The travels of Fa-hsien (399-414 A.D.), or Record of the Buddhistic kingdoms / retranslated by H.A. Giles.
- Faxian
- Date:
- 1923
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The travels of Fa-hsien (399-414 A.D.), or Record of the Buddhistic kingdoms / retranslated by H.A. Giles. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![TERMS USED BY FA-HSIEN Bodhisatva.—A saint who has only one more earthly state to pass through before becoming a Buddha. Eight Liberations.—Eight processes through which the mind frees itself from all subjective and objective trammels. Foot (Chinese).—Originally the length of lOO millet-seeds; now, 14.1 inches English. Greater Vehicle {mahdydna).—A later and more exoteric form of Buddhism, in which Buddha appears on earth as a Saviour and the mystery of the Trinity is expressed by images of the three Persons. Kuan Yin.—A male deity in India, and also in China down to the beginning of the 12th century, after which the worship was trans¬ ferred to a Chinese goddess with a child. Lesser Vehicle ihinayand).一The earliest and esoteric form of Buddhism, by which sinners are conveyed to salvation. [There is a Middle Vehicle, not mentioned separately by Fa-hsien.] Li.—One-third of a mile, with local variations according to the difficulty of the route. Lo-han {Arhan or Arhat).—A Buddhist saint of high standing, destined, some say, to become a Buddha.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31351803_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
