In the year 721, a young Buddhist monk named Hyecho set out from
the kingdom of Silla, on the Korean peninsula, on what would become
one of the most extraordinary journeys in history. Sailing first to
China, Hyecho continued to what is today Vietnam, Indonesia,
Myanmar, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran, before taking the
Silk Road and heading back east, where he ended his days on the
sacred mountain of Wutaishan in China. With Hyecho's Journey,
eminent scholar of Buddhism Donald S. Lopez Jr. re-creates Hyecho's
trek. Using the surviving fragments of Hyecho's travel memoir,
along with numerous other textual and visual sources, Lopez
imagines the thriving Buddhist world the monk explored. Along the
way, Lopez introduces key elements of Buddhism, including its basic
doctrines, monastic institutions, works of art, and the many
stories that have inspired Buddhist pilgrimage. Through the eyes of
one remarkable Korean monk, we discover a vibrant tradition
flourishing across a vast stretch of Asia. Hyecho's Journey is
simultaneously a rediscovery of a forgotten pilgrim, an accessible
primer on Buddhist history and doctrine, and a gripping,
beautifully illustrated account of travel in a world long lost.
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