On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v1.c8.s7.1

v1.c8.s7.1

Our author passes on to make a few general observations about the internal condition of Buddhism as he heard about it and found it in India. His statements on the subject are meagre and condensed to a fault, and the precise meaning in some cases has perhaps not yet been ascertained. The whole passage should be regarded as forming a separate section, and should not be divided as it has been by the translators. For the present the information which it gives may be roughly interpreted to the following effect.—