Noah Levine Quotes
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Sitting still is a pain in the ass.
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It's easy to hate and point out everything that is wrong with the world; it is the hardest and most important work in one's life…
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The truth is, going against the internal stream of ignorance is way more rebellious than trying to start some sort of cultural revolution.
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The inner revolution will not be televised or sold on the Internet. It must take place within one's own mind and heart.
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We are born into a realm of constant change. Everything is decaying. We are continually losing all that we come in contact with. Our tendency…
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God has abandoned you. Fear does not serve you. Your heart has betrayed you. Only the music can guide you.
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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 compassionate heart's willingness…
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The practice of celibacy alone was opening me up to a deeper sense of the way the mind-body connection works. I saw over and over…
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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, to awaken from…
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Finally we are being told the truth: life isn’t always easy and pleasant. We already know this to be true, but somehow we tend to…
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Everything is unfolding based on causes and conditions. Our happiness or suffering is dependent on how we relate to the present moment. If we cling…
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With mindfulness we have the choice of responding with compassion to the pain of craving, anger, fear and confusion. Without mindfulness we are stuck in…
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Renunciation is not about pushing something away, it is about letting go. It's facing the fact that certain things cause us pain, and they cause…
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Pain and suffering are two completely difference experiences. Pain is unavoidable. Suffering is self-created.
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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 the overcoming of…
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Our future experiences will be colored by the choices we make in the present.
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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 on their own…
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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 relationship to that…
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