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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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Morning meditation — If the mind abides in no-circumstances.
‘If the mind abides in no-circumstances, then the circumstances abide in no-mind.’
Shen Hui
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Morning meditation — If in the mind there is nothing different from mind.
‘If in the mind there is nothing different from mind, one does not have to stop desire.’
Shen Hui
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Morning meditation — If as Buddhists we have true awareness.
‘If as Buddhists we have true awareness then morality will be our natural behaviour.’
Zen Master Bukko
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Morning Meditation — Look up to the heavens or down upon the earth and they will teach you impermanence.
‘Look up to the heavens or down upon the earth and they will teach you impermanence. Look around the world and it too reveals impermanence. Yet when you attain spiritual enlightenment, true wisdom arises. That wisdom swiftly guides you to the Way.’
Buddha
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Morning meditation — As we practise, a subtle shift begins.
‘As we practise, a subtle shift begins. The more we turn our attention inward, the more we come to sense that life’s deepest truths do not yield to control or analysis. Instead, these truths reveal themselves when we stop trying to define or grasp them.’
Everyday Buddhism
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Morning Meditation — It’s hard to attain the state where nothing is practised.
‘It’s hard to attain the state where nothing is practised and nothing manifested.’
Buddha
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The object of mind also becomes increasingly subtle and refined.
As the mind becomes calm, the breath, which was originally coarse, becomes correspondingly lighter and more refined. The object of mind also becomes increasingly subtle and refined.
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Morning meditation — It is the courage to let go of the familiar.
‘It is the courage to let go of the familiar, to step into the unknown, and to trust in awareness and wisdom, even when the path ahead is unclear.’
Everyday Buddhism
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