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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 — I ask that you watch it carefully.
‘I ask that you watch it carefully, this mind when it’s empty, when it’s not concocting any desires for anything, not wanting pleasure or trying to push away pain.’
Upasika Kee Nanayon
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Morning meditation — For us, to be alive is to practise.
‘For us, to be alive is to practise. The question is our very life. If we hold it continuously, this is proof that we are alive.’
Haechun Sunim
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Morning meditation — The enlightenment in which you see your true mind.
‘The enlightenment in which you see your true mind and realise your true nature is transmitted outside of the scriptures; it is not based on names and words.’
Bassui Tokushō
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Brahmaviharas by Ajahn Sumedho
Brahmaviharas (The Four Immeasurables): Equanimity, Loving Kindness, Compassion, and Sympathetic Joy.
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Morning meditation — All of these names simply point to the One Mind.
‘All of these names simply point to the One Mind. Though there are ten thousand different names, there are not even two dharma realities.’
Bassui Tokushō
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Morning meditation — As soon as any individual has come to perceive the emptiness of things.
‘As soon as any individual has come to perceive the emptiness of things, there arises in that person the realisation that it is not worth getting or being any of those things.’
Bodhidharma
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Morning Meditation — The single phrase ‘empty of self’.
‘‘The single phrase ‘empty of self’ sums up the words ‘impermanent (anicca), unsatisfactory (dukkha) and not self (anatta)’.’’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
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Morning meditation — It is simply that when ordinary people hear a true discourse.
‘It is simply that when ordinary people hear a true discourse, because of their ignorance, there are a thousand variations and ten thousand distinctions.’
Bassui Tokushō
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