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Buddhism Now is an online Buddhist magazine based upon the teachings of the Buddha.
Buddhist Publishing Group (BPG) was formed in 1983 and published the paper issue of Buddhism Now between 1989-2007.
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Morning Meditation: Uplift the Heart.
‘When the heart is contented, one should maintain that contentment. Calm the mind when appropriate and uplift the heart when it’s appropriate.’
Ajahn Brahmamuni
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Morning meditation — Remember this.
‘Any speech which ignores uncertainty is not the speech of a sage.
Remember this.’Ajahn Chah
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Morning Meditation — Emptiness is without Characteristics.
‘Emptiness is without characteristics. Illumination has no emotional afflictions.’
Hongzhi Zhengjue
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Morning Meditation: If we cease to Practise.
‘If we cease to practise when feeling depressed and only practise when feeling good, we will be without consistency or endurance.’
Ajahn Brahmamuni
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Morning meditation — Don’t Labour with Complexities.
‘Don’t labour with complexities, nor dwell in inner silence; let pure awareness occupy the mind and thoughts will vanish by themselves.’
Seng-ts’an
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Morning Meditation — Having turned yourself around.
‘Straightforwardly abandon stratagems and take on responsibility. Having turned yourself around, accept your situation.’
Hongzhi Zhengjue
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I Don’t Believe in Samsara — If I Did…
When I just rest
within empty lucidity,
the false cavern of all things of samsara and nirvana implodes,
and everything dawns as the ornamentation of ultimate reality. -
Morning meditation — Enlightenment and Delusion never Existed.
‘Enlightenment and delusion never existed at the start. They’re ideas that you picked up, things your parents never taught.’
Bankei
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