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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 — Rather than searching for a distant place.
‘Rather than searching for a distant place where suffering does not exist, the Buddha invites us to investigate the nature of suffering itself, right here in the present.’
Everyday Buddhism
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People think that the gift of the gab and being smart, are signs of wisdom, by Hakuin Zenji
The Buddhist world is now filled with people of their sort.
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Morning meditation — Where do mind and body fall away?
Buddha was asked, ‘where do mind and body fall away?’
He replied, “Vinnanam anidassanam anantam sabbato pabham” (consciousness, signless, timeless and everywhere brightly shining).
[The Kevaddha Sutta]The Kevaddha Sutta
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Morning meditation — Buddhists are people and people do believe things.
‘Buddhists are people and people do believe things, but Buddhism is concerned with truth, not with belief, and the teaching is to see things as they are.’
Everyday Buddhism
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Morning Meditation — Nobody likes ordinary, commonplace things.
‘Nobody likes ordinary, commonplace things. And that is quite natural. A good medicine is bitter to the taste, but it wakes us up. It makes us open our eyes. And waking up spoils our dreams.’
Zen Master Hakuin
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Morning meditation — The Tathagata has abandoned that clinging to views.
‘The Tathagata has abandoned that clinging to views, that adherence to views. Having seen what can be seen as it actually is, without grasping, without rejection . . .’
The Buddha
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The Way Things Really Are.
The Sutta-nipata is one of the earliest texts of the Pali cannon, coming from the same period as the Dhammapada, before the monastic tradition was strong.
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Morning meditation — Do not do anything (good or bad).
‘Do not do anything (good or bad) and do not even do this not-doing; then straightaway one reaches that place where there is no concern for external affairs, that vast and peaceful place where there are absolutely no obstructing thoughts.’
Everyday Buddhism
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