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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.

• Zazen is Buddha

  By Buddhism Now on 22 January 2012 • ( 8 )

  

  My teacher said that I should go to Eiheiji, you realize that it is nothing special — ‘This is all it is?’ Then you can relax and get down to practising. That’s the reality, isn’t it?

• CLACK! by Trevor Leggett

  By Buddhism Now on 9 January 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  The Abbot set Kyogen the Koan riddle: “What is your true face before your father and mother were born?” Baffled and furious Kyogen left the monastery but the riddle haunted him…

• There’s No Point in Punishing the Car, by Ven. Ananda Maitreya

  By Buddhism Now on 25 December 2011 • ( 9 )

  

  There are many ways of practising metta, loving kindness.

• Season’s Greetings from all at Buddhism Now

  By Buddhism Now on 23 December 2011 • ( 2 )

  With Season’s Greetings to you from everyone at Buddhism Now and Buddhist Publishing Group…

• The Still Silence, by Ajahn Sumedho

  By Buddhism Now on 18 December 2011 • ( 10 )

  

  We can get very angry if we become attached to silence and stillness and sensory deprivation; it is so pleasant not to have things impinging on the senses once we get used to it. And if we attach to the silence out of ignorance, out of greed, then when it is disrupted we can feel very angry.

• Little by Little, by Maezumi Roshi

  By Buddhism Now on 8 December 2011 • ( 4 )

  

  Whether we know it or not, this life is an abundant treasure house.

• Connecting with Certainty, by Oscar Yerburgh

  By Buddhism Now on 27 November 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  Have posted this in memory of my old friend Oscar Yerburgh who died on 29 October 2011.

• Forest and the Way Out, by Ananda Maitreya

  By Buddhism Now on 28 October 2011 • ( 6 )

  

  Centuries passed by. Incalculable was the crowd at the inn now and many were the discussions as to the interpretations of what had been written on the slab at the signpost. Some professed to know what the original exactly meant and others disagreed and consequently discord arose, parties were formed and actual progress ceased. Those who showed special brain skill and capability to interpret the symbols on the slabs at the post and those who were honoured and looked upon by others for numerous other reasons now became leaders of each party…