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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 — When the mind is empty in line with its nature.
‘When the mind is empty in line with its nature, there’s no sense of ownership in it; there are no labels for itself. No matter what thoughts occur to it, it sees them as insubstantial, as empty of self.’
Upasika Kee Nanayon
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Morning meditation — You need self-confidence and determination.
‘You need self-confidence and determination; feeling depressed and losing hope will never help to improve any situation.’
Dalai Lama
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Morning meditation — To cultivate virtue.
‘To cultivate virtue, one must start by controlling oneself; to cultivate wisdom, one must begin with clarity of thought.’
Classic of Spiritual Flight
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Morning meditation — If you physically want to build a pyramid, the base must be very strong.
‘I would now like to refer again to this idea of the pyramid regarding morality (shila), wisdom, and meditation (or concentration). If you physically want to build a pyramid, the base must be very strong.’
Geshe Tashi Tsering
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Morning meditation — You must just be as immovable as an incense burner.
‘You must just be as immovable as an incense burner before a Buddha-image and as unchanging as dried wood resting on cold ashes.’
Kusan Sunim
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Morning meditation — The Buddha knew that because both happiness and unhappiness.
‘The Buddha knew that because both happiness and unhappiness are unsatisfactory, they have the same value.’
Ajahn Chah
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Morning meditation — The outflow of ignorance is perhaps the most fundamental.
‘Avijjāsava – The outflow of ignorance is perhaps the most fundamental, as it is the source of all other āsavas. It is the veil that clouds our awareness, causing us to misperceive reality and to cling to a distorted view of self and world.’
Everyday Buddhism
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Morning meditation — By relinquishing attachment and seeing things.
‘By relinquishing attachment and seeing things as they truly are, we can free ourselves from the cycle of craving and dissatisfaction.’
Everyday Buddhism
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