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The Buddha Shakyamuni, Five Past Buddhas, and Maitreya. Tibet, ca. 15th century, Wood with red pigment, gold, and ink. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Guidepost for the Hall of Pure Bliss, by Hongzhi

By Buddhism Now on 9 June 2017 • ( 0 )

Dwelling in peace and forgetting hardship, let go of adornments and become genuine. Chinese Zen master Hongzhi

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Exploring the meaning of compassion in your life, by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche

By Buddhism Now on 19 March 2017 • ( 0 )

Ringu Tulku Rinpoche offers thoughts and methods that, if taken to heart, have the potential to transform your life and have a positive impact on your world. (Buddhist video 93 minute)

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Cover of Tibet and India @ Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tibet and India: Buddhist Traditions and Transformations

By Buddhism Now on 17 February 2017 • ( 1 )

As Buddhism spread out from north India, the place of its origin in the sixth century BC, the core ideas of this great religious tradition were often expressed through images. This Bulletin and the exhibition it accompanies, “Tibet and India: Buddhist Traditions and Transformations,” focus on Indian and Tibetan Buddhist art of the eleventh and twelfth centuries… (Free PDF download) Beautiful Buddhist works of art

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Shadakshari Lokeshvara is the bodhisattva of compassion (Avalokiteshvara)

The Mantra Om Mani Padme Hum, by The Dalai Lama

By Buddhism Now on 21 January 2017 • ( 1 )

Just as a jewel is capable of removing poverty, so the altruistic mind of enlightenment is capable of removing the poverty, or difficulties of cyclic existence and of solitary peace. Similarly, just as a jewel fulfils the wishes of sentient beings, so the altruistic intention to become enlightened fulfils the wishes of sentient beings.

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Sutra Box with Dragons amid Clouds, China, Ming dynasty, Yongle period (1403–24) © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Snatching the Whiskers of a Dragon, by Master Kusan

By Buddhism Now on 9 December 2016 • ( 0 )

We keep on working. If we can continue in this manner for one to three weeks, suddenly our mind and truth will mesh; we will understand the cause and conditions of the big matter…

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The Power of Patriarchs: Qisong and Lineage in Chinese Buddhism

By Buddhism Now on 28 November 2016 • ( 0 )

This book provides a detailed biography with a focus on the influential historical writings he composed to defend Chan claims of a “mind-to-mind transmission” tracing back to the historical Buddha.