Noah Levine Quotes

United States, Buddhist
1971

Noah Levine is an American Buddhist teacher and author, son of American Buddhist teacher and poet Stephen Levine. As a counselor known for his philosophical alignment with Buddhism and punk ideology, he identifies his Buddhist beliefs and practices with both the Theravada and Mahayana traditions. He has written several books on Buddhism and Buddhist practice including Refuge Recovery: A Buddhist Path to Recovering from Addiction.

Also known as Teacher, Author

Waking up is not a selfish pursuit of happiness, it is a revolutionary stance, from the inside out, for the benefit of all beings in existence.

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- Pursuit
- Stance
- Waking Up
We could search the whole world and never find another being more worthy of our love than ourselves.

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- Love
- Ourselves
- Worthy

The greatest satisfaction comes not from chasing pleasure and avoiding pain, but from the radical acceptance of life as it is, without fighting and clinging to passing desires.

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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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- Mind
- Revolution
- Inner
Mindfulness is defined as nonjudgmental, investigative, kind, and responsive awareness. This sort of awareness takes intentional training of the mind.

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Difficult personalities are a mirror for the places where we get stuck in judgment, fear, and confusion.

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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 to feel whatever is present.

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Recovery is also the ability to inhabit the conditions of the present reality, whether pleasant or unpleasant.

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- Reality
- Ability
- Recovery
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 to free oneself from the bonds of fear and attachment.

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- Free
- Fear
- Attachment