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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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Where awareness and insight come together.
Buddha is the quality of awareness that observes without judgement, the compassion that arises naturally when we let go of our self-centred views.
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Morning meditation — Buddha often compared the process of awakening.
‘Buddha often compared the process of awakening to uncovering a hidden treasure or cleansing a soiled garment. The treasure is already there; the garment is already pure. We need only remove the layers that conceal them.’
Everyday Buddhism
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Morning Meditation — Universal aspiration to happiness.
‘Wanting to get rid of sadness is an expression of the universal aspiration to happiness.’
Corrado Pensa
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Morning Meditation — The treasure cannot speak.
‘Buddha Nature is like a store of treasure inside the house of a pauper. The owner isn’t aware of it, and the treasure cannot speak.’
Tathagatagarbha Sutra
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Morning meditation — Simultaneous Awareness of Both.
‘Simultaneous Awareness of Both
The jade-green lady throws her shuttle
upon the whirling loom;
the stone man beats his drum:
Boom! Boom!’Chan Master Fenyang
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Morning meditation — The Buddha’s teaching offers both a warning and a promise.
‘The Buddha’s teaching offers both a warning and a promise: the warning that no external search will ever bring us to the end of suffering, and the promise that the end of suffering can indeed be realised — right here, in this very life.’
Everyday Buddhism
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Morning Meditation: Mind doesn’t appear as a monk or a layman.
‘Mind doesn’t appear as a monk or a layman, an elder or a novice, a sage or a fool, a Buddha or a mortal.’
Bodhidharma
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Morning meditation — A great, wise person looks at it.
‘A great, wise person looks at it
And does not get involved.’Chan Master Fenyang
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