"Secreti perfettissimi" (Very Perfect Secrets): Ippolito Desideri as Witness and Narrator of Wonders
Ippolito Desideri, SJ, visited Tibet in the early eighteenth century, seeking to refute the local religious tradition and convert the country's inhabitants, starting from high-ranking lamas. To accomplish his mission, the young Jesuit studies the difficult texts of Tantric Buddhism and is a cri...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Hawaii Press
[2018]
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Buddhist Christian studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 38, Pages: 3-14 |
| Further subjects: | B
theater (a che lha mo)
B Samye B Padmasambhava B the bards (lama mani) B ritual dances ('cham) |
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