Quote by Xuanzang: “The path to enlightenment is long and arduous, yet deeply rewarding.”

Xuanzang acknowledges the immense challenges and difficulties inherent in a spiritual quest or any significant life goal. However, he also affirms that the personal growth and ultimate understanding gained are well worth the effort.

Xuanzang's own 17-year journey to India (629-645 CE) was a testament to this philosophy. He sought original Buddhist scriptures to bring back to China, facing immense hardships in the process during the Tang Dynasty.

Seventh-century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar who undertook a seventeen-year journey to India to collect and translate Buddhist scriptures. His account of the journey, the Great Tang Records on the Western Regions, is a major historical source for the early medieval period across Central and South Asia. He translated seventy-four texts into Chinese upon his return.