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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 — Practise till it is no longer practice.

  By Buddhism Now on 3 April 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Practise till it is no longer practice but a natural movement. Then, in a crisis, there is a sort of calm, an inner calm, a sort of coolness inside.’

  Trevor Leggett

• Morning meditation — In the simplicity of the Dhamma.

  By Buddhism Now on 2 April 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘In the simplicity of the Dhamma, we discover the true refuge that the Buddha so compassionately pointed to.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — The Buddha’s teachings do not call for repression but for illumination.

  By Buddhism Now on 1 April 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The Buddha’s teachings do not call for repression but for illumination. Awareness, when steady and unentangled, remains untouched by the arising and passing of thought. The key is not to eliminate thinking but to cease identifying with it.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Dukkha is very profound.

  By Buddhism Now on 31 March 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Dukkha is very profound; as we explore it through the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths, we understand that being unawakened is itself dukkha. Dukkha, Cause, and Nirodha (Nirvana).’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — At the heart of the Buddha’s message is the notion of the Middle Way.

  By Buddhism Now on 30 March 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘At the heart of the Buddha’s message is the notion of the Middle Way — a path that avoids the extremes of indulgence in sensual pleasures on one side and severe asceticism on the other.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning Meditation — There are ‘four virtues’ of perpetual happiness.

  By Buddhism Now on 29 March 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘There are ‘four virtues’ of perpetual happiness and purity. This is why it is said that the one who comes to meditate truly and correctly, must sit facing the innermost sanctuary of truth.’

  Zen Master Hakuin

• Morning meditation — Luminous, monks, is the mind.

  By Buddhism Now on 28 March 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Luminous, monks, is the mind. And it is freed from incoming defilements. The well-instructed disciple of the noble ones discerns that as it actually is present.’

  Bassui Tokushō

• Morning meditation — The significance of the Three Marks of Existence cannot be overstated.

  By Buddhism Now on 27 March 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The significance of the Three Marks of Existence cannot be overstated. These truths about the nature of reality — impermanence, suffering, and not-self — are at the core of the Buddha’s teaching enlightenment.’

  Everyday Buddhism