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Don’t invite the future.

By Buddhism Now on 20 November 2018 • ( 6 )

Don’t invite the future.

Master Jinen relates the Life and Teachings of Dogen Zenji

By Buddhism Now on 9 November 2018 • ( 3 )

Think of not Thinking. How? By leaving thinking as-it-is. Dogen Zenji

Seated Buddha, India, post Gupta period, later Sarnath style Date: late 6th–first half of the 7th century © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Lotus Transcendent

By Buddhism Now on 2 November 2018 • ( 2 )

Free eBook: The Lotus Transcendent: highlights include exceptional Gandharan arts.

Seated Transcendent Buddha Vairochana in Vitarka Mudra representing the discussion and transmission of the teachings by the Buddha. Central Javanese period, late 9th century © Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Satipatthana sutta the Buddha’s Teaching on Mindfulness

By Buddhism Now on 27 October 2018 • ( 5 )

Satipatthana sutta setting out the Buddha’s teaching to overcome suffering.

Seated Buddha, Sakyamuni, China, Shanxi province, Tianlongshan, early 8th century, © Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum

Fascination for our Mental Suffering. Corrado Pensa

By Buddhism Now on 21 October 2018 • ( 2 )

We hear and read that we should look insidePapanca is proliferationWe hear and read that we should look inside; nippapanca is a mind of a buddha. Now, a simple reflection can help, at least it did in my case.

Seated Buddha Shakyamuni, the Right Hand in Abhaya Mudra, the Left Hand Holding a Jewel, Chinese, late 6th century. © Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Seated Buddha Shakyamuni

By Buddhism Now on 13 October 2018 • ( 1 )

Shakyamuni Buddha, the Right Hand in Abhaya Mudra, the Left Hand Holding a Jewel, Chinese, late 6th century.

Seated Buddha, China, 828. © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Karma: Innocent Action, by Diana St Ruth

By Buddhism Now on 15 September 2018 • ( 0 )

Karma: The more we contemplate life, the more we realise just how mysterious it is.

Labouring hard at poems.

I clean my inkstone not just to paint, but to reveal the images in my mind.

By Buddhism Now on 1 September 2018 • ( 0 )

It is not necessary to limit oneself to one style. Dai Benxiao