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 05/12/2020

The householder Hāliddakāni approaches the Venerable Mahākaccāna in the Avanti country and asks how to understand a verse from “The Questions of Māgandiya” of the Aṭṭhakavagga (Snp 4.9). Though the verse appears to be pitched at an ethical level, describing a sage intimate with none in the village, Mahākaccāna explains it in philosophical terms as non-attachment to the aggregates.So I have heard. At one time Venerable Mahākaccāna was staying in the land of the Avantis near Kuraraghara on Steep Mountain. [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 05/12/2020

Then came the children of Israel, {even} the whole… Then came the children of Israel, {even} the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried thereAnd there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD! [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 05/11/2020

A number of mendicants are heading for lands west, but the Buddha advises them to speak with Sāriputta before they go. Sāriputta reminds them that in foreign lands they will be scrutinized for their understanding, so they need to be able to answer questions on the teaching. He goes on to explain that the Dhamma is for the removal of desire for the five aggregates.So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Sakyans, where they have a town named Devadaha. [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 05/11/2020

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ,… My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, {the Lord} of glory, with respect of personsFor if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; {assembly: Gr. synagogue} And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: {in…: or, well, or, seemly} Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 05/10/2020

The householder Nakulapitā asks the Buddha for help in coping with old age. The Buddha says to reflect: “Even though I am afflicted in body, my mind will be unafflicted.” Later Sāriputta explains this in terms of the five aggregates.So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Bhaggas on Crocodile Hill, in the deer park at Bhesakaḷā’s Wood. Then the householder Nakula’s father went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to the Buddha: “Sir, I’m an old man, elderly and senior. [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 05/10/2020

Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll,… Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz{Mahershalalhashbaz: Heb. In making speed to the spoil he hasteneth the prey, or, Make speed, etc} And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 05/09/2020

The Buddha praises two friends who are students of Venerable MahākappinaAt Sāvatthī. Then two mendicants who were companions, pupils of Venerable Mahākappina, