Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 06/25/2019
The Buddha is ill and sends his attendant monk Upavāṇa to fetch some hot water. A brahmin gives him not just water, but also molasses to ease his stomach. Later the brahmin visits the Buddha to discuss generosity.At Sāvatthī. Now at that time the Buddha was afflicted by winds. Venerable Upavāṇa was his carer. Then the Buddha said to Upavāṇa, “Please, Upavāṇa, find some hot water for me.” “Yes, sir,” replied Upavāṇa.
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