Monkey depicts the adventures of Prince Tripitaka, a young Buddhist priest on a dangerous pilgrimage to India to retrieve sacred scriptures accompanied by his three unruly disciples: the greedy pig creature Pipsy, the river monster Sandy and Monkey. Hatched from a stone egg and given the secrets of heaven and earth, the irrepressible trickster ...
Part historical epic, social satire and spiritual allegory, this is a retelling of "Journey to the West", which became known as "Monkey". Written in the 16th century, it tells the story of the adventures of the rogue-trickster Monkey as he travels to India.
Part historical epic, part social satire, and part spiritual allegory, this is a retelling of the classic story of the rogue trickster, Monkey. During the course of a journey to India, he and his companion, a Buddhist pilgrim, encounter a cast of spirits, gods, demons, and monsters.
The saga of the 7th-century Chinese monk Xuanzang, who completed an epic 16-year journey to discover the heart of Buddhism at its source in India, is a story of human struggle and triumph. The author of this book, who journeyed in Xuanzang's footsteps, describes the perils Xuanzang faced, the monasteries he visited (many of which are standing to ...
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