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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 Meditaton — Taste the tea from the place which is both the highest and deepest.
‘The monk should remain deeply introspective, without making any mistake and taste the tea from the place which is both the highest and deepest.’
Sonhae Sunim
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Morning meditation — Realise that the world is going to be this way.
‘Realise that the world is going to be this way, that there is always going to be something you don’t like.’
Ajahn Sumedho
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Morning Meditaton — Understanding life and death.
‘Understanding life and death — free to come and go—free from fear of death. No need to look for worthiness it will arise of itself.’
Zen Master Rinzai
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Morning meditation — If, in one thought, we suddenly transcend samsara.
‘If, in one thought, we suddenly transcend samsara, we can apprehend and defeat the buddhas and patriarchs.’
Kusan Sunim
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Happy New Year everyone. — Mind has no form and its awareness no limit.
‘Mind has no form and its awareness no limit. Hence it’s said, “Tathagata forms are endless. And so is awareness”’.
Bodhidharma
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Morning meditation: Attaching to emptiness, denying cause and effect.
‘Attaching to emptiness, denying cause and effect, brings calamities beyond measure. Rejecting existence and grasping emptiness is same mistake’
Yung Chia
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Evening meditation — The real function of zazen is.
‘The real function of zazen is not to rest the mind but to establish a base or foundation for it.’
Rindo Fujimoto Roshi
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Afternoon meditation — Awakening is the very core of the Buddha’s teaching.
‘Awakening is the very core of the Buddha’s teaching, but if we’re thinking about awakening we’re separating ourselves from it.’
Taizan Maezumi Roshi
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