Dispelling the Darkness : : A Jesuit’s Quest for the Soul of Tibet / / Thupten Jinpa, Donald S. Lopez Jr.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Lopez Jr., Donald S.,; Jinpa, Thupten,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• 出版年: 2017
• 言語: English
• 物理的記述: 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 1 halftone, 1 line illustration
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. Introduction to Inquiry concerning the Doctrines of Previous Lives and Emptiness --; 2. Selections from Inquiry concerning the Doctrines of Previous Lives and Emptiness --; 3. Introduction to Essence of the Christian Religion --; 4. Essence of the Christian Religion --; A Final Thought --; Appendix 1: Topical Outline (sa bcad ) of the Inquiry --; Appendix 2: Subjects of the Inquiry --; Appendix 3: A Latin Version of the Inquiry --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• 要約: In a remote Himalayan village in 1721, the Jesuit priest Ippolito Desideri wrote a treatise in classical Tibetan intended to refute key Buddhist doctrines and dispel the darkness of idolatry from Tibet. Dispelling the Darkness provides extended excerpts from this unfinished masterpiece and a full translation of a companion work.
• フォーマット: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674977730; 9783110543315
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674977730
• アクセス: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Thupten Jinpa, Donald S. Lopez Jr.

In a remote Himalayan village in 1721, the Jesuit priest Ippolito Desideri wrote a treatise in classical Tibetan intended to refute key Buddhist doctrines and dispel the darkness of idolatry from Tibet. Dispelling the Darkness provides extended excerpts from this unfinished masterpiece and a full tr...