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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.
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There is No Buddha-Dharma Outside the Mind, by Harada Sekkei Roshi
If you say there is not enough, there is nothing lacking. This is the mind which neither increases nor decreases and which is completely free and unrestricted. To really study and investigate this mind is the Dharma vehicle of the ancient Buddhas; it is the gate to the Dharma…
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How could I be unhappy about others being pleased? Acarya Shantideva
The Buddhas are delighted when sentient beings are happy and distressed when they are hurt. So by loving them I will please all Buddhas and by harming them I will injure the wise. For just as someone whose body is engulfed by fire finds no pleasure in desirable objects, it is impossible for the compassionate ones to be joyous when a sentient being is in pain…
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Everything comes from mind, by Bodhidharma
Your real body is pure and impervious. But because of delusions you’re unaware of it.
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Great Wisdom Sutra from the Chū sonji Temple Sutra Collection
This chapter from the Great Wisdom Sutra (Daihannyakyō; Sanskrit: Mahaprajnaparamita) is one of more than five thousand scrolls of Buddhist scripture.
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The Emotional Climate of Nondualistic Practice, by Ken Jones
At home in our Buddha nature, but doubtless no less aware of our still persistent delusiveness, we open in ready compassion to the misfortunes and stupidities of others…
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Zen monks from Hosshin-ji on Takuhatsu
Zen monks from Hossjin-ji doing alms round in the snow (Short film about 7mins).
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False Thought, by Ch’an Master Lai-kuo
The strength of false thought is great, so you ought to be afraid of it. And it is necessary that you get away from it. You want to get away from your false thought, but how much strength do you have? Its strength is waterproof; your strength only amounts to a single drop…
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The Four Reminders, by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche
Each of the reminders brings home the unerring message of change and the opportunity we have to practice meditation and study the teachings of the Buddha
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