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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: 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

• Morning meditation: Seeing the emptiness of ‘self’.

  By Buddhism Now on 12 June 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Seeing the emptiness of ‘self’ is not difficult, just investigate the ideas and notions we have around it.’

  Everyday Buddhist

• Morning meditation — Those who do not see Suchness.

  By Buddhism Now on 11 June 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Morning Meditation: Those who do not see Suchness are attached to the world and Nirvana, but those who see Suchness are not attached to either.’

  Nagarjuna

• Morning Meditation: The purpose of realising emptiness.

  By Buddhism Now on 9 June 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The purpose of realising emptiness is to end attachment.’

  Everyday Buddhist

• Morning meditation — Our lives as human beings.

  By Buddhism Now on 8 June 2023 • ( 2 )

  

  ‘Our lives as human beings are spent in dealing with the experience of consciousness.’

  Ajahn Sumedho

• You Don’t ‘Experience’ Consciousness, by Ajahn Sumedho

  By Buddhism Now on 7 June 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Buddhist insights, from impermanence to conscious awareness, bright, shining everywhere.