Ultimate journey
Subtitle: retracing the path of an ancient Buddhist monk who crossed Asia in search of enlightenment
By: Richard Bernstein.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: A.A. Knopf
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: Xuanzang, ca. 596-664; Priests, Buddhist -- China -- Biography; Silk Road -- Description and travel
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Richard Bernstein's story of his long journey through Asia is at once a memoir of adventurous travel and a record of cultural discovery and spiritual quest.".

"In the year 629, a greatly revered Chinese Buddhist monk, Hsuan Tsang, set out across Asia in search of the Buddhist Truth, to settle what he called the "perplexities of my mind." Nearly a millenium and a half later, Richard Bernstein retraces the monk's steps: from the Tang dynasty capital at Xian through ancient Silk Road oases, over forbidding mountain passes to Tashkent, Samarkand, and the Amu-Darya River, across Pakistan to the holiest cities of India - and back.".

"Ultimate Journey is a vivid, profoundly felt account of two stirring adventures - one in the past and one in the present - in pursuit of illumination."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.