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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.

• Morning meditation — Awareness, when steady and unentangled, remains untouched.

  By Buddhism Now on 15 August 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  ‘The Buddha’s teachings do not call for repression but for illumination. Awareness, when steady and unentangled, remains untouched by the arising and passing of thought. The key is not to eliminate thinking but to cease identifying with it.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Things cease due to utter destruction.

  By Buddhism Now on 14 August 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Things cease due to utter destruction, But not due to understanding their conditioned nature; To whom will this be evident? How can “destruction” be possible?’

  Arya Nagarjuna

• Morning meditation — Reflecting on the way it is brings into consciousness.

  By Buddhism Now on 13 August 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Reflecting on the way it is brings into consciousness what a lifespan as a human being involves.’

  Ajahn Sumedho

• Morning Meditation — Patience requires us to go beyond the choice between fleeing or fighting.

  By Buddhism Now on 12 August 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Patience requires us to go beyond the choice between fleeing or fighting. It is the third and most difficult way. Affectionate awareness starts being a real central value in our lives.’

  Corrado Pensa

• Morning meditation — Those who do not see ultimate reality.

  By Buddhism Now on 11 August 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Those who do not see ultimate reality
  Grasp at samsara and nirvana;
  But those who see ultimate reality possess
  No pretentions of world and its’ transcendence.’

  Arya Nagarjuna

• Morning meditation — Both samsara and nirvana.

  By Buddhism Now on 10 August 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Both samsara and nirvana,
  Neither of these two exists;
  The thorough understanding of cyclic existence —
  This is referred to as “nirvana.”’

  Arya Nagarjuna

• Morning meditation — All processes are impermanent.

  By Buddhism Now on 9 August 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘All processes are impermanent, Which are the dharma of birth and death. Having ended birth and death, Nirvana is delight!’

  Sutra of Maitreya

• Morning meditation — How can a dependent origination have a first and a last?

  By Buddhism Now on 8 August 2025 • ( 2 )

  

  ‘How can a dependent origination have a first and a last?’

  Arya Nagarjuna