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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 — Beware of making real what is not.

  By Buddhism Now on 4 October 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Supernatural powers and wonder-making works — fetching water and the gathering of wood.’

  Layman P’ang

• Morning meditation — A Tathagata appears in the world.

  By Buddhism Now on 3 October 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘A Tathagata appears in the world, fully awakened, and teaches Dharma (truth) wonderful in its beginning, wonderful in its middle, and wonderful in its end.’

  Alagaddupama Sutta

• Morning meditation — If you want to see the nature of impermanence.

  By Buddhism Now on 2 October 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘If you want to see the nature of impermanence, buy a bar of chocolate.’

  Zen Graffiti

• Morning meditation — Voidness (Sunyata) has been taught by the Buddha.

  By Buddhism Now on 1 October 2026 • ( 2 )

  

  ‘Voidness (sunyara) has been taught by the Buddha to ward off the adherence to a self on the part of those who have gone astray through views and of those who seek the view of self.’

  Vajrapanjara

• Morning Meditation — If only you could hear the sound of snow falling.

  By Buddhism Now on 30 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘If only you could hear the sound of snow falling late at night from the trees of the old temple in Shinoda!’

  Tathagatagarbha Sutra

• Morning meditation — If it was only a matter of time.

  By Buddhism Now on 29 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘If it was only a matter of time, we’d all have been Buddhas long ago.’

  Zen Graffiti

• Morning meditation — It is incorrect to base one’s life upon the fragments of understanding.

  By Buddhism Now on 28 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘It is incorrect to base one’s life upon the fragments of understanding which might occur upon reaching certain states.’

  Kusan Sunim

• Morning meditation — May all those lost in the pain of jealousy.

  By Buddhism Now on 27 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘May all those lost in the pain of jealousy find delight in the success of others’

  Everyday Buddhism