Fa Hian, the Chinese Buddhist monk was the first pilgrim to cross the wastes if central Asia, penetrate India proper, and successfully return to China to record his experiences. “When I look back on what I have gone through,†he said about his stupendous undertakings, â€My heart is involuntarily moved and the perspiration flows forth, That I have encouraged danger and trod the most perilous places, with thinking of or sparing myself , was because I had a ...
