Xuananzang Research Paper

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Xuanzang’s was the most famous of all Buddhist pilgrims his goals was to go to India . Before he travel to India an older traveler gave him some advices and he said that the road to the west are very dangerous but Xuanzang’s said that he will start his journey from the west and he will not be back before he reach India even if he die he will not regret . Xuanzang’s went to the Gobi desert and it was difficult because there was no living creatures to be seen in this desert . On the other hand he faced dust storm but he didn’t care his only problem was that he had no water and he was unable to move because of that . He lay down on the sand and pray for the Avalokiteswara Bodhisattva . In the midnight ha wake up because of the cool breeze that

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