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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 — Having transcended all conceptual views.
‘Having transcended all conceptual views, being pure and peaceful within, well liberated and independent, one goes beyond all attachment.’
The Buddha
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Morning meditation — Just as the great ocean has one taste.
‘Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so too this Dhamma-Vinaya has one taste, the taste of liberation.’
The Buddha
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Morning meditation — To enter non-duality means to see.
‘To enter non-duality means to see that I and not I are not two.’
Kusan Sunim
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Morning meditation — The Buddha nature is neither created nor does it change.
‘The Buddha nature is neither created nor does it change. It is free from arising and ceasing. It is naturally pure, yet obscured by adventitious stains.’
Uttaratantra
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Morning meditation — Before us, no thing, yet nothing lacking.
‘Before us, no thing, yet nothing lacking. Effortless wisdom naturally manifests.’
Zen Master Niutou
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Morning meditation — This freedom is the end of suffering.
‘This freedom is the end of suffering, not because pain and pleasure cease to exist, but because the mind no longer clings to them. It sees them as they are: passing phenomena within a vast field of awareness.’
Everyday Buddhism
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Morning Meditation — The field of boundless emptiness.
‘The field of boundless emptiness is what exits from the very beginning.’
Hongzhi Zhengjue
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Morning meditation — If people who cultivate the path give up fame.
‘If people who cultivate the path give up fame to enter the mountains but fail to cultivate these practices and, instead, make a show of deportment to deceive the faithful patrons, it is worse than seeking fame and gain, or passing an entire life in vain’
Master Bojo Chinul
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