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 | | Against the Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries by Noah Levine ISBN-10: 9780060736644 ISBN-10: 0-06-073664-X ISBN-13: 9780060736644 ISBN-13: 978-0-06-073664-4 Paperback 2007-05-01 HarperOne Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Buddha was a revolutionary. His practice was subversive; his message, seditious. His enlightened point of view went against the norms of his day—in his words, "against the stream." His teachings changed the world, and now they can change you too. Presenting the basics of Buddhism with personal anecdotes, exercises, and guided meditations, bestselling author Noah Levine guides the reader along a spiritual path that has led to freedom from suffering and has saved lives for 2,500 years. Levine should know. Buddhist meditation saved him from a life of addiction and crime. He went on to counsel and teach countless others the Buddhist way to freedom, and here he shares those life-changing lessons with you. Read and awaken to a new and better life. | ||
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You don't have to be recovering or Buddhist... Understaning our primitive instincts get out of ocntrol is the essence of both recovery and the Buddhist "way" of approaching one's life as the real work of life. And this book is a great introduction/guide an dsupport for the journey. If you're tired of looking for answers and getting magical thinking and cheap mysticism dressed up as "the truth," this book is for you. It presents a realistic way to bring spirituality into every aspect of your everyday life and helps you find some serneity and contentment along the way. It enhanced my 27 year old recovery and I gave it to my 19 year old son. It's hard to be human and this helps. Challenging a culture that seek to stoke one's desires and that also pormotes agression is the ultimate rebellion. And this book is the field manual. | ||
Great primer on Buddhism I've started several books on Buddhism (and never finished.) This is the first one that I felt was really accessible to someone like me, who hasn't studied with a Buddhist teacher, and who's easily overwhelmed by "The Fourfold This" and "The Twelve-Fold That." There's a grit and realness to Mr. Levine's writing that's totally refreshing, compared to other books on Buddhism. My copy is full of dog-eared pages, and it's the only book I give to people who are just starting their journeys of trying to understand Buddhism. I strongly recommend it if you're just beginning to explore Buddhism, if you need a refresher, or if you've been studying Buddhism for awhile, and it just hasn't quite clicked. | ||
Some surprises This book is very readable. Just when I started thinking "this is like Buddhism for Dummies", I came across some extraordinary tid-bits of information. Noah Levine has studied the life of the Buddha before it become solidified into a tradition, something like Jesus before St. Paul. I enjoyed it. | ||
To the Point Well-written in succinct yet accurate terms without using the flowery and academic language that seems to pervade so many books and translations. A very good intro to the Buddhist system of "healing one's self" before attempting to "fix" what's not right in the rest of the world. | ||
punk enlightenment! I was blessed by receiving this book as a gift from my wife. This book helped me change alot of perspectives on life. I enjoyed the stories and the techniques taught in this book. Being young and rebellious were things I held dear, now that I am getting older, I found that I can still shake up the norm just by being buddhist and respecting all life. Great read. Thank you Noah! --Eric H. Pittsburgh PA | ||