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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.

• Examining a Painting of White-Robed Kannon

  By Buddhism Now on 18 May 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Close looking reveals an extraordinary technical feat: all the pictorial elements are delineated in Chinese characters.

• ‘Requiem for a Faith’ Huston Smith

  By Buddhism Now on 5 May 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  27 minute film, narrated by Huston Smith.

• Guidance of a Departed Spirit by Kusan Sunim

  By Buddhism Now on 20 April 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Can you understand that originally there is no birth or death?

• Everyday Zen by Shodo Harada Roshi

  By Buddhism Now on 6 April 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Film: In it he talks about the purpose of Zen meditation in daily life.

• Visual Awareness Does Not Perish — From the Surangama Sutra 

  By Buddhism Now on 30 March 2019 • ( 10 )

  

  The Buddha said, “Your Majesty, you have not perished yet. How is it that you know you will perish?

• Mindfulness is an interesting word by Ajahn Sumedho

  By Buddhism Now on 16 March 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Mindfulness allows us to really notice the way it is.

• Kindness by John Aske

  By Buddhism Now on 2 March 2019 • ( 4 )

  

  Kindness awakens your latent ability to be and commune with the world.

• Maitreya’s Paradise

  By Buddhism Now on 23 February 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Maitreya (Chinese, Mi-le) the Buddha of the Future.