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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 — A water bird comes and goes.
‘A water bird comes and goes, leaving no traces at all. Yet it knows how to go its own way.‘
Mumonkan
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Morning meditation: One accepts — does not necessarily approve.
‘One accepts — does not necessarily approve — but accepts the way one is feeling. And in that perspective, the spiritual path is developed.’
Ajahn Sumedho
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Morning meditation — Don’t seek externals.
‘Don’t seek externals, rest in the life of reality.’
Zen Graffiti
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Morning meditation — Buddha’s insight into the nature of true friendship.
‘The Buddha’s insight into the nature of true friendship illuminates the communal fabric of early Buddhism. The Sangha was not a hierarchy, but a collective of equals — a ‘horizontal’ community where mutual support and shared aspiration were central.’
Everyday Buddhism
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Morning meditation — Everything is meditation itself.
‘Everything is meditation itself and can be regarded as an opportunity for change; this is the art of turning the negative into the positive.’
Everyday Buddhism
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Morning meditation — Sometimes anger may give some kind of immediate support.
‘Sometimes anger may give some kind of immediate support, some kind of strength and power, but in the long run it doesn’t. There’s always some fear behind it.’
Geshe Tashi Tsering
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Morning meditation — Sensory consciousness and mental consciousness.
‘Sensory consciousness and mental consciousness are interconnected. Sensory consciousness gives signals to mental consciousness, and mental consciousness follows with signals to sensory consciousness. But for us the most powerful mind is mental consciousness.’
Geshe Tashi Tsering
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Morning meditation — Bodhi has always existed.
‘Bodhi has always existed;
No need to preserve it.
Vexation has never existed,
No need to eliminate it.’Niutou Farong
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