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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.

• John Snelling

  By Buddhism Now on 6 April 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  Everyone who knew John Snelling through his Buddhist connections soon learned that he had leukaemia. This disease, which was diagnosed in 1975, became his inseparable companion in dukkha.

• Awareness — If I manage to restrain my mind, by Acharya Shantideva

  By Buddhism Now on 5 April 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Troublesome beings are like space; it is impossible to destroy them all. But if angry thoughts alone are overcome, it is equivalent to conquering all one’s enemies…

• In the Land of Snow: Buddhist Art from the Himalayas

  By Buddhism Now on 3 April 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  From an exhibition at:Norton Simon MuseumMarch 28–Aug. 25, 2014 Buddha Shakyamuni or AkshobhyaNepal, 13th century, Gilt-copper alloy, 13-3/4 x 10-1/4 in. (34.9 x 26 cm)Norton Simon Art Foundation. Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara with Eleven Heads Tibet, c. 1500, Gilt bronze with copper,… Read More ›

• Mu, by Maezumi Roshi

  By Buddhism Now on 30 March 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  It’s not a matter of intellectually figuring out what mu is. To see muji you must put yourself completely into it until you are mu itself. Concentrate on muji until you and muji become one thing, and then keep on working.

• Kisagotami

  By Buddhism Now on 28 March 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  A Buddhist parable. The story of Kisagotami and the mustard-seed.

• Orchestra of young Spanish musicians

  By Buddhism Now on 27 March 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Orchestra of young Spanish musicians brought a cheer to a Job Shop waiting room in Madrid when they launched into a rendition of the Beatles’ favourite Here Comes the Sun.

• The Gods Become Human by John Aske

  By Buddhism Now on 26 March 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  We all have to learn the comfort of being ourselves — and not someone else. It is much harder than it looks and the problem never really goes away.

• Sexual Desire, by The Dalai Lama

  By Buddhism Now on 21 March 2014 • ( 7 )

  

  Then, on the desire side we shall see, if we analyse it, that attachment develops owing to seeing something beautiful — beautiful colour, beautiful shape, beautiful hair, nose, eyes, mouth — it is like that, isn’t it? Now, there are two types of love and compassion and one type is conditioned — ‘beautiful face, beautiful body, beautiful sound,’ — that kind of love is greatly conditioned. As soon as these conditions disap­pear, then no more love!