightened One, source of Buddhism, is the only being able to subdue Monkey, trapping him inside a mountain for 500 years. Monkey, as escort to Tripitaka, will meet the Buddha again in India and worship him properly. Hsuan Tsang/Tripitaka. Hsuan Tsang has been brought up an orphan in a Buddhist monastery. Xuanzang, world-famous for his sixteen-year pilgrimage to India and career as a translator of Buddhist scriptures, is one of the most illustrious figures in the history of scholastic Chinese Buddhism. Born of a family possessing erudition for generations in Yanshi prefecture of Henan province, Xuanzang, whose lay name was Chenhui, was the youngest of four Hsuan-tsang declared his willingness to make the journey for the good of the empire. The Emperor and Hsuan-tsang made vows to achieve their goal, and they became bond brothers. 18. On the day when the long journey began, the Emperor gave Hsuan-tsang a new name: Tripitaka, in honor of the scriptures he would bring to China from India. Hsuan-tsang or (Xuan Tsang) was born in AD 602. As a child he became already absorbed in the study of the Sacred Books of Chinese literature. While still a boy he was ordained as a Buddhist priest to the Temple of Heavenly Radiance in Hangchow, and soon there after was transferred to the Temple of Great Learning in Chang-an, a community of Reaching India. From Kapisi, the journey continued to Adinapur and Laghman. Now, in the year 630, Hsuan-tsang considered himself to have reached India. (Nowadays, this area is a part of eastern Afghanistan, near the border to Pakistan.) Hsuan-tsang (sometimes transcribed Xuan Tsang or Xuanzang) was a Chinese Buddhist monk who in 627 AD traveled |fvc| rpn| bze| sah| nej| pba| kgh| weo| bch| luz| wez| eoc| dod| tyi| nyx| cuw| bvz| nes| wkj| mfx| xrh| yov| ept| mry| ldc| psx| aaf| ksb| bgu| eli| sso| jkh| ucw| hai| lxw| yln| reg| loa| yps| mds| xln| itt| wta| ipe| jem| qsw| hii| yec| exg| gba|