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ANDY ROTMAN is a professor of Religion, Buddhism, and South Asian Studies at Smith College. His publications include Divine Stories: Divyvadna, Part 1 and Part 2 (Wisdom Publications, 2008 and 2017), Thus Have I Seen: Visualizing Faith in Early Indian Buddhism (Oxford University Press, 2009), and a coauthored volume, Amar Akbar Anthony: Bollywood, Brotherhood, and the Nation (Harvard University Press, 2015). He has been engaged in textual and ethnographic work on religious and social life in South Asia for more than twenty-five years.
THE REALM OF HUNGRY GHOSTS is one of the unfortunate realms of rebirth in the Buddhist cycle of existence, and those reborn there are said to have led lives consumed by greed and spite. In one of the earliest sources about hungry ghosts, translated here, hungry ghosts know the error of their ways, and they sometimes appear among humans, like the ghosts that haunt Ebenezer Scrooge, as augurs of what may await. Artistic depictions of the travails of hungry ghosts are found throughout the Buddhist world, and some of the best examples are reproduced and richly described here. In addition, Hungry Ghosts shows how an understanding of the meanness (matsrya) that afflicts hungry ghosts illuminates the human condition, offering insight and inspiring compassion for readers both in ancient times and today.
In this wonderful gem of a book, Andy Rotman offers us a compelling translation of a set of ten Sanskrit Buddhist stories about hungry ghosts (preta), taken from the Avadnaataka (One Hundred Stories), an important early anthology of Indian Buddhist narratives. Rotman has brought them into the limelight and shown how important they are for Buddhists and for all of us. Hungry Ghosts will become a standard work on the subject.
JOHN STRONG, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Religious and Asian Studies, Bates College
Rotman brings new life to old stories about hungry ghosts, and he provides unique insight into their development and their importance even for modern Buddhism. This volume will undoubtedly become a must-read for students of Buddhist thought and art.
MONIKA ZIN, Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Leipzig University
Rotmans deeply insightful commentary and lucid, precise translations open these stories to the modern reader, revealing a profound exploration of what it is to be mean-spirited and of the consequences of being mean. This beautiful volume is a masterpiece of translation and commentary, a gift that is literary, historical, and most importantly, ethical.
JAY GARFIELD, Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities, Smith College, and the Harvard Divinity School
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