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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.

• Deep Healing by Listening, Thich Nhat Hanh

  By Buddhism Now on 11 August 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  Thich Nhat Hanh speaking about the power of mindfulness and meditation practices. (Buddhist film 18mins)

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• Wu Wei, You Can’t do it Wrong by John Aske

  By Buddhism Now on 4 August 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  We just have to keep practising and realising that every moment is precious, and so are we. Not wonderful perhaps, but precious, and human, and as Maezumi Roshi said, ‘Living the unsurpassed life.’

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• Mind and Heart are at Ease by Ajahn Chah

  By Buddhism Now on 28 July 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Whatever you experience will become an object for contemplation. This is where the practice really begins. It is the fruit which arises as samadhi matures.

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• Present! — Shunryu Suzuki Roshi

  By Buddhism Now on 21 July 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Present! Talks of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (Around 26 minutes) Talks at Tassajara Zen Mountain Centre.

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• Photographs Taken During a Journey Around Tibet in 1997 by Linda Griffiths

  By Buddhism Now on 14 July 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  We received a warm welcome from the many Tibetans we met — a life-changing experience for me, a homecoming — the landscape, buildings and the people merging, and overnight stays with Tibetan families wherever possible.

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• Paper Belief by Trevor Leggett

  By Buddhism Now on 7 July 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  However, for a time one may be satisfied with echoes, or even think that they are what is sought. Such experts in the holy texts may be satisfied themselves, and satisfy others, with quotations. They are like a helpful foreigner in a city, who when asked the way, pulls out a map and consults it before giving directions…

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• Three Dharma Gates to Buddhism by Bhante Bodhidhamma

  By Buddhism Now on 30 June 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  ‘Three Dharma Gates to Buddhism’ by Bhante Bodhidhamma a talk given at the Golden Buddha Centre, Totnes on Sunday 14th May 2017. (About 30 minutes)

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• The Art of Gandhara

  By Buddhism Now on 23 June 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Much of Gandharan art is thus a compelling fusion of foreign styles that ultimately gave visual form to the region’s Buddhist religious ideals. Buddhism, which had emerged from north India, was embraced by the Gandharan people… Free PDF download (22 MB)

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