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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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What is a hua t’ou? Master Hsu Yun
In ancient times, the Patriarchs and Ancestors directly pointed at the mind for realisation of self-nature and attainment of Buddhahood. Like Bodhidharma who ‘quietened the mind’ and the Sixth Patriarch who only talked about ‘perception of self-nature’, all of them just advocated the outright cognizance (of it) without any more ado…
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A merry Veggie Christmas and a happy New Year
OATMEAL BAKE ( Vegetarian Christmas dinner serves 4) 1 Onion – diced 10 Medium-sized mushrooms – sliced 3 Carrots – diced 75g Oatmeal 150g Tinned tomatoes – mashed 75g Tinned or fresh chestnuts (if dried soak overnight) 50g Ground cashew… Read More ›
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Buddha found his own way to freedom, by Diana St Ruth
Buddhism has a very guru-and-teacher-oriented side to it, but I don’t think it was ever meant to. The Buddha found his own way to freedom from suffering…
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Dealing with obstacles, by Marcelle Hanselaar
Dealing with obstacles by Marcelle Hanselaar
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Chant the Wind, by Kusan Sunim
I venture to suggest to this assembly: ‘Even in a dirty place the true nature of all beings is always pure.’ …
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Kusan Sunim bio
Kusan Sunim, Korean Seon (Ch’an Zen) Buddhist master…
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Self and Body Disappear, by Myoljin Sunim
After practising meditation for a while, we must enter the state of no-self. When the self is let go of, self and body disappear, and there is great brightness. If we sit and enter the state of no-self only, however, strength will not come…
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Martine Batchelor bio
Martine Batchelor was born in France in 1953…
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