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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.

• Intimacy and the Buddha’s Smile, by John Aske

  By Buddhism Now on 26 January 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  But don’t grasp at the smile — or the flower — or even the words, and most of us do, because we love to attach ourselves to things and meanings, and it’s not about things or meanings.

• Book Cover from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra Astasahasrika

  By Buddhism Now on 19 January 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  This painted cover for a palm-leaf manuscript belongs to the Pala- Nepalese tradition. It comes from a palm-leaf edition of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra (“Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Verses”).

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  By Buddhism Now on 15 January 2018 • ( 0 )

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• Questions of monks to their teacher Ajahn Chah

  By Buddhism Now on 12 January 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  Greed and hatred are the same in an Eastern or a Western mind. Suffering and the cessation of suffering are the same for all people.

• Emotion and Compassion (Part II), by Geshe Tashi Tsering

  By Buddhism Now on 5 January 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Again, compassion isn’t for others alone, it’s a matter of having compassion for one’s own wellbeing as well. We all have compassion, but it might be quite weak, and sometimes quite partial and discriminative.

• Happy New Year 2018

  By Buddhism Now on 1 January 2018 • ( 6 )

  

  Happy New Year from everyone at Buddhism Now and Buddhist Publishing Group.

• Walk with Me

  By Buddhism Now on 30 December 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  Trailer: A film about Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village.

• Money Attracts Money, by Trevor Leggett

  By Buddhism Now on 29 December 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  The yogic application of this little story is that the spiritual attracts the spiritual.