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Buddhism Now is an online Buddhist magazine, giving advice on how to practise Buddhism.
Buddhist insights: When it comes to Right Livelihood, it’s good to have the freedom to do what you really feel is Right. 'Right Livelihood', by Diana St Ruth wp.me/pFy3u-1hi.
Right Livelihood, by Diana St Ruth
So what differentiates a Right Livelihood business from any other? It has to be the dharma element, a basic code of practice within oneself. It isn’t a question of just saying, ‘Oh, we’re a Buddhis…
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February 4, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Buddhist insights: When it comes to Right Livelihood, it’s good to have the freedom to do what you really feel is Right. 'Right Livelihood', by Diana St Ruth wp.me/pFy3u-1hi.
Morning meditation — Where can the dust alight?
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Morning meditation — Where can the dust alight?
‘There is no Bodhi-tree, Nor stand of a mirror bright. Since all is void, Where can the dust alight? Hui Neng [Enjoy the simple insight of this verse.]’ Hui Neng
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February 4, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Morning meditation — Where can the dust alight?
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Buddhist read: 'On Losing Someone You Love', by John Aske wp.me/pFy3u-1gA.
On Losing Someone You Love, by John Aske
When I lost my mother after looking after her for five years, not only had I lost the last member of my family, but I also lost the main motivation for getting up in the mornings.
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February 4, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Buddhist read: 'On Losing Someone You Love', by John Aske wp.me/pFy3u-1gA.
Buddhist practice: Foundations of Buddhism: 'Being Our Own Refuge', by Geshe Tashi Tsering wp.me/pFy3u-17J.
Being Our Own Refuge, by Geshe Tashi Tsering
Sometimes we may feel that we do things without any kind of conscious intention. But if we are truly mindful, we can notice ourselves as we act; and if we trace the motivation back, we will definit…
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February 4, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Buddhist practice: Foundations of Buddhism: 'Being Our Own Refuge', by Geshe Tashi Tsering wp.me/pFy3u-17J.
Attachment operates as wanting something or wanting more. And anger is also wanting—wanting to reject, wanting to put off. So, according to Buddhism, both of these two emotions are undesirable.
Geshe Tashi Tsering
Night night.
Geshe Tashi Tsering
Night night.
February 3, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Attachment operates as wanting something or wanting more. And anger is also wanting—wanting to reject, wanting to put off. So, according to Buddhism, both of these two emotions are undesirable.
Geshe Tashi Tsering
Night night.
Geshe Tashi Tsering
Night night.
Buddhist insights: Buddha Shakyamuni isn’t the only one to have given Dharma talks: 'Dharma Talks by the Inanimate', by Ven SongChol wp.me/pFy3u-1jm.
Dharma Talks by the Inanimate, by Ven SongChol
Everything throughout the universes always speaks the Dharma.
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February 3, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Buddhist insights: Buddha Shakyamuni isn’t the only one to have given Dharma talks: 'Dharma Talks by the Inanimate', by Ven SongChol wp.me/pFy3u-1jm.
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A good book for helping realize ‘your everyday life is the Buddha’
February 3, 2026 at 6:18 PM
A good book for helping realize ‘your everyday life is the Buddha’
What if the Buddha you read about wasn’t just a man 2500 years ago—but an experience you can enter right now?
This book makes that shift possible: turn distant teachings into living awareness that meets each moment with less struggle.
Enjoy the experience. tinyurl.com/BPGUSBPBE
This book makes that shift possible: turn distant teachings into living awareness that meets each moment with less struggle.
Enjoy the experience. tinyurl.com/BPGUSBPBE
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February 3, 2026 at 6:07 PM
What if the Buddha you read about wasn’t just a man 2500 years ago—but an experience you can enter right now?
This book makes that shift possible: turn distant teachings into living awareness that meets each moment with less struggle.
