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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.”

Quote by Noah Levine

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Noah Levine is an American author born in 1971. His works primarily focus on adolescent growth, Buddhist philosophy, and self-discovery. Levine's writing is deeply influenced by Buddhist thought, and he explores themes of personal growth and spiritual development through his own experiences and insights. more

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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 our life of complacency and ignorance and to be a buddha.”

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Book:Against the Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries

Source: Against the Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries

“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 go through life thinking that there is something wrong with us when we experience sadness, grief, and physical and emotional pain. The first truth points out that this is just the way it is. There is nothing wrong with you: you have just been born into a realm where pain is a given.”

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Book:Against the Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries

Source: Against the Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries

“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 now, we suffer later. If we let go and respond with compassion or friendliness, we create happiness and well-being for the future.”

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Author:Noah Levine

“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 the reactive pattern and identification that will inevitably create more suffering and confusion.”

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“Pain and suffering are two completely difference experiences. Pain is unavoidable. Suffering is self-created.”

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Book:Against the Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries

Source: Against the Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries

“I take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the analogy is first of all between the external and the internal.”

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Book:Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues

Source: Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues

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Author:Noah Levine