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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 — A great, wise person looks at it.
‘A great, wise person looks at it
And does not get involved.’Chan Master Fenyang
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Morning meditation — The Real within the Apparent.
‘The midnight moon shines brightly;
the sun must yield greeting to the dawn.
The Real within the Apparent
From a single hair a mighty tree grows;
a drop of water swells into a river.’Chan Master Fenyang
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Morning meditation — Buddha is not something to be attained.
‘Buddha is not something to be attained but something to be realised in the very fabric of our daily lives.’
Everyday Buddhism
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Morning meditation — The brightness of awareness is not an intellectual understanding.
‘The brightness of awareness is not an intellectual understanding, but an experiential clarity — an ability to see things as they truly are, in the present moment, without the filters of desire, fear, or ignorance.’
Everyday Buddhism
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Morning meditation — Compassion that arises naturally.
‘Buddha is the quality of awareness that observes without judgement, the compassion that arises naturally when we let go of our self-centred views, the wisdom that knows the impermanence and interdependence of all things.’
Everyday Buddhism
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Morning meditation — Only the thoughts are different.
‘Our minds and Shakyamuni’s are inseparable — only the thoughts are different.’
Zen Graffiti
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Morning meditation — To be unaware is to suffer.
‘To be unaware is to suffer. Not knowing the nature of things, not seeing reality as it truly is (yathābhūta), binds us to a world of illusion.’
Everyday Buddhism
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Morning meditation — Wherever the eye falls, Thusness.
‘Wherever the eye falls, Thusness.’
Chan Master Sengcan
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