Sanatan Dharm net Darshan Tijdreis 2: Reis naar het Westen

Dutch:
Dit is de tweede aflevering van de serie over de invloed en verspreiding van Sanatan Dharm over de wereld door de millenia heen. In deze aflevering wordt de invloed van de Ramayan op de grote Chinese klassieker "De Reis naar het Westen" verkend. Deze aflevering richt zich in het bijzonder op de overeenkomsten tussen Hanuman Swami en Sun Wu Kong, die niet alleen tot de populairste culturele iconen behoort (zoniet de populairste culturele icoon is) van het Verre Oosten, maar ook vereerd wordt als een Daoïstische en Buddhistische god, met toegewijde tempels zowel binnen als buiten China.

English:
This is the second episode of the series about the influence and spread of Sanatan Dharm over the world throughout the millenia. In this episode the influence of the Ramayan on the great Chinese classic "The Journey to the West" is explored. This episode focusses in particular on the similarities between Hanuman Swami and Sun Wu Kong, who not only one of the most popular cultural icons (if not the most popular cultural icon) throughout the Far-East, but also worshipped as a Daoist and Buddhist deity, with dedicated temples both inside as well as outside China.

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[Sanatan Dharm]

In short, there is no evidence nor is it believed that Hanuman Swami accompanied the real life Xuánzàng. However there is strong evidence that parts of the fictional "Journey to the West" is based on the Ramayan and that Sūn Wùkōng, who is a major Chinese cultural and religious icon is in fact based on Hanuman Swami.

[Sanatan Dharm]

Kasyapiya sutras, sastra and Vinaya: 17

Dharmagupta sutras, Vinaya, sastras: 42

Sarvastivadin sutras, Vinaya, sastras: 67

Yin-lun (Treatises on the science of Inference): 36

Sheng-lun (Etymological treatises): 13

[Sanatan Dharm]

Xuánzàng (玄奘) is regarded by historicians as a non-fictional persons, so I can only assume that there is solid evidence of his existence.

he total number of texts brought by Xuánzàng from India to China is 657, enumerated as follows:

Mahayanist sutras: 224 items

Mahayanist sastras: 192

Sthavira sutras, sastras and Vinaya: 14

Mahasangika sutras, sastras and Vinaya: 15

Mahisasaka sutras, sastras and Vinaya: 22

Sammitiya sutras, sastras and Vinaya: 15