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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.

• Afternoon meditation — The Way is not a matter of knowing or not knowing.

  By Buddhism Now on 20 July 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The Way is not a matter of knowing or not knowing. Just abandon everything, return to yourself, and look within. Who is this? Spare no time.’

  Bassui Tokushō

• Morning meditation: Group meditation is where.

  By Buddhism Now on 19 July 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Group meditation is where we sit together, suffer together, and awaken together.’

  Zen Graffiti

• Morning meditation — A follower of the way.

  By Buddhism Now on 18 July 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘A follower of the way shouldn’t be a person of the way.’

  ManGong

• Morning meditation: Awareness (Sati).

  By Buddhism Now on 17 July 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Awareness (Sati) — Sati-panna; awareness and wisdom — sati-sam-pajanna: awareness and clarity of consciousness, or full awareness.’

  Buddhist Meditation

• The A, B, C of Buddhism, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

  By Buddhism Now on 16 July 2023 • ( 1 )

  

  You have heard that the Lord Buddha, in his enlightenment, discovered the Dhamma…

• Morning meditation — Even the experience of one-pointed concentration.

  By Buddhism Now on 16 July 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Even the experience of one-pointed concentration without discursive thoughts is a manifestation of mind.’

  Padmasambhava

• Evening meditation: To overcome low self-esteem or sadness.

  By Buddhism Now on 15 July 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘To overcome low self-esteem or sadness, reflect on your own goodness’

  Everyday Buddhist

• Morning Meditation —If you are free from life and death.

  By Buddhism Now on 14 July 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘If you are free from life and death, you know where you will go.
  When the four elements are decomposed, where do you go?’

  Zen master Tosotsu