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Hungry Ghosts by Andy Rotman | Paperback | 2021

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Narrative Type
Non Fiction/Fiction
Product Group
Book
Age Level
Adults
Modified Item
No
Date Published
25 Jun 2021
ISBN-10
1614297215
EAN
9781614297215
Brand
Wisdom PublicationsUS
MPN
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Type
Book
ISBN
9781614297215
Genre
Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism, Philosophy
Publication Year
2021
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Book Title
Hungry Ghosts
Item Height
229mm
Author
Andy Rotman
Publisher
wisdom Publications,U.S.
Topic
Beliefs
Item Width
152mm
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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Classical stories and depictions of hungry ghosts not only tell us a great deal about Buddhism in the ancient world--they also speak to the modern human condition. 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. Hungry ghosts are often described as having enormous stomachs and tiny mouths, forever thwarted in their search for food. One of the earliest sources about hungry ghosts is the ten stories about them in the Avadanasataka (One Hundred Stories), a Buddhist scripture from the early centuries of the Common Era, and these ten stories are elegantly translated in this volume. These 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. Their bodies trigger disgust, but their aim is to inspire in us a disgust with the human thoughts that lead to such wretched bodies. Hungry-ghost stories are meant to shock us out of our complacency. Artistic depictions of the travails of hungry ghosts are found throughout the Buddhist world, and Hungry Ghosts reproduces some of the best examples with detailed descriptions. The volume also begins with a meditation on meanness (matsarya), the mental state that engenders rebirth as a hungry ghost. We discover how the understanding of miserliness, cruelty, and bad faith found in the stories illuminates the human condition, offering insight and inspiring compassion for readers both in ancient times and in the world today.

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wisdom Publications,U.S.
ISBN-13
9781614297215
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Book Title
Hungry Ghosts
Author
Andy Rotman
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Beliefs
Publication Year
2021
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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229mm
Item Width
152mm

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Andy Rotman
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