Xuanzang China’s Legendary Pilgrim and Translator: Benjamin Brose, William Dalrymple

Xuanzang: China’s Legendary Pilgrim and Translator: Benjamin Brose in conversation with William Dalrymple Benjamin Brose is a specialist in the history and culture of medieval Chinese Buddhism. His most recent work of nonfiction, Xuanzang: China’s Legendary Pilgrim and Translator, chronicles the astonishing history of the Buddhist monk Xuanzang, his study of authentic Buddhist doctrine and practice at Nalanda, and journey across thousands of miles, monasteries and monuments - where he learned with the leading teachers of the day. In conversation with historian, writer and festival Co-Director William Dalrymple, Brose discusses the legacy of Xuanzang and the trove of Buddhist teachings he returned with to China. Benjamin Brose is an Associate Professor of Chinese Religions and Buddhist Studies at the University of Michigan. His most recent publications include Xuanzang: China’s Legendary Pilgrim and Translator and Taming the Monkey: Reinterpreting the Xiyou ji [Journey to the West] in the Early Twentieth Century. William Dalrymple is one of Britain’s great historians and the bestselling author of the Wolfson Prize-winning White Mughals, The Last Mughal, which won the Duff Cooper Prize, and the Hemingway and Kapuściński Prize-winning Return of a King. His most recent book, The Anarchy, was long listed for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2019, among others. A frequent broadcaster, he has written and presented three television series, one of which won the Grierson Award for Best Documentary Series at BAFTA. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, the Royal Asiatic Society and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and writes regularly for The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and The Guardian. In 2018, he was presented with the prestigious President’s Medal by the British Academy for his outstanding literary achievement and for co-founding the Jaipur Literature Festival. Jaipur Literature Festival Social media Follow us on Social Media – https://www.facebook.com/JaipurLitFes...   / jaipurlitfest     / jaipurlitfest   #Benjamin_Brose #William_Dalrymple #JaipurLiteratureFestival2022