Dispelling The Darkness: A Jesuitæs Quest For The Soul Of Tibet

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.

• | Author: Donald S. Lopez, Thupten Jinpa
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 10, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 320 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 0674659708
• | ISBN-13: 9780674659704