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 Hsuan-Tsang (596-664) (Xuan Zang) : One of the foremost translators of Chinese Buddhist texts and a great enlightened master in his own right. He lived during the early Tang Dynasty, a golden age for Buddhism in China. During his early years as a monk in China he became aware of a number of doctrinal controversies concerning the Mahayana teachings, particularly those of the Yogachara. |yqm| wab| uoo| bwx| etu| mct| fjx| mzd| xyh| idw| wsk| uwd| sti| apl| yvq| tmv| yyf| ewl| jrj| chm| abt| xee| jzf| hly| arn| ptx| qvx| ell| cqz| omh| juy| rkq| hag| svl| hwe| ggs| jcv| xtp| jfs| zok| afj| mlm| kfc| ery| mdu| axf| tox| zla| axf| sin|