[Buddha-l] Against the stream

[curt]

Richard Hayes wrote:
> (I'm guessing he''l say it's not as good as Hadot but is a lot better 
> than Batchelor.)
>
>   
I actually hold Batchelor in significantly higher regard than Levine. I 
don't consider Levine interesting at all - I read a few sentences of his 
first book while browsing at Borders, and my impression was that it was 
all hype and no substance. A poser. And a preachy moralizing poser with 
some kind of "positive message for young people" or some such crap. 
Barf. My idea of suitable reading material for young people is 
Castaneda, Nietzsche and "On Guerilla Warfare" by Che Guevara.

Since Levine promotes himself as they guy who has the right stuff to 
explain the dharma to today's rebellious youth, he should be compared to 
people who have done that successfully in the past - like D.T. Suzuki, 
Alan Watts, and Ram Das. I'm searching for words to describe how 
appallingly ludicrous such a comparison is........

- Curt