Against The Stream

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➢ ABOUT Against The Stream is a 501(c)3 non profit American Buddhist lineage founded by Noah Levine, author of Dharma Punx, Against the Stream, Heart of the Revolution and Refuge Recovery.

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➢ ABOUT Against The Stream is a 501(c)3 non profit American Buddhist lineage founded by Noah Levine, author of Dharma Punx, Against the Stream, Heart of the Revolution and Refuge Recovery.

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➣ ZOOM DHARMA TALKS: Sign up and participate with the sangha on Against The Stream Zoom Dharma talks HERE.

➢ ABOUT Against The Stream is a 501(c)3 non profit American Buddhist lineage founded by Noah Levine, author of Dharma Punx, Against the Stream, Heart of the Revolution and Refuge Recovery.

➢DONATE If you feel moved to donate, your donations are welcome.

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➣ Venmo @againstthestreammeditation

➣ ZOOM DHARMA TALKS: Sign up and participate with the sangha on Against The Stream Zoom Dharma talks HERE.

➢ ABOUT Against The Stream is a 501(c)3 non profit American Buddhist lineage founded by Noah Levine, author of Dharma Punx, Against the Stream, Heart of the Revolution and Refuge Recovery.

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Feb 14, 2022

The second noble truth explains that the cause of suffering is craving - our repetitive experience of craving.

All of our suffering is caused by our craving, none of it is caused by external circumstances. Craving also includes aversion - When we are aversive, we are craving for the painful experience to go away or be more pleasant than it is.

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Against The Stream is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization: All donations are tax deductible.

Tax ID 83-4171718  

➣ ZOOM DHARMA TALKS: Sign up and participate with the sangha on Against The Stream Zoom Dharma talks HERE.

➢ ABOUT Against The Stream is a 501(c)3 non profit American Buddhist lineage founded by Noah Levine, author of Dharma Punx, Against the Stream, Heart of the Revolution and Refuge Recovery.

➢DONATE If you feel moved to donate, your donations are welcome.

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➢ ABOUT Against The Stream is a 501(c)3 non profit American Buddhist lineage founded by Noah Levine, author of Dharma Punx, Against the Stream, Heart of the Revolution and Refuge Recovery.

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Jan 24, 2022

The freedom we seek is not easily attained.

The Buddha characterized this path as being counter-instinctual to human beings: the natural human instinct is to resist, avoid, or meet with aversion all things that are unpleasant, and to grasp at, hold on to, and crave all things that are pleasurable.

He explained that his experience along the whole spiritual path was one that went "against the stream" of ordinary human consciousness.

The Buddha felt that the masses would never be willing to practice that kind of renunciation, mindfulness, concentration, and morality that it takes to become free, but after deep consideration decided that he must offer the path to freedom to all who cared to follow it.

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Jan 17, 2022

The story of the Buddha continued - The Middle Path

After experiencing both extremes of life, from gluttonous attachment to pleasure to radical rejection of all things pleasant, from aversion to discomfort to attachment to pain. Suddenly the Buddha (then Sid) could see that he needed to find some balance, he needed to find a middle path.

He began to see that a key ingredient in his practice had been missing: it was simple mindfulness. He then began to practice an investigative present-time awareness, seeing the process of the mind and body more and more clearly.

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Jan 10, 2022

Story of the Buddha - Part 1 Early life of the Buddha - Siddhartha Gautama.

Over the next few weeks Noah will go through the story of the Buddha from his early life, to enlightenment, and his experience from enlightenment to his death.

Following the Buddha's story he will also go through the Eight Fold Path and Four Noble Truths.

Your donations support our expenses and allow us to continue to provide the Buddha’s teachings.

Against The Stream is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization: All donations are tax deductible.

Tax ID 83-4171718