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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.

• Morning meditation — Buddhism teaches that we save the world by awakening.

  By Buddhism Now on 16 July 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Buddhism teaches that we save the world by awakening to its true nature and seeing the emptiness and oneness of it beyond the notion of ‘self’ and ‘other’ — this is something that we need to remind ourselves of.’

  Diana St Ruth

• Morning meditation — Thoughts arise and pass away.

  By Buddhism Now on 13 July 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Thoughts arise and pass away,
  The preceding no different from the succeeding.
  If the succeeding thought does not arise,
  The preceding thought cuts itself off.’

  Niutou Farong

• Morning meditation — Mindfulness is not thinking.

  By Buddhism Now on 12 July 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Mindfulness is not thinking, this is one of the reasons it is so powerful’

  Trevor Leggett

• Morning meditation — Even though we have that fruit in our hand we get no benefit from it.

  By Buddhism Now on 11 July 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Even though we have that fruit in our hand we get no benefit from it. Only through the actual eating of the fruit will we really know its taste.’

  Ajahn Chah

• Morning meditation — It’s of great importance that we practise the Dhamma.

  By Buddhism Now on 10 July 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘It’s of great importance that we practise the Dhamma. If we don’t practise, then all our knowledge is only superficial knowledge, just the outer shell of it.’

  Ajahn Chah

• Morning meditation — Awareness cuts through the cleverness of delusion.

  By Buddhism Now on 9 July 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Awareness cuts through the cleverness of delusion. It exposes the impermanence of all mental and emotional states, and in doing so, it reveals the freedom that comes from letting go of attachment to these states.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Awareness and Wisdom (Sati-paññā): Seeing Clearly Through Mindfulness

  By Buddhism Now on 8 July 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  Wisdom, in the Buddhist tradition, refers to the deep understanding of the nature of reality, particularly the realisation of impermanence, not-self, and suffering.

• Morning meditation — If one sits dozing in dullness.

  By Buddhism Now on 8 July 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘If one sits dozing in dullness assuming that maintaining silence is Son [Zen (mediation)] how can spiritual powers possibly manifest.’

  Chinul Sunim