ABSTRACT
75 https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429267949/a7894cf8-f1be-4da6-a5b8-25af3ccb2a6d/content/inline5.tif"/> Near-calamities and unexpected dangers lay ahead of Xuanzang in northern India—hazardous paths up mountain ravines to reach the pointed conifers of the Kulu Valley and forests infested with elephants and wild beasts on his way to Kausambi. At one moment the pilgrim would be exerting every ounce of strength to escape from a band of robbers, and the next moment he would linger with a group of monks to discuss the implications of the Buddhist doctrine of Not-Self. What was reborn if the existence of Self, or soul, was denied?
