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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: What is your Experience?

  By Buddhism Now on 20 April 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘What is your experience right now?’

  Everyday Buddhist

• Morning meditation — The Source of Zen is Awakening.

  By Buddhism Now on 19 April 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The source of Zen is awakening.
  We must not stay at the Zen of words.
  To see the nature and become a Buddha, this is the foundation.’

  Haechun Sunim

• Morning meditation — The Clear Wind and the Bright Moon.

  By Buddhism Now on 18 April 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The clear wind and the bright moon demonstrate the great truth.’

  Kusan Sunim

• Morning meditation — Only those who think.

  By Buddhism Now on 17 April 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Only those who think that they will live forever don’t settle their quarrels.

  The Dhammapada

• Morning meditation: The True Person Is.

  By Buddhism Now on 16 April 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The true person is not anyone in particular.’

  Dôgen Zenji

• Morning meditation — To see the Absence of Thought.

  By Buddhism Now on 15 April 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘To see the absence of thought is to master all the dharmas. To see the absence of thought is to embrace all the dharmas.’

  Shen Hui

• Morning meditation — Wrapped up in Ten Million Needless Distractions.

  By Buddhism Now on 14 April 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Wrapped up in ten million needless distractions, I’ve mostly slept in the bed of terminal ignorance. Taking the result as the path’

  Taking the Result as the Path: Core Teachings of the Sakya Lamdre Tradition

• Morning meditation — The Confused Pronounce.

  By Buddhism Now on 13 April 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The confused pronounce [Prajna] with their mouths; the wise live it in their minds.’

  Hui Neng