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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.

• Tibet and India: Buddhist Traditions and Transformations

  By Buddhism Now on 17 February 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  As Buddhism spread out from north India, the place of its origin in the sixth century BC, the core ideas of this great religious tradition were often expressed through images. This Bulletin and the exhibition it accompanies, “Tibet and India: Buddhist Traditions and Transformations,” focus on Indian and Tibetan Buddhist art of the eleventh and twelfth centuries… (Free PDF download) Beautiful Buddhist works of art

• The First Truth, by Ajahn Sumedho

  By Buddhism Now on 10 February 2017 • ( 8 )

  

  Buddhist teachings are guides that help us to look at the experience of being alive

• A small bronze Buddha

  By Buddhism Now on 27 January 2017 • ( 6 )

  

  This small bronze Buddha (16.8 cm) is probably one of the earliest iconic representations of Shakyamuni from Gandhara.

• The Mantra Om Mani Padme Hum, by The Dalai Lama

  By Buddhism Now on 21 January 2017 • ( 4 )

  

  Just as a jewel is capable of removing poverty, so the altruistic mind of enlightenment is capable of removing the poverty, or difficulties of cyclic existence and of solitary peace. Similarly, just as a jewel fulfils the wishes of sentient beings, so the altruistic intention to become enlightened fulfils the wishes of sentient beings.

• Nibbana, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

  By Buddhism Now on 14 January 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Speaking like this you will soon be accusing me of giving you a big sales pitch. Don’t think of me as someone hawking the wares of the Buddha in the marketplace, think rather that we are all companions in Dukkha, in birth, old age, sickness and death…

• Gathering of Intentions: A History of a Tibetan Tantra

  By Buddhism Now on 4 January 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  When the tantras first arrived in Tibet, Tibetans were slow to compose full-blown commentaries on these esoteric works…

• Cold Mountain: Chinese poet Han Shan

  By Buddhism Now on 26 December 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Han Shan wrote poems for everyone, not just the educated elite. A man free of spiritual doctrine, it is unclear whether or not he was a monk, whether he was a Buddhist or a Taoist, or both. It is not even certain he ever lived, but the poems do. Short film (about 30 minutes)

• Season’s Greetings from all of us at Buddhism Now and BPG!

  By Buddhism Now on 24 December 2016 • ( 6 )

  

  Season’s Greetings from all of us at Buddhism Now and BPG!