Welcome to Daily Digital Devotion

This website is meant to be your source for a daily scripture to read and contemplate. Regardless of religion there is something we can all gain by reading scripture daily. Let us rejoice in the universe! Below are the most recent posts to start your journey.

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 03/14/2019

Posted on March 14, 2019

Candana asks who crosses the flood. The Buddha replies that it is one who is virtuous , wise, peaceful, and beyond attachment to rebirth.Standing to one side, the god Candana addressed the Buddha in verse: “Who here crosses the flood, tireless all day and night? Who, not standing and unsupported, does not sink in the deep?” “Someone who is always endowed with ethics, wise and serene, energetic and resolute, crosses the flood so hard to cross. [Read More]
#Buddhist  #Linked Discourses 2  #2. With Anāthapiṇḍika  #15. With Candana 

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 03/14/2019

Posted on March 14, 2019

And after five days Ananias the high priest descended… And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and {with} a certain orator {named} Tertullus, who informed the governor against PaulAnd when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse {him}, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence, We accept {it} always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness. [Read More]
#Christian  #Acts  #Acts 24 

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 03/13/2019

Posted on March 13, 2019

The deity Nandana asks the Buddha who is virtuous, wise, beyond suffering, worshiped by the gods themselves. The Buddha replies that such a person is an arahant.Standing to one side, the god Nandana addressed the Buddha in verse: “I ask you, Gotama, whose wisdom is vast, the Blessed One of unhindered knowledge and vision. What kind of person do they call ethical? What kind of person do they call wise? What kind of person lives on after transcending suffering? [Read More]
#Buddhist  #Linked Discourses 2  #2. With Anāthapiṇḍika  #14. With Nandana 

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 03/13/2019

Posted on March 13, 2019

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this… Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this {is} Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, {over} an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) {That} in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which {was} in Shushan the palace, In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, {being} before him: When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, {even} an hundred and fourscore daysAnd when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace; {present: Heb. [Read More]
#Christian  #Esther  #Esther 1 

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 03/12/2019

Posted on March 12, 2019

Dīghalaṭṭhi the god comes to the Buddha at Rājagaha and praises a mendicant who is a meditator.So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground. Then, late at night, the glorious god Dīghalaṭṭhi, lighting up the entire Bamboo Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and recited this verse in the Buddha’s presence: “Suppose a mendicant is a meditator, freed in mind. [Read More]
#Buddhist  #Linked Discourses 2  #2. With Anāthapiṇḍika  #13. With Dīghalaṭṭhi 

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 03/12/2019

Posted on March 12, 2019

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and… And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to {him} for to shew him the buildings of the templeAnd Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? [Read More]
#Christian  #Matthew  #Matthew 24 

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 03/11/2019

Posted on March 11, 2019

The deity Veṇhu celebrates the joy of those who follow the Buddha’s teaching. The Buddha affirms that such will escape death. Veṇhu is the Pali spelling of Sanskrit Viṣṇu, and this marks a rare appearance of a god of this name in the early texts.Standing to one side, the god Vishnu recited this verse in the Buddha’s presence: “Happy are the children of Manu who pay homage to the Holy One! [Read More]
#Buddhist  #Linked Discourses 2  #2. With Anāthapiṇḍika  #12. With Vishnu 

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 03/11/2019

Posted on March 11, 2019

Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name {was}… Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name {was} KeturahAnd she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these {were} the children of Keturah. [Read More]
#Christian  #Genesis  #Genesis 25 

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 03/10/2019

Posted on March 10, 2019

The deity Candimasa says that those who practice absorption will surely find escape. The Buddha adds that they must also be diligent and discard flaws.At Sāvatthī. Then, late at night, the glorious god Candimasa, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and recited this verse in the Buddha’s presence: “Like deer in a mosquito-free marsh, they will reach a safe place having entered the absorptions, unified, alert, and mindful. [Read More]
#Buddhist  #Linked Discourses 2  #2. With Anāthapiṇḍika  #11. With Candimasa 

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 03/10/2019

Posted on March 10, 2019

And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men… And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men {and} brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this dayAnd the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, {thou} whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law? [Read More]
#Christian  #Acts  #Acts 23