10 Facts About Noah Levine

Noah Levine was born on 1971 and is an American Buddhist teacher and author, son of Stephen Levine.

Noah Levine has written several books on Buddhism and Buddhist practice including Refuge Recovery: A Buddhist Path to Recovering from Addiction.

Noah Levine is the son of American Buddhist author Stephen Levine.

Noah Levine's parents had a history of addiction and, when he was very young, they divorced.

At the age of five, Levine began exhibiting suicidal behavior and the next year began smoking marijuana.

Noah Levine was trained by Jack Kornfield of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California.

Noah Levine currently leads Dharma and vipassana meditation retreats and workshops across the United States and teaches weekly meditation classes at Against the Stream Meditation Center in Los Angeles.

Noah Levine has helped found several groups and projects including the Mind Body Awareness Project, a non-profit organization that serves incarcerated youths, and Refuge Recovery, an addiction recovery community.

Noah Levine was removed from the ATS Board of Directors, and the Board announced that its centers in Melrose, Santa Monica, and San Francisco would close as a result of financial difficulties stemming from the allegations against Noah Levine.

Noah Levine is the subject of the feature-length documentary, Meditate and Destroy, directed by Sarah Fisher of Blue Lotus Films.