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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.

• Enter the Mandala

  By Buddhism Now on 19 March 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  In Enter the Mandala, a series of mandala paintings align the gallery with the cardinal directions—north, south, east and west—transforming the open gallery space into an architectural mandala.

• Doctrine of Dependent Origination, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

  By Buddhism Now on 17 March 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  Anybody who is able to comprehend the doctrine of dependent origination has the capability to engage in his own cultivation and end his suffering…

• Souls of Zen

  By Buddhism Now on 15 March 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  This film is the only documentary based on sustained attention to the everyday lives of Buddhist professionals in the disaster zone.

• It’s Like This, by Ajahn Chah

  By Buddhism Now on 14 March 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  The crude, beginning level of the practice is a little hard to maintain, but the refined levels of virtue, concentration, and discernment all come out of this…

  Download PDF copy of ‘It’s Like This’, by Ajahn Chah

• We must not stay at the Zen of Words, by Haechun Sunim

  By Buddhism Now on 11 March 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  We can say, ‘As yet, I do not know for myself, but the Buddha said this … And Bodhidharma said that… Let’s practice together in this way.’ This is fine! Who knows, the student may awaken before the teacher. In Buddhism, there is the saying: Although there might be a hierarchy according to who has entered the temple first, in awakening, there is no hierarchy, there is no line — it is according to our roots and our efforts.’

• Tiger rests on Buddha head

  By Buddhism Now on 8 March 2014 • ( 8 )

  

  Great photo from @nowthisnews: Tiger rests on Buddha head.

• Dalai Lama gives the Opening Prayer in the U.S. Senate

  By Buddhism Now on 6 March 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Dalai Lama gives the Opening Prayer in the U.S. Senate 6 May 2014

• Have You Awakened? by Kusan Sunim

  By Buddhism Now on 5 March 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  For the ninety days of this winter retreat people from nine different countries have gath­ered here. The times and seasons of all countries are not the same. Thus when it is winter here, it is summer elsewhere; and when it is daytime here, it is night-time elsewhere.

  North, south, east and west being void, they form a single house.