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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 — If you are willing to do whatever it takes to find your way out of suffering.

  By Buddhism Now on 13 December 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘If you are willing to do whatever it takes to find your way out of suffering — and it means confronting the roots of resistance and craving right here, right now — you can reach complete success.’

  Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

• Morning Meditation — The problem is the relationship between the mind and its objects.

  By Buddhism Now on 12 December 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The problem is the relationship between the mind and its objects, between the senses and their objects. And this relationship is charged with attachment, aversion and ignorance.’

  Corrado Pensa

• Morning meditation — This is the Buddha’s firm and unshakeable awareness.

  By Buddhism Now on 11 December 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘This is the Buddha’s firm and unshakeable awareness that watches over and protects the mind.’

  Ajahn Chah

• Morning meditation — You take something that no longer exists and put it into your mind.

  By Buddhism Now on 10 December 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘You take something that no longer exists and put it into your mind and compare it with what comes up. If you have a shadow of something, can you hold onto that shadow? All of your perceptions, as they arise like shadows, have nothing for you to hold on to.’

  Gien Inour Roshi

• Morning meditation — The mind can be focused on one thing.

  By Buddhism Now on 9 December 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The mind can be focused on one thing — on the body, the breath, or whatever — without there being any obstacles like distraction or dullness.’

  Geshe Tashi Tsering

• Morning meditation — Fools think they harm themselves.

  By Buddhism Now on 8 December 2024 • ( 2 )

  

  ‘Fools think they harm themselves by putting others first.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Awareness does not belong to anyone.

  By Buddhism Now on 7 December 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Awareness does not belong to anyone; it is not ‘my’ awareness or ‘your’ awareness. It is vast, boundless, and ever-present, beyond the categories of self and other.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — It might be pure meditation or concentration.

  By Buddhism Now on 6 December 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘It might be pure meditation or concentration (shamatha), but without the ethical base, there will be no substance to it.’

  Geshe Tashi Tsering