Enjoy the experience. tinyurl.com/BPGUSBPBE
This book makes that shift possible: turn distant teachings into living awareness that meets each moment with less struggle.
Enjoy the experience. tinyurl.com/BPGUSBPBE
Buddhist insights: Buddha Shakyamuni isn’t the only one to have given Dharma talks: 'Dharma Talks by the Inanimate', by Ven SongChol wp.me/pFy3u-1jm.
Dharma Talks by the Inanimate, by Ven SongChol
Everything throughout the universes always speaks the Dharma.
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February 3, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Buddhist insights: Buddha Shakyamuni isn’t the only one to have given Dharma talks: 'Dharma Talks by the Inanimate', by Ven SongChol wp.me/pFy3u-1jm.
Morning meditation — Awareness, not two.
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Morning meditation — Awareness, not two.
‘Awareness, not two. The inner and the outer no longer feel divided. The sense of ‘me’ observing the world softens, or falls away. Thought still moves, but is not taken as real. Experience flows without clinging, without story, without ‘‘two’’.’ Everyday Buddhist
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February 3, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Morning meditation — Awareness, not two.
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Buddhist read: Reading a sutra by moonlight. The sun rises, the moon sets—when will it ever be fully understood? wp.me/pFy3u-9Uy.
Reading a sutra by moonlight.
The sun rises, the moon sets—when will it ever be fully understood?
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February 3, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Buddhist read: Reading a sutra by moonlight. The sun rises, the moon sets—when will it ever be fully understood? wp.me/pFy3u-9Uy.
Buddhist practice: Short video of a Nepalese sacred-art. 'Eye-opener', Sonam Sherpa. wp.me/pFy3u-37F (around 6 minutes) #Buddhist Art
The Eye-opener, a short video of Nepalese sacred-art.
A short video of a Nepalese sacred-art master and his journey of patience and time. (around 6 minutes)
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February 3, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Buddhist practice: Short video of a Nepalese sacred-art. 'Eye-opener', Sonam Sherpa. wp.me/pFy3u-37F (around 6 minutes) #Buddhist Art
So when facing difficulties, sometimes just thinking of the phrase ‘everything is subject to change’ will give strength to my mind.
Geshe Tashi Tsering
Night night sleep tight.
Geshe Tashi Tsering
Night night sleep tight.
February 2, 2026 at 9:56 PM
So when facing difficulties, sometimes just thinking of the phrase ‘everything is subject to change’ will give strength to my mind.
Geshe Tashi Tsering
Night night sleep tight.
Geshe Tashi Tsering
Night night sleep tight.
Followers of the way: Southern Song Academy masters provided a bridge between tradition and the new Chan (Zen) Buddhism painting. wp.me/pFy3u-3PK Film 72min
From Academy to Chan: Liang Kai
This last of the four Southern Song Academy masters is shown as providing a bridge between that tradition and the new kind of painting associated with Chan (Zen) Buddhism: why it was preserved almo…
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February 2, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Followers of the way: Southern Song Academy masters provided a bridge between tradition and the new Chan (Zen) Buddhism painting. wp.me/pFy3u-3PK Film 72min
'Questions of monks to their teacher Ajahn Chah' (Part Two). wp.me/pFy3u-4cF.
Two: Questions of Monks to their Teacher Ajahn Chah
Practice is separate from any posture. It is a matter of directly looking at the mind.
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February 2, 2026 at 9:53 PM
'Questions of monks to their teacher Ajahn Chah' (Part Two). wp.me/pFy3u-4cF.
Buddhist insights: Ordinary Mind is Tao. Hundreds of flowers in spring, the moon in autumn. 'Zen Comments on the Mumonkan' wp.me/pFy3u-cr.
Ordinary Mind is Tao
Mumon’s Poem: Hundreds of flowers in spring, the moon in autumn, The cool breeze in summer and snow in winter; If there is no vain cloud in your mind, for you it is a good season.
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February 2, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Buddhist insights: Ordinary Mind is Tao. Hundreds of flowers in spring, the moon in autumn. 'Zen Comments on the Mumonkan' wp.me/pFy3u-cr.
Morning meditation — Not-two does not arrive as a philosophy.
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Morning meditation — Not-two does not arrive as a philosophy.
‘In practice, the insight of not-two does not arrive as a philosophy, but as a felt shift in perception.’ Everyday Buddhist
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February 2, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Morning meditation — Not-two does not arrive as a philosophy.
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Buddhist read: Accumulating Good Karma is Beautiful, by Geshe Gedun Tharchin wp.me/pFy3u-3ga.
Accumulating Good Karma is Beautiful, by Geshe Gedun Tharchin
In Buddhism we are taught of the nonduality of samsara and nirvana. We do not need to be on a high level in order to understand this nonduality of samsara and nirvana; it is just a matter of being …
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February 2, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Buddhist read: Accumulating Good Karma is Beautiful, by Geshe Gedun Tharchin wp.me/pFy3u-3ga.
Buddhist practice: Book Cover from a 10th or 11th century Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra. wp.me/pFy3u-4dr.
Book Cover from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra Astasahasrika
This painted cover for a palm-leaf manuscript belongs to the Pala- Nepalese tradition. It comes from a palm-leaf edition of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra (“Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 V…
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February 2, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Buddhist practice: Book Cover from a 10th or 11th century Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra. wp.me/pFy3u-4dr.
The Buddha’s teachings are not abstract doctrines but practical guides for awakening.
Goodnight everyone take care of yourself.
Goodnight everyone take care of yourself.
February 1, 2026 at 10:31 PM
The Buddha’s teachings are not abstract doctrines but practical guides for awakening.
Goodnight everyone take care of yourself.
Goodnight everyone take care of yourself.
Present! — Shunryu Suzuki Roshi wp.me/pFy3u-3wS Talks at Tassajara Zen Mountain Centre (Around 26 minutes)
Present! — Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
Present! Talks of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (Around 26 minutes) Talks at Tassajara Zen Mountain Centre.
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February 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Present! — Shunryu Suzuki Roshi wp.me/pFy3u-3wS Talks at Tassajara Zen Mountain Centre (Around 26 minutes)
🙏🙏🙏 for all of your support this week.
February 1, 2026 at 10:24 PM
🙏🙏🙏 for all of your support this week.
Buddhist read: What is it that one sees when one looks at the world? 'Two Levels of Truth' wp.me/pFy3u-2Lv
Lama Chime Rinpoche.
Lama Chime Rinpoche.
Two Levels of Truth, by Lama Chime Rinpoche
It is said that for the absolute, one has wisdom, and for the relative, one has compassion. After his enlightenment Buddha did not need to teach people in order for them to become essentially wiser…
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February 1, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Buddhist read: What is it that one sees when one looks at the world? 'Two Levels of Truth' wp.me/pFy3u-2Lv
Lama Chime Rinpoche.
Lama Chime Rinpoche.
Buddhist insights: Everyday Buddhist: We talk about the doors to the deathless, but it’s not something out there, something remote or hidden. ‘Emotional Habits’ by Ajahn Sumedho wp.me/pFy3u-1ps.
Emotional Habits, by Ajahn Sumedho
We talk about the doors to the deathless, but it’s not something out there, something remote or hidden. The Buddha pointed to this mindfulness—this is the path to the deathless…
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February 1, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Buddhist insights: Everyday Buddhist: We talk about the doors to the deathless, but it’s not something out there, something remote or hidden. ‘Emotional Habits’ by Ajahn Sumedho wp.me/pFy3u-1ps.
Morning meditation — Once we penetrate to the truth.
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Morning meditation — Once we penetrate to the truth.
‘Once we penetrate to the truth, we are freed from everything. Only peace remains.’ Ajahn Chah
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February 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Morning meditation — Once we penetrate to the truth.
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