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.
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Morning meditation — All I’m Talking About.
‘Followers of the way, all I’m talking about is medicine appropriate for curing specific ailments.’
Zen Master Rinzai
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Morning meditation — For the First Time.
‘Here for the first time this struck my heart, and realising the nature of birth-and-death, I grasped the essence of the Buddha-dharma.’
Ippen
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Emptiness the Womb of Compassion, by Robert Thurman
Compassion is the most realistic way of engaging with life realistically.
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Morning meditation — Sooner or Later.
‘Don’t trust yourselves to a companion who is only a phantom and a dream. Sooner or later it’ll return to impermanence.’
Zen Master Rinzai
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Morning meditation — Emptiness.
‘Emptiness (Sunyatā) is a synonym for the insight of seeing not-self (anatta).’
Everyday Buddhism
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Morning meditation — Just as a Rock.
‘Just as a rock is not shaken by a storm, the wise are not affected by praise or blame.’
The Dhammapada
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Morning meditation — As Long As.
‘As long as we have belief or notion of a ‘self’, we shall naturally think that liberation will take a long time.’
Everyday Buddhism
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Morning meditation: If it was Only.
‘If it was only a matter of time, we’d all have been Buddhas long ago.’
Zen Graffiti
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