Dispelling the Darkness : : A Jesuit’s Quest for the Soul of Tibet / / 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...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
Yayın Tarihi: | 2017 |
Dil: | English |
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Fiziksel Özellikler: | 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 1 halftone, 1 line illustration |
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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 |
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Özet: | 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. |
Materyal Türü: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674977730 9783110543315 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674977730 |
Erişim: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Thupten Jinpa, Donald S. Lopez Jr. |