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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 — Don’t make decisions on the strength of desires.
‘Don’t make decisions on the strength of desires. Desires can puff us up into thinking we are something we’re not.’
Ajahn Chah
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Morning meditation — Buddha isn’t one sided.
‘Buddha isn’t one sided. The nature of mind is basically empty, neither pure nor impure. Free of both practise and realisation.’
Bodhidharma
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Morning meditation — Buddhas don’t practise nonsense.
‘Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause and effect is nonsense. Buddhas don’t practise nonsense.’
Bodhidharma
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Morning meditation — Nature of mind is basically empty.
‘Nature of mind is basically empty, neither pure nor impure Free of both practise and realisation.’
Bodhidharma
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Wu Wei (Serene Acceptance)
Wu Wei is a key concept within Daoism — and refers to a serene acceptance of events. It’s a wisdom we’re very uninclined to remember in our own times.
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Morning meditation — If there were no unborn-unconditioned.
‘There’s a unborn unbecome unmade unconditioned. If there were no unborn-unconditioned, no escape would be possible from the born.’
The Buddha
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Morning meditation — Don’t invite the future.
‘Don’t invite the future.’
Words of my Perfect Teacher
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Morning meditation — Even if you explain 1000s of sutras.
‘Even if you explain 1000s of sutras and shastras, unless you see your nature, yours is the teaching of a mortal, not a Buddha.’
Bodhidharma
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