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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: Meditate without waiting.
‘Try not to set up stages for Awakening.
Meditate without waiting.’Everyday Buddhist
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Morning Meditation — How can the delusive thoughts of living beings be destroyed?
‘Q: How can the delusive thoughts of living beings be destroyed?
A: In so far as one sees dilutive thoughts and their destruction, one will never leave the delusive thoughts.’A Dialogue on the Contemplation-Extinguished.
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A Pond, a Poet, and Three Pests.
The book beautifully captures this truth: thoughts and sensations arise like visitors at the pond.
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Morning meditation — It directs all sentient beings to omniscience.
‘This liberation is like wind, because it directs all sentient beings to omniscience.’
Avalokiteshvara
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Morning Meditation: Buddha is someone who finds freedom.
‘Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.’
Bodhidharma
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Morning meditation — The timeless the truth of enlightenment.
![Altocumulus undulatus Clouds over Totnes. Morning Meditation: Sunyatā: The born — the temporal — and the unborn — the timeless the truth of enlightenment — of the Buddha's own discourses. [Lucid Exposition of the Middle Way]](https://buddhismnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/img_9514-e1781981394290.jpeg?w=105&h=85&crop=1)
‘Sunyatā: The born — the temporal — and the unborn — the timeless the truth of enlightenment — of the Buddha’s own discourses.’
Lucid Exposition of the Middle Way
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Morning meditation — Becoming and Nirvana.
‘Becoming and Nirvana — neither of these is existent; the complete understanding of becoming may be called Nirvana.’
Arya Nagarjuna
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Morning meditation — Try it next time.
‘Worry is a thought habit. Counting the arising of it uses patience to overcome the worry. Try it next time — it works.’
Everyday Buddhism
