Noah Levine

“A good basic guideline for our speech is to reflect on whether what we are saying is both true and useful. There…

— Noah Levine

“Actually a solution & a path to personal freedom. My own life's experience w/ both Dharma practice & punk rock inspired me…

— Noah Levine

“The greatest satisfaction comes not from chasing pleasure and avoiding pain, but from the radical acceptance of life as it is, without…

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“Loving-kindness is the experience of having a friendly and loving relationship toward ourselves as well as all others. The experience of sending…

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“Waking up is not a selfish pursuit of happiness, it is a revolutionary stance, from the inside out, for the benefit of…

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Sitting still is a pain in the ass.

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“An action from a confused and suffering being in the past doesn't represent what that being is forever; it is only an…

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“Serving the truth comes down simply to living life from the place of positive intentions. It means doing the right thing even…

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“Does our lack of forgiveness really punish them, or does it just make our hearts hard and our lives unpleasent.”

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“The Buddha likened humans to the lotus flowers. Out of the deluded mud of human existence, filled with greed, hatred, and delusion,…

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Generosity is revolutionary, counter-instinctual. Our survival instinct is to care only for ourselves and our loved ones. But we can transform our…

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We come to understand the law of casuality - that is, we see that all beings are experiencing what they're experiencing based…

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We mistakenly bind ourselves to be content only when life is feeling pleasurable.

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“The most important thing to remember is that we must live in the present, and if in the present moment we are…

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“We agreed that at least to some extent the whole punk movement is based on the Buddha's 1st noble truth of suffering…

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“Spiritual revolutionaries must be committed not to what is easiest, but to what is most beneficial to themselves and the world.”

— Noah Levine

“The path of the spiritual revolutionary is a long-term and gradual journey toward awakening. If you are looking for a quick fix…

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The point of the spiritual revolution is not to become a good Buddhist, but to become a wise and compassionate human being,…

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“In the beginning we are all floating downstream. At some point we become aware that the currents are dragging us down and…

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Happiness is closer to the experience of acceptance and contentment than it is to pleasure. True happiness exists as the spacious and…

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“It is not true to say that there is no self at all or that everything is empty or illusory, but it…

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“As we observe the way our minds and bodies react to pleasure and pain, we begin to clearly understand how ultimately impersonal…

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“Against The Stream is more than just another book about meditation. It is a manifesto and field guide for the front lines…

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“We must do away with any shred of denial, minimization, justification, or rationalization. To recover, we must completely and totally understand and…

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We have the ability to effect a great positive change in the world, starting with the training of our own minds and…

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