Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 08/25/2019

The gods complain when a poor man is reborn in heaven. But Sakka points out that even though poor, he did many good deeds.At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, “Mendicants!” “Venerable sir,” they replied. The Buddha said this: “Once upon a time, mendicants, there was a poor person, impoverished and pitiful. They took up faith, ethics, learning, generosity, and wisdom in the teaching and training proclaimed by the Realized One. [Read More]