Noah Levine

Levine is the author of the national bestseller Dharma Punx. He is a Buddhist teacher trained by Jack Kornfield. He lectures and teaches at meditation retreats nationally. Noah is the director and cofounder of the Mind Body Awareness Project, a nonprofit organization that serves incarcerated populations. He has been practicing Buddhist meditation since 1988 and teaching since 1998; he has studied with such well-known and respected teachers as His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Ram Dass, Stephen and Ondrea Levine, Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg, Norman Fischer, and Sylvia Boorstein, to name a few. Noah holds a masters degree in counseling psychology.

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Buddhism

Spirituality

The Heart of the Revolution

The Buddha's Radical Teachings on Forgiveness, Compassion, and Kindness

Talking Points

Noah Levine, author of the national bestseller Dharma Punx and Against the Stream, is a Buddhist teacher, counselor, and writer. He has been practicing Buddhist meditation since 1988, was trained to teach by Jack Kornfield, and leads meditation groups and workshops nationally as well as in juvenile halls and prisons. Levine holds a master’s degree in counseling psychology and has studied with many well-known and respected teachers in both the Theravada and Mahayana traditions.

Description

Noah Levine has become the voice of the next generation of American Buddhism. In his unconventional way, in The Heart of the Revolution, he invites us on a journey to discover the loving heart. Despite being an acclaimed Buddhist teacher, Noah doubted whether he could ever release the anger deep within. After many years Noah finally realized the truth of this essential Buddhist belief - compassion is a natural quality of the heart that is often lying dormant, waiting to be uncovered. Noah now reveals the tools that helped him embrace his true Buddha nature. The practices he describes in this book are not a quick fix but a map to a hidden treasure. Free yourself from the unnecessary suffering of life and join the rebellion fueled not by hatred but by forgiveness, compassion, and kindness.

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American/Pop Culture

Buddhism

Dharma Punx

A Memoir

Talking Points

Noah Levine is a former substance abuser, punk and all-round rebel. For the past ten years he has studied with such well-known and respected teachers as His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Ram Dass, Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg, Norman Fischer and Sylvia Boorstein. He teaches meditation in juvenile halls and prisons around the San Francisco Bay Area and is Director of the Family Program at Spirit Rock Meditation center in Woodacre, CA. The son of author and teacher Stephen Levine, Noah lives in San Francisco, where he is still deeply involved in the punk rock scene.

Description

Dharma Punx is both the story of a young man and of a generation of angry youths who rebelled against their parents and the spiritual values of the sixties. It is a rite of passage that many will identify with, as a self-destructive teenager bottoms out on drugs, drinking, and his dissatisfaction with life, and turns toward a life of spiritual practice and service.

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Buddhism

Against the Stream

A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries

Talking Points

Noah Levine is the Buddhism expert for the Generations X and Y. He presents his Buddhist teachings in an accessible, fun, and hip way. Levine is a regular national speaker and teacher, has an active website, has been profiled in magazines and newspapers.

Description

With guided meditations, reflections, and exercises, Buddhism is demystified. This is a Buddhist map to personal transformation for the twenty-and-thirty-somethings that are hungry for some fresh direction. Dharma Punx is the story of forging a new path to Buddhism, retaining his love of punk and building a life of spiritual practice and service.

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