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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 — One of the first insights of the Buddha.

  By Buddhism Now on 12 February 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Anicca: Lit. not-eternal. One of the first insights of the Buddha “all that arises ceases”, are not reality, not nirvana, not liberation.’

  Everyday Buddhism

• Morning meditation — Kindness and the good heart.

  By Buddhism Now on 11 February 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Kindness and the good heart are important at the beginning, in the middle and at the end.’

  Dalai Lama

• Morning meditation — What place do dreams have.

  By Buddhism Now on 10 February 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘What place do dreams have within the dream?’

  Zen Graffiti

• Morning meditation — To get an inkling of voidness liberation.

  By Buddhism Now on 9 February 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘To get an inkling of voidness liberation, we can deliberately empty the mind of all it contains.’

  Ayya Khema

• Morning meditation — Empty awareness free from conceptual elaboration.

  By Buddhism Now on 8 February 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Empty awareness free from conceptual elaboration is a luminous glow beyond clarity or obscuration that pervades all samsara and nirvana.’

  Sera Khandro

• Morning Meditation — When we are happy.

  By Buddhism Now on 7 February 2024 • ( 1 )

  

  ‘When we are happy we usually do not want to hear anything about detachment.’

  Francesca Fremantle

• Morning meditation — Being and not being are in the realm of the intellect.

  By Buddhism Now on 6 February 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Being and not being are in the realm of the intellect, not in the realm of truth.’

  The Buddha

• Morning meditation — It is useful to aim for a moment.

  By Buddhism Now on 5 February 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘It is useful to aim for a moment of wishless liberation.’

  Ayya Khema