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First published in 1932.
As well as an extensive introduction, this edition contains notes to all four books, a bibliographical index, a general index and an index of Tibetan words. The introduction is particularly valuable in that it sets the importance of Desideri's mission in the general context of the Jesuit Missions to Tibet.
In Desideri's account we receive the first accurate general description of Tibet: from the natural world to the sociological and anthropological aspects of the people and a complete exposition of Lamaism. His is the only complete reconstruction that we possess of the Tibetan religion, founded entirely on canonical texts. And all of this more than a century before Europeans had any knowledge of the Tibetan language.
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- Curators of the Buddha: The Study of Buddhism under Colonialism by Donald S. Lopez Jr. on page 289, and page 291
- Virtual Tibet: Searching for Shangri-La from the Himalayas to Hollywood by Orville Schell on page 316, and Back Matter
- Subaltern Sports: Politics and Sport in South Asia (Anthem South Asian Studies) by James H Mills on page 191, and Back Matter
- Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West by Donald S. Lopez Jr. in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Power of Denial: Buddhism, Purity, and Gender (Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series) by Bernard Faure in Back Matter
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