Mission to Tibet
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Mission to Tibet

The Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Account of Father Ippolito Desideri S. J.

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eBook - ePub

Mission to Tibet

The Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Account of Father Ippolito Desideri S. J.

About this book

Mission to Tibet recounts the fascinating eighteenth-century journey of the Jesuit priest ippolito Desideri (1684 - 1733) to the Tibetan plateau. The italian missionary was most notably the first european to learn about Buddhism directly with Tibetan schol ars and monks - and from a profound study of its primary texts. while there, Desideri was an eyewitness to some of the most tumultuous events in Tibet's history, of which he left us a vivid and dramatic account.Desideri explores key Buddhist concepts including emptiness and rebirth, together with their philosophical and ethical implications, with startling detail and sophistication. This book also includes an introduction situating the work in the context of Desideri's life and the intellectual and religious milieu of eighteenth-century Catholicism.

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Information

Publisher
Wisdom Publications
Year
2010
Print ISBN
9780861716760
eBook ISBN
9780861719303
Topic
Personal Development
Subtopic
Travel

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Table of Figures
  4. Preface
  5. Technical Note
  6. Abbreviations
  7. Chronology
  8. Introduction
  9. Historical Notices of Tibet
  10. To The Reader
  11. BOOK I - Personal Account of the Journey from Rome to Lhasa, the Capital City ...
  12. BOOK II - Notices of the Nature, Customs, and Civil Government of Tibet
  13. BOOK III - Of the False Sect of the Unique Religion Observed in Tibet
  14. BOOK IV - Departure from the Mission to the Kingdoms of Tibet; Passing on to ...
  15. The Twentieth and Final Chapter
  16. Appendix A - Introduction to the Letter-Relation in Manuscript F
  17. Appendix B - Chapter 1 of B Book I and the “To the Reader” Prefacedfd of B
  18. Appendix C - Manoel Freyre’s Report on the Tibets and Their Routes
  19. Appendix D - The Decree of the Propaganda Fide and Tamburini’s Letter
  20. Appendix E - Desideri Discusses His Appeal of the Propaganda’s Decree
  21. Appendix F - The Meeting of Urgyen and Trisong Detsen
  22. Appendix G - Urgyen’s Fifth Means
  23. Appendix H - Desideri’s Tibet Missionary Manual
  24. Table of Tibetan Transliteration
  25. Notes
  26. Bibliography
  27. Index
  28. About Wisdom Publications
  29. Copyright