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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 — Come to practise for liberation!
‘Come to practise for liberation! It isn’t easy to live in accordance with true wisdom, but whoever earnestly seeks the path and fruit and aspires to Nibbāna will be able to persevere and endure.’
Ajahn Chah
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Morning meditation — To seek truth is not to entangle oneself in concepts or to cling to views.
‘In the heart of the Buddha’s teachings lies a profound caution: to seek truth is not to entangle oneself in concepts or to cling to views. Words, descriptions, and ideas — while useful as pointers — are ultimately inadequate to capture the depth of reality.’
Everyday Buddhism
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Morning meditation — You too are perfectly protected.
‘You too are perfectly protected. It just isn’t obvious to you. You are receiving all the care, protection and guidance and love of all the universe. You just haven’t been able to see it yet, but you will.’
Harada Tangen Roshi
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Morning meditation — The true “original mind” has nothing to measure it by.
‘The true “original mind” has nothing to measure it by, there’s nothing you can know it by. In its natural state it is unshaken, unmoving.’
Ajahn Chah
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Morning meditation — Practise till it is no longer practice.
‘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
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Morning meditation — In the simplicity of the Dhamma.
‘In the simplicity of the Dhamma, we discover the true refuge that the Buddha so compassionately pointed to.’
Everyday Buddhism
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Morning meditation — The Buddha’s teachings do not call for repression but for illumination.
‘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
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Morning meditation — Dukkha is very profound.
‘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
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