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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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Zen sitting is not some sort of operation to be performed. Trevor Leggett.
Leave your innumerable knowing and seeings and understandings, and go to that greatness of space.
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Morning meditation — Form exists because the mind produces it.
‘Form exists because the mind produces it; void (Sunyatā) exists because of that which cannot be perceived.’
Shen Hui
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Morning meditation — If a person speaks or acts with pure mind.
If a person speaks or acts with pure mind, joy follows them like their own shadow.
The Dhammapada
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Morning meditation — Buddha said people are deluded.
‘Buddha said people are deluded. This Is why they fall into the river of endless rebirth. All because they don’t see their nature.’
Bodhidharma
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Morning meditation — By mistakenly clinging to the appearance.
‘By mistakenly clinging to the appearance of things you lose the Way. Everything comes from mind, don’t become attached.’
Bodhidharma
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Afternoon meditation — A static condition is not the right zazen.
‘A static condition is not the right zazen.’
Rindo Fujimoto Roshi
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Morning meditation — Nature is mind. Mind is our nature.
‘Nature is mind. Mind is our nature. This nature is mind of all Buddhas. Buddhas of the past and future only transmit this mind.’
Bodhidharma
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Morning Meditation: We can stop, pause, and gently explore.
‘We can stop, pause, and gently explore all kinds of suffering we come across.’
Corrado Pensa
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