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Keki Daruwalla established himself as a name to reckon with in Indian poetry with the publication of his very first book, Under Orion (1970). With nine published volumes so far, including The Keeper of the Dead which won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1984, and Landscapes, which won the coveted Commonwealth Poetry Prize for Asia in 1987, he is today one of India s foremost poets. His poetry, characterized by a trademark vigour and immediacy of language, a razor-sharp tone and subtle imagery, consistently strikes an ingenious balance between image and statement. With his capacity to blend a larger-than-life canvas with an unfailing eye for detail, he addresses a remarkable variety of themes in his poems-from the epic concerns of culture and history, myth and religion to the quotidian affairs of life and death, love and passion. This definitive edition, testimony to his prodigious output and astonishing breadth of vision, brings together over three decades of Keki Daruwalla s work and also includes a whole new section of poems previously unpublished.

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This is an excellent selection of the Jatakas, which are somewhat reminiscent of Chaucer's tales. Sarah Shaw's translation is very moving and a delight to read. The icing on the cake though, is the commentary that accompanies each Jataka - they are very insightful, and are as fun as reading the Jatakas themselves. My only comment about this book is that the accompanying commentaries should follow after each the Jataka, and not before. Having the commentary behind would prevent any spoilers and it is also much more productive reading the commentary only after you've read the Jataka itself. Having said that, this is a great book! I'm reading this a second time and will be recommending it to my friends. --Jean

This awesome book contains 26 retellings of the Jatakas, a collection of 547 ancient tales told by the Buddha about his former lives as the Bodhisatta (the being destined to become the Buddha.) The stories are deeply instructive, entertaining and surprisingly comical, and they shed much light on the Buddha's teaching in a format that is particularly palatable to laypeople. At times the bodhisatta appears as a merchant, a king, a bandit, a rabbit, a deer-king, a mythical snake being or the spirit of a clump of grass; other times he is reborn in a brahma heaven or even a hell. As he journeys along through this continuation of existences, his quest is to cultivate the "ten perfections" (generosity, wisdom, effort, truth, morality, patience/tolerance, loving-kindness, strong determination, renunciation and equanimity) thereby fulfilling the bodhisatta's vow to postpone his own enlightenment so that he may become a Fully Awakened Buddha and teach the path to others. We can learn much from his epic exploits, which have all the appeal of legendary adventure, but feature a hero who conquers through wisdom and kindness rather than violence--both without and within. As a practicing Vipassana meditator and layfollower of the Buddha, I have found the Jatakas to be very illuminating, but in a lighthearted way that is a relief from the more hard-line reading of the suttas. Besides wonderfully illustrating the "ten perfection" values, they show how beings fare in rebirth according to their deeds. Even those approaching the Jatakas from a non-spiritual standpoint will find them interesting as a collection of folktales that is unique in all the world: they show the hero's evolution over not just one lifetime but many. --Dylan M

What is a Jataka tale? Jataka tales are about the birth and rebirth of the Bodhisatta, who in his present and final life is the Buddha. The Buddha presents one of his past lifes and a lesson from that life to share with others to help give guidance for enlightenment. The Jataka tales are one of the oldest (composed from around the 5th century BC to about the 3rd century CE) and among the largest collection of stories (547 in all) in the world. Each story reflects one of the ten perfections - giving, restraint, renuciation, wisdom, strength, acceptance, truthfulness, resolve, loving kindness, and equanimtiy. The life of the Bodhisatta is tested in countless situations, through hundreds of lives. The Bodhisatta comes to life in many forms through the different Jataka stories. Among other reincarnations the Bodhisatta lives as many types of animals (such as a monkey, fish, horse), spirits, as a king, a prince, merchant and countless other forms. The Jatakas are still a part of the living traditions of much of South-East Asia that can be seen in art, folk tale and drama. What really makes the Jatakas so interesting and entertaining to read besides the creativity and at times great humour is the form all the stories share. There is a basic structure to the stories that once a reader has read a couple one looks forward to seeing how the next story will both share the expected structure and yet surprise in the unique set of events that unfolds. --Jetsleeper
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This volume contains twenty-six stories drawn from various ancient sources, and each story reflects one of the ten perfections—giving, restraint, renunciation, wisdom, strength, acceptance, truthfulness, resolve, loving kindness and equanimity

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  • PublisherPenguin Books India
  • Publication date2006
  • ISBN 10 014306200X
  • ISBN 13 9780143062004
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages372
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