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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.

• Cold Mountain: Chinese poet Han Shan

  By Buddhism Now on 26 December 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Han Shan wrote poems for everyone, not just the educated elite. A man free of spiritual doctrine, it is unclear whether or not he was a monk, whether he was a Buddhist or a Taoist, or both. It is not even certain he ever lived, but the poems do. Short film (about 30 minutes)

• Season’s Greetings from all of us at Buddhism Now and BPG!

  By Buddhism Now on 24 December 2016 • ( 6 )

  

  Season’s Greetings from all of us at Buddhism Now and BPG!

• At Home in the World, by Thich Nhat Hanh

  By Buddhism Now on 16 December 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Seeing this peaceful image, the idea came to me that l wanted to become someone like that Buddha, someone who could sit very still and calm…

• Snatching the Whiskers of a Dragon, by Master Kusan

  By Buddhism Now on 9 December 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  We keep on working. If we can continue in this manner for one to three weeks, suddenly our mind and truth will mesh; we will understand the cause and conditions of the big matter…

• The Power of Patriarchs: Qisong and Lineage in Chinese Buddhism

  By Buddhism Now on 28 November 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  This book provides a detailed biography with a focus on the influential historical writings he composed to defend Chan claims of a “mind-to-mind transmission” tracing back to the historical Buddha.

• Tantric shrine, disclosing Nirvana within the petals of a lotus

  By Buddhism Now on 20 November 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Buddhist art: Tantric shrine, disclosing Nirvana within the petals of a lotus.

• Nobody Likes Being Disturbed, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

  By Buddhism Now on 16 November 2016 • ( 3 )

  

  Inner emptiness means to be normal, to have a mind that is not scattered and confused. Anyone who experiences this really likes it. If it develops to its greatest degree, which is to be empty of egoism, then it is Nibbana.

• Buddhist Discipline: an interview with Phiroz Mehta

  By Buddhism Now on 8 November 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  The Buddha was very fortunate actually to have come on the scene a century or so after the golden age of the Upanishads, as there was a background of religious feeling and understanding which enabled many people to appreciate the depth of his teaching.