Dharma Punx
A Memoir
$48.02
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
4 May 2004
Summary
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, drug…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780060008956 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0060008954 |
| Author: | Noah Levine |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | Collins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 4 May 2004 |
| Weight: | 236g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 137mm x 17mm |
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Critics Review
This honest, page-turning confession is also a measure of the adaptability and usefulness of the Asian tradition of Buddhism for the young and restless of contemporary America.
“Honesty and wildness that become transformed and inspiring.” - Jack Kornfield, author of A Path With Heart
“Fierce and disarming in its honesty, raw and true in its expression…This is not your average spiritual autobiography!” - Norman Fischer, Zen priest and poet, and founder of the Everyday Zen Foundation
“An entry point for many others into a potentially life-saving practice…an empathic and moving offering.” - Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Full Catastrophe Living and Wherever You Go, There You Are
“This book is a great success story that shows that violence, negativity and self destruction doesn’t accomplish anything.” - Mike Ness, lead singer of Social Distortion
“Noah takes us through his own personal genocide in this honest and at times unbearably painful account of his journey.” - Sothira, lead singer of Crucifix/Proudflesh
“Levine has a gift for plunging readers into the belly of his experience.” - Tricycle magazine
“This honest, page-turning confession is also a measure of the adaptability and usefulness of the Asian tradition of Buddhism for the young and restless of contemporary America.” - Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Noah Levine
Noah Levine, M.A., has been using Buddhist practices to recover from addiction since 1988. He is the founding teacher of Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society.
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