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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 — Please don’t become frustrated or depressed on account of this inability to control the mind.
‘Please don’t become frustrated or depressed on account of this inability to control the mind. You are seeing how the mind works. You are discovering how you work. That is why you are meditating.’
Diana St Ruth
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Morning meditation — Remember that calmness and compassion.
‘Remember that calmness and compassion are an important part of living a fruitful, positive human life.’
Dalai Lama
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Morning meditation — Observing these changes.
‘Observing these changes — these never- ceasing transformations — you know that you must perish. But do you also know that when you perish, something in you does not perish with you?’
Surangama Sutra
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Morning meditation — In dealing with others.
‘In dealing with others, fairness is paramount; in self-reflection, sincerity is crucial.’
Classic of Spiritual Flight
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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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