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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.

• Einstein and Contemplation by John Aske

  By Buddhism Now on 1 March 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  Einstein’s eyes were luminous and serene, like the eyes of a jade bodhisattva, lost in an absoluteness of being, where there is neither cat nor mouse, but only grace…

• Charismatic Modern Gurus, by John Snelling

  By Buddhism Now on 24 February 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  Of course, in following a spiri­tual path — as in anything in life — one needs information, support and the guidance of experienced people…

• Selfie with the Dalai Lama

  By Buddhism Now on 21 February 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Member of the audience takes a selfie with the Dalai Lama

• Zazen is not step-by-step learning meditation, by Harada Sekkei Roshi

  By Buddhism Now on 19 February 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  As long as you do not understand the Way of Bud­dha, you think that practice is the result of the Way.

• Notes on Meditation, from Ajahn Chah

  By Buddhism Now on 16 February 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  If the mind is agitated by different things and you can’t concentrate, try taking an extra–deep breath until the lungs are completely full, and then release all the air until there is none left inside. Do this several times, then re–establish awareness…

• Anxiety by John Aske

  By Buddhism Now on 13 February 2014 • ( 7 )

  

  Worry, care, depression, gloom, all of these are targets of the universal raider. Anxiety is drawn like a spider to the web in which we struggle, and thrives on our resistance. But its strength is drawn from this and only this. The energy released by our struggling and resistance is what attracts it…

• A Handful of Pain, by Diana St Ruth

  By Buddhism Now on 9 February 2014 • ( 11 )

  

  To allow the body to be painful when it needs to be, without regarding it as a bad thing, can be a liberating experience, a relief even, because there is no further conflict in the mind. Of course it is difficult when pain is severe, but there is a way of separating oneself from it and changing one’s relationship to it…

• In Simple Terms, by Ajahn Chah

  By Buddhism Now on 6 February 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  So if we have any discernment, we’ll realize that we’re not far from the Buddha at all. We’re sitting right in front of him right now. Whenever we understand the Dhamma, we see the Buddha…

  Download PDF copy of ‘In Simple Terms’, by Ajahn Chah