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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.

• Accepting the Moment ‘Now’, by Harada Sekkei Roshi

  By Buddhism Now on 1 December 2017 • ( 4 )

  

  When I forgot myself, it was exactly like that. There was nothing obtained and nothing was thrown away.

• The Teaching Grates against our Desires, by Ajahn Chah

  By Buddhism Now on 24 November 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  So, if there’s friction in your practice, then it’s right. If there’s no friction it’s not right, you just eat and sleep as much as you want. When you want to go anywhere or say anything, you just follow your desires. The teaching of the Buddha grates.

• Hotei

  By Buddhism Now on 17 November 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Hotei’s sack encompasses the Great Emptiness.

• Song of the Grass-Roof Hermitage by Shitou

  By Buddhism Now on 11 November 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Turn around the light to shine within, then just return. The vast inconceivable source can’t be faced or turned away from.
  Meet the ancestral teachers, be familiar with their instructions, bind grasses to build a hut, and don’t give up.

• The Sixteen Buddhist Luohans

  By Buddhism Now on 27 October 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  In the Chinese popular imagination, mendicant monks, conjurers, and mysterious hermits were often thought to be disguised “living luohans,” or Buddhist holy men capable of producing miracles.

• Accumulating Good Karma is Beautiful, by Geshe Gedun Tharchin

  By Buddhism Now on 20 October 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  In Buddhism we are taught of the nonduality of samsara and nirvana. We do not need to be on a high level in order to understand this nonduality of samsara and nirvana; it is just a matter of being here, knowing how to integrate dharma with samsaric conditions.

• Both Happiness and Unhappiness are Unsatisfactory, by Ajahn Chah

  By Buddhism Now on 13 October 2017 • ( 6 )

  

  The Buddha knew that because both happiness and unhappiness are unsatisfactory, they have the same value. When happiness arose he let it go. He had right practice, seeing that both these things have equal values and drawbacks.

• Ordinary Mind is Tao

  By Buddhism Now on 6 October 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Mumon’s Poem: Hundreds of flowers in spring, the moon in autumn, The cool breeze in summer and snow in winter; If there is no vain cloud in your mind, for you it is a good season.