Author Archives
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.
-
Morning meditation — None may consider himself the same a moment after.
‘None may consider himself the same a moment after.’
Chan Master Fenyang
-
Morning meditation — When you feel a certain way and your thoughts just go on and on.
‘Papañca — when you feel a certain way and your thoughts just go on and on without any direction, simply rattling on; one thought after another.’
Madhupiṇḍika sutta<
-
Morning meditation — Purifying the mind.
‘Limitless are the practices of the bodhisattva; but first of all you should engage in the practice of purifying the mind.’
Shantideva
-
Morning meditation — With awareness, we can see anger itself.
‘With awareness, we can see anger itself, feel its physical sensations, notice how it arises, stays for a while, and eventually fades.’
Everyday Buddhism
-
Morning meditation: Delusion and awareness are not static forces; they are in constant motion.
‘Delusion and awareness are not static forces; they are in constant motion. In one moment, we may be lost in delusion, caught up in a story of self. In the next moment, awareness may arise, illuminating the truth and revealing the emptiness of that story.’
Everyday Buddhism
-
Morning meditation — Delusion might tell us that our anger is justified.
‘Delusion might tell us that our anger is justified, that the person or situation responsible for our anger must be corrected or changed for us to feel at ease.’
Everyday Buddhism
-
Morning meditation — The practice of wisdom involves seeing beyond the surface of experience.
‘The practice of wisdom involves seeing beyond the surface of experience to the underlying truths that govern existence. When we cultivate wisdom, we see that all things are impermanent, that suffering arises from attachment, and that there is no fixed, independent self.’
Everyday Buddhism
-
Morning meditation — All beings also are recipients of the unthinkable concentration.
‘Sariputra, it is because this concentration is unthinkable that it does not exist and is not apprehended. Nevertheless, Sariputra, not anyone is not a recipient of the unthinkable concentration, but all beings also are recipients of the unthinkable concentration.’
Manjusri
Prajnaparamita
Buddhism now 