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The International Journal of the Royal Society of Thailand
The International Journal of the Royal Society of Thailand
Volume XIII – 2021
Volume XII, 2020

leave for China, his colleagues tried to persuade him to remain there. Sen has the
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The monks of Nalanda, when they heard of it [Xuanzang’s plan to return to

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China], begged him to remain, saying ‘India is the land of Buddha’s birth, and
though he had left the world, there are many traces of him. … Why then do
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you with to leave having come so far? Moreover, China is the land of
mlecchas, of unimportant barbarians, who despise the religious and the
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Faith. That is why the Buddha was not born there. The mind of the people is
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narrow, and their coarseness profound, hence neither saints nor sages to
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there. The climate is cold and the country rugged – you must think again.
Xuanzang, however, replied by emphasizing the universalism inherent in Buddhism.
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The Buddha, he said, would not want his teachings to be limited only to one place
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or one people. He also praised his native land, mentioning a number of its good
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and worthy aspects. Then he asks how one can say that the Buddha did not go to
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his country (Amartya Sen, 2005:174).
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Nonetheless, after he had returned to China, Xuanzang still maintained ties
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with Nalanda. Once he received a letter from his old friend, Prajñādeva, who was
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at Nalanda, together with some small gifts. Prajñādeva also asked Xuanzang to
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send a list of books or manuscripts that he wanted from Nalanda. Xuanzang replied

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by expressing his sadness that his teacher, Silabhadra, had died; he thanked Prajñādeva
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for offering to copy the books and sent a list of the books and manuscripts that
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were lost when he was on his way back to China (Amartya Sen: 175). Thus it is
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interesting to know that in an age when international traveling was difficult and
hazardous, there was this kind of dialog and exchange between Xuanzang and his
Experimental investigation papers must state in the Materials and

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colleague back in India. The kind of exchange we find here is very similar to what
1) informed consent was obtained from all adult participants and from
we find nowadays among colleagues who collaborate internationally on a daily
parents or legal guardians of minors, including the name of the appropriate
basis. The difference seems to be that we scholars today use the Internet and
institutional review board having approved the project;
emails for communication, while in Xuanzang’s time it took months for news,
2) the maintenance and care of experimental animals comply with the
Thai National Institute of Health Guidelines for the humane use of laboratory
13 Joseph Needham, 1956. Science and Civilization in China. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, vol. 1,
animals or the equivalent country authority or agency;
pp. 209-210. Quoted in Amartya Sen, The Argumentative Indian, p.174.
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The exchanges and dialogs did not take place only across geographical or cultural boundaries. According
to Radhakrishnan, the exchanges also happened across creeds and belief systems, and it is this mixing of
different ideas made possible institutionally by Nalanda that constitutes a cornerstone of democracy (Sar-
vapalli Radhakrishnan, 1950. Report on University Education. Delhi: Managers of Publication, pp. 300-302.
Quoted in Shiv Visvanathan, 2000. “Democracy, Plurality and Indian University,” In: Economic and Political
Weekly 35.40, Sept. 30 - Oct. 6, 2000: 3597-3606, p. 3599.
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