Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t3.7

v2.c15.s2.t3.7

In 1940, he arrived in Calcutta, India and was welcomed by Maha Bodhi Society and the Visva-Bharati University. During his visit, he met Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Jawaharlal Nehru and Tan Yunshan, etc. He also visited Buddha-gaya, Varanasi, among other Buddhist holy lands. He used to send Fa Hang to Ceylon and India to spread Mahayana and study Pali and Sanskrit, as he sought further cultural cooperation between India and China. In order to establish life Buddhism and spur the universalisation of Buddhism, he also dispatched monk students to China’s Tibet, India, Ceylon and other places to study, and thus to engage in researches on Pali, Sanskrit and Tibetan. He knew *Vinaya*, *Sutras* and *Abhidhamma Tripitaka*, religious doctrines and theories of different schools. He also delved into studies in ancient philosophers and even science and philosophy. His disciple, Yin Shun sorted out his works and compiled them into Complete Works of Master Tai Xu, that was published by Religious Culture Press. The book has altogether seven million words, and is divided into four parts and 20 sections, and 60 volumes.