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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.

• Morning Meditation — Make the universe your shrine room.

  By Buddhism Now on 20 June 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Make the universe your shrine room. Make this place your meditation mat.’

  Zen Master Hakuin

• Morning meditation — Those who negate too much.

  By Buddhism Now on 19 June 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Those who negate too much fall into nihilism.
  Those who negate too little fall into eternalism.’

  Nagarjuna

• Morning Meditation: Keeping precepts.

  By Buddhism Now on 18 June 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Keeping precepts results in a good rebirth, making offerings results in future blessings — but not buddha.’

  Bodhidharma

• Morning meditation — Voidness (sunyara) has been taught by the Buddha.

  By Buddhism Now on 17 June 2023 • ( 1 )

  

  ‘Voidness (sunyara) has been taught by the Buddha to ward off the adherence to a self on the part of those who have gone astray through views and of those who seek the view of self.’

  Vajrapanjara

• Morning meditation: There’s no minimum practice in Buddhism.

  By Buddhism Now on 16 June 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘There’s no minimum practice in Buddhism’

  Everyday Buddhist

• Morning Meditation: Imagine what intelligence it takes to ignore reality.

  By Buddhism Now on 15 June 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Imagine what intelligence it takes to ignore reality and to gradually build up the fantastically complicated structure of personality.’

  Francesca Fremantle

• Afternoon meditation: Sitting next to a rice basket.

  By Buddhism Now on 14 June 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Sitting next to a rice basket are innumerable starving people.’

  Hsueh Feng

• Morning meditation: One of the main practices.

  By Buddhism Now on 13 June 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘One of the main practices of Buddhism is helping others.
  A good start is non-harming.’

  Everyday Buddhist