The man with long hair and beard was wearing minimum clothes but did not notice them at first . The Monkey King got his attention and asked , “ Why do you sit under this tree ?” The man opened his eyes slowly , and spoke in a gentle manner . He , Krishna , came from India to this mountain forest to do meditation . He lived on forest fruit and drank water from a river at the far end of the mountains . As they spoke , the friends realized that he was a very knowledgeable person for he knew much about Buddha and the earth . He described his daily body stretches and prayers to the morning sun .
Xuanzang expressed his wish to visit India and learn more about Buddhism . Krishna agreed to take Xuanzang and his followers to India , once his meditation ended on the full moon and asked the friends to join him until then . On the morning of the full moon , they all started walking towards the west to reach Nalanda . They crossed mountains , forests , and villages and after few months they reached Nalanda . On this journey , Xuanzang and his followers learned more from Krishna .
When they reached Nalanda , Krishna helped organized for their staying with the monks before leaving them . Finally , Xuanzang was where he would learn about Buddhism to bring its understanding and practice to his village , deep in Anhui Province . It will be many years before Xuanzang and his followers got the deep knowledge they needed to bring it back to the village . And it will be many years later , that the three friends will meet Krishna again .