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Dispelling the Darkness

Hardcover • 2017 • 1. edition

Dispelling the Darkness

By Jr. Lopez Donald S., Thupten Jinpa

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About the book

In a remote Himalayan village in 1721, the Jesuit priest Ippolito Desideri awaited permission from Rome to continue his mission to convert the Tibetan people to Christianity. In the meantime, he forged ahead with an ambitious project: a treatise, written in classical Tibetan, that would refute key Buddhist doctrines. If he could convince the Buddhist monks that these doctrines were false, thought Desideri, he would dispel the darkness of idolatry from Tibet.Offering a fascinating glimpse into th...Show more

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9780674659704

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published year

2017

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Edition

1

Original title

Dispelling the Darkness

Format

Hardcover

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