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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.

• 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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• Meeting with Father Bede Griffiths, by Ajahn Sumedho

  By Buddhism Now on 16 June 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally posted on Buddhism now:
  Years ago when I [Ajahn Sumedho] was in Berkeley, California, the Christian monk, Father Bede Griffiths, was staying in the Korean Zen Center there and I went to see him. He had had a stroke…

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• Guidepost for the Hall of Pure Bliss, by Hongzhi

  By Buddhism Now on 9 June 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Dwelling in peace and forgetting hardship, let go of adornments and become genuine. Chinese Zen master Hongzhi

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• The Buddhist Path – Footprint of the Buddha

  By Buddhism Now on 2 June 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Buddhist film looking at how Buddhism is practiced in Sri Lanka and India. Ronald Eyre meets [the late] Venerable Ananda Maitreya a Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka. About 50 minutes.

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• The Fruit Which Arises as Samadhi Matures, by Ajahn Chah

  By Buddhism Now on 26 May 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  You will be able to sustain concentration without any feelings of pain and discomfort…

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• First Teaching Buddha gave after Awakening, by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche

  By Buddhism Now on 20 May 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The Four Noble Truths were the first teaching Buddha gave after his awakening. They are the foundation of all Buddhist teachings. Short Buddhist video (about 12 minutes)

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