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**diemeareendup** · 04-12-2011, 08:36 AM

I'm not a troll.

(1) His view of punk is inaccurate.
(2) His association of Buddhism with 12 Step Recovery (AA/NA) is inappropriate.
(3) While his experience with meditation and dhamma seems genuine, he is not, to me anyway, "the voice of the next generation of American Buddhism" (from the inside jacket of his book The Heart of the Revolution). Would he even be in this position if his dad wasn't already a popular Buddhist author, which gave him exclusive in-roads to folks like Kornfield? Maybe his dad should have spent less time teaching meditation and more time parenting.

Again, I am not a troll. I'm a contemporary of Noah, an American (Theravada) Buddhist, and a long-time fan of punk. Noah is NOT MY LEADER, TEACHER or VOICE. My teachers are Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Gil Fronsdal, Ajahn Sucitto, etc.... IOW, the clearly competent.

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04-12-2011, 08:36 AM	#1
diemeareendup Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 410 Senior Member	The Problems With Noah Levine I'm not a troll. (1) His view of punk is inaccurate. (2) His association of Buddhism with 12 Step Recovery (AA/NA) is inappropriate. (3) While his experience with meditation and dhamma seems genuine, he is not, to me anyway, "the voice of the next generation of American Buddhism" (from the inside jacket of his book The Heart of the Revolution). Would he even be in this position if his dad wasn't already a popular Buddhist author, which gave him exclusive in-roads to folks like Kornfield? Maybe his dad should have spent less time teaching meditation and more time parenting. Again, I am not a troll. I'm a contemporary of Noah, an American (Theravada) Buddhist, and a long-time fan of punk. Noah is NOT MY LEADER, TEACHER or VOICE. My teachers are Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Gil Fronsdal, Ajahn Sucitto, etc.... IOW, the clearly competent. AnonOfIbid
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