In order to explore the differences between different schools of Buddhism, Xuanzang traveled 50,000 miles to the west in the first year of Zhenguan, and went through hardships to the Nalanduo Temple in the center of Indian Buddhism to get the true scriptures. He studied various theories of Mahayana and Mahayana at that time for seventeen years. When Xuanzang returned in 645 AD, he brought back 50 Buddhist relics/kloc-0, 7 Buddha statues and 657 Buddhist scriptures, and he worked in the translation of Buddhist scriptures for a long time.
Xuanzang and his disciples translated 75 volumes (65,438+0,335 volumes), and the translated works include The Great Prajna Sutra, The Heart Sutra, The Deep Secret Sutra, The Yoga Teacher's Theory of Land and the Theory of Realizing Only Knowledge. The Book of the Western Regions of Datang 12 describes the mountains, rivers, cities, products, customs and rumors of 28 countries that he personally experienced1KLOC-0/0 in his journey to the West. Journey to the West is based on the story of Xuanzang's learning from the scriptures.
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Each of us has known the story of Journey to the West since childhood. Although the image of Tang priest in the novel comes from Xuanzang, the novel belongs to a fantasy story, some personal images do not exist in reality, and Xuanzang's personal experience and situation in reality are different from those in the novel. But what is certain is that what Tang Priest learned in the novel is that this incident is true.
Because Xuanzang went to India to learn from the scriptures in history, he really experienced a lot of suffering and spent a lot of time. Of course, the final outcome is also appropriate. Tang Priest and his disciples got the scriptures, and Xuanzang successfully shipped back a large number of Tibetan scriptures from India.
Xuanzang was born in Luoyang today. His ancestors were a bureaucratic family, and his father was an official in the Sui Dynasty. It is also in this environment that Xuanzang had a good learning opportunity from an early age, learned Confucian classics and developed a good moral quality. Later, the Sui Dynasty perished and the Tang Dynasty was established. Chen Chen's father also chose to retire, and then he died of a serious illness.
At this point, Xuanzang's life path had a turning point. After his father died, Xuanzang's brother fled into an empty net, and he himself became a monk when he was only ten years old and devoted himself to practicing Buddhism. In the following time, Xuanzang and his brother went to various places to practice Buddhism and seek true knowledge. It was in this process that Xuanzang discovered that the boundaries of Buddhism in China were not very clear at that time.
People's attitudes and views on Buddhism are not very unified. After careful consideration, he found that the problem lay in the past. When it was first introduced to China, the ancestors' translation of Buddhism did not fully explain its true meaning, which led to misunderstandings and disputes among many Buddhist practitioners. The existence of this situation strengthened his determination to go to India, the birthplace of Buddhism, to seek the true scriptures.
Xuanzang's outstanding contribution was highly praised by Emperor Taizong. At the same time, the idea of being kind to others and karma advocated by Buddhism also helped Emperor Taizong to govern the country. For example, Tang Taizong did not wage war to settle disputes between countries by peaceful means, but worked hard for the people so that they could rely on it. This is very helpful for a ruler to rectify the country.
Moreover, after Xuanzang returned to China, he wrote his own experience for more than ten years into "The Tale of the Western Regions of Datang", which recorded the regions and people he passed along the way. After publication, he let people know about foreign countries, and by sending foreign countries to learn about other countries for peaceful diplomacy, he promoted the exchange and integration of national cultures.
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