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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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Morning Meditation — There’s an old Zen saying.
There’s an old Zen saying; ‘Each time it’s presented, each time it’s new’.
Zen Master Hakuin
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Morning meditation: To realise we are always in the present.
‘To realise we are always in the present is the most wonderful thing.’
Everyday Buddhist
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Morning meditation: If you still do not know your Original-face.
‘If you still do not know your Original-face after you’ve worn out your straw sandals, where are you going to search?’
Chih Fei Tzu
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Afternoon meditation: Duality always lets us down.
‘Duality always lets us down.’
Zen Graffiti
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Morning Meditation — Non-self is nothing other than the stopping of.
‘Non-self is nothing other than the stopping of one’s own painfully narrow thinking, and the preserving of natural truth, which is called the eye of the teaching.’
Zen Master Hakuin
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Morning meditation: It doesn’t cost any money.
‘It doesn’t cost any money to be mindful.’
Kōshō Uchiyama
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Morning meditation — Limitless are the practices of the bodhisattva.
‘Limitless are the practices of the bodhisattva; but first of all you should engage in the practice of purifying the mind.’
Acharya Shantideva
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Morning meditation: If you talk too much.
‘If you talk too much, the universe begins to yawn.’
Zen master Iida
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