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Dharma Punx: A Memoir

Noah Levine

Paperback | Pages: 272 pages

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Title	:	Dharma Punx: A Memoir
Author	:	Noah Levine
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 272 pages
Published	:	May 4th 2004 by HarperOne (first published 2003)
Categories	:	Religion. Buddhism. Autobiography. Memoir. Nonfiction. Spirituality. Philosophy. Biography

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Fueled by the music of revolution, anger, fear, and despair, we dyed our hair or shaved our heads ... Eating acid like it was candy and chasing speed with cheap vodka, smoking truckloads of weed, all in a vain attempt to get numb and stay numb.

This is the story of a young man and a generation of angry youths who rebelled against their parents and the unfulfilled promise of the sixties. As with many self-destructive kids, Noah Levine's search for meaning led him first to punk rock, drugs, drinking, and dissatisfaction. But the search didn't end there. Having clearly seen the uselessness of drugs and violence, Noah looked for positive ways to channel his rebellion against what he saw as the lies of society. Fueled by his anger at so much injustice and suffering, Levine now uses that energy and the practice of Buddhism to awaken his natural wisdom and compassion.

While Levine comes to embrace the same spiritual tradition as his father, bestselling author Stephen Levine, he finds his most authentic expression in connecting the seemingly opposed worlds of punk and Buddhism. As Noah Levine delved deeper into Buddhism, he chose not to reject the punk scene, instead integrating the two worlds as a catalyst for transformation. Ultimately, this is an inspiring story about maturing, and how a hostile and lost generation is finally finding its footing. This provocative report takes us deep inside the punk scene and moves from anger, rebellion, and self-destruction, to health, service to others, and genuine spiritual growth.

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Original Title:	Dharma Punx: A Memoir
ISBN:	0060008954 (ISBN13: 9780060008956)
Edition Language:	English

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I gave up on this book last night. I was on page 190. I can't remember the last time that I did that. The book starts out in the punk scene of Santa Cruz in the 80's; being from there I found that interesting and enjoyable. I also enjoyed and was even slightly inspired by the transformation that he found with his spirituality. . . Until I got to about page 180. At this point the book becomes (pretty much exclusively) a list of countries and retreats that the author visiteddropping names of the

Finally read this one after maybe 15 years of meaning to get around to it. While Noah's message is great, it's not very well written, and horribly proofread--I don"t know how they published this thing with so many errors in it. Anyway, because the writing wasn't so great, and because there was a streak of immaturity in this that surfaced from time to time, I couldn't help but think a lot about the power of nepotism at work here (Noah's father is famous Buddhist teacher Stephen Levine, and he

A very readable recovery story, perhaps precisely because the book is not schmaltzy or cloying and says nothing about Jesus carrying someone on a beach. Written in a very conversational and direct way, starting from a violently rebellious punk and ending with a Buddhist who still feels an allegiance to the power of punk.Having read a few other reviews, I wonder if I've forgotten some obnoxious aspects of the book --- it's possible! It has been a while since I read the book, and I took no notes

It's hard to read a memoir when halfway through you decide the author is a dick.His message is great -- he transformed his life and began to help others after a horrendous road as a Crusty -- on the street, using whatever drugs he could find, immersed in the CA Punk scene. He got sober, got a teacher, and is now himself teaching Buddhism.But he's still kind of a dick.

Sexist, privileged, annoying.

Talk about your disappointments. This book is just barely okay. As a formerly drug-addicted, aging punk rock type with a budding interest in Buddhist practice, I thought this book would appeal to me on a deep level. Instead I found myself reading a memoir of a self-important guru-type. There is way too much emphasis on supernatural nonsense, and Mr. Levine comes of like a guy wjo really thinks quite a bit about himself. I could be wrong, I'd probably sound like a dick if I wrote a memoir too.

Punk and BuddhismThis book is a great story and celebration of what Noah Levine has been through to get where he is. As a younger generation punk rocker born in 88 when Levine was just starting to get sober I tried to appreciate all of the things the older generations of punks have gone through. I felt like I could relate to Noah's inner revolution. The epilogue was my favorite part of the book.