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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.

• Switching on the Light of Awareness, by Ajahn Sumedho

  By Buddhism Now on 13 April 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Question: Would you call awareness ‘enlightenment’?

• Vajrasattva

  By Buddhism Now on 6 April 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  At first glance this sculpture appears to represent the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara but is in fact Vajrasattva.

• Judging Mind versus Discerning Mind, by Corrado Pensa

  By Buddhism Now on 30 March 2018 • ( 5 )

  

  Perceiving the power of separation caused by the judging mind is also very helpful. In other words, the judging mind creates more inner solitude.

• The Depth of Truth is Bottomless, by Harada Tangen Roshi

  By Buddhism Now on 23 March 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  You too are perfectly protected. It just isn’t obvious to you.

• Harada Tangen Roshi 1924-2018

  By Buddhism Now on 20 March 2018 • ( 8 )

  

  RIP Harada Tangen Roshi 1924-2018. A simple, kind, happy man, who lived his teaching.

• What is your original nature prior to the manifestation of space? Master Kusan

  By Buddhism Now on 16 March 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Again, let me explain about the path walked by the ancients.

• Words of love are not necessarily only Kindly words, by Trevor Leggett

  By Buddhism Now on 9 March 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Love has to be brave enough to drink up the person entirely ― poison and all.

• The Path to Wisdom, by Ajahn Sumedho

  By Buddhism Now on 2 March 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Ajahn Sumedho focuses on the simple reality of the here and now, and the awareness of ‘just this’, where all thoughts and concepts drop away in favour of insight and understanding.