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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Over the three years during which this book was written, a number of people, knowingly or otherwise, have left their mark on its pages. The work of the late Trevor Ling has been invaluable in my understanding of both Mara and Buddha. Bhikkhu Bodhi’s magisterial translation of the Samyutta Nikaya (Connected Discourses of the Buddha) was published just as I began my research and has served as my primary canonical source. Don Cupitt’s radical theology has had a growing influence on my work and has given me the courage to follow my own instincts in the interpretation of classical doctrines. The libretto for Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 5 (compiled by Glass, James Parks Morton, and Kusumita P. Pedersen) confirmed how texts from very different sources can work together as a whole without compromising their integrity. Guy Claxton, Marjorie Silverman, Helen Tworkov, and Gay Watson read early drafts of the manuscript and offered suggestions that have improved the text. Robert Beer, Sarah Harding, and Jenny Wilks provided technical references, without which this book would have been poorer. Daniel Milles, Charles Genoud, and Gil Fronsdal unwittingly pointed me to textual passages that I subsequently used. Martine Batchelor gave me a copy of Les Fleurs du Mal and thereby brought Baudelaire into the narrative. Mark Mescher made a detailed critique of a late draft from an evolutionary biologist’s perspective, which led to a number of significant changes. My agent, Anne Edelstein, has served as a gently supportive presence since the book’s inception. By helping me see the architecture, symmetry, and density of the text, my editor, Amy Hertz, enabled it to reach its final form. All people, I have discovered, have a favorite anecdote or image that sums up their understanding of the devil. I neither recall nor have room to mention all those who have shared these with me, but I thank them for confirming my own intuitions as well as pointing me in unsuspected directions.
Aquitaine, France
December 2003
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Stephen Batchelor was born in Scotland and trained as a monk in Buddhist monasteries in India, Switzerland, and Korea. He has translated and written several books on Buddhism, including A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (Shantideva); Alone with Others; The Faith to Doubt; The Awakening of the West; Buddhism Without Beliefs; and Verses from the Center (Nagarjuna). He is a contributing editor to Tricycle: The Buddhist Review; a cofounder of Sharpham College for Buddhist Studies and Contemporary Enquiry; and a member of the teacher council of Gaia House meditation center. Batchelor, who lectures and conducts retreats worldwide, lives with his wife, Martine, in southwest France. Information on his work and teaching schedule are posted at www.stephenbatchelor.org.
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