Noah Levine
Noah Levine
The Middle Path with Noah Levine
The Middle Path with Noah Levine
The Middle Path with Noah Levine
Wednesday 17th December 2025
Explore the Buddhist middle path with Noah Levine. Reflect on existence, materialism, and meditation in this insightful episode.
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Episode Overview
- Buddhism offers a unique perspective on afterlife as a temporary process.
- The middle path navigates between nihilism and materialism.
- Community and spiritual friendship are essential in Buddhist practice.
- Meditation helps build awareness and compassion for oneself.
- Suffering is temporary; rebirth is part of an ongoing process.
Are you solidly a Buddhist in the middle path? Or if you're honest, I'm mostly a materialist with nihilistic tendencies.
How do you find balance between extremes in life? In this episode of 'Against The Stream,' Noah Levine explores the Buddhist concept of the middle path, a journey that straddles the line between nihilism and materialism. Noah, a seasoned meditation teacher and author, invites listeners to ponder their own beliefs about existence and materialism, challenging the notion that happiness can be bought or that life ends with death.
He draws on the Buddha's teachings to offer a perspective where suffering is seen as temporary and rebirth is part of an ongoing process. Noah encourages self-reflection through small group discussions, asking participants to identify whether they lean towards nihilism, materialism, or the middle path. He humorously forces attendees to break the ice, fostering a sense of community and spiritual friendship, which he identifies as a core tenet of Buddhism.
Meditation, he explains, is not about silencing the mind but about learning to coexist with it, much like tolerating a loud roommate. Listeners are prompted to consider how their thoughts and emotions shape their reality and are guided through meditation practices to develop awareness and compassion. Noah's approach is candid and relatable, making complex Buddhist teachings accessible and applicable to everyday life. So, where do you land?
Are you ready to embrace the middle path or still chasing those metaphorical shoes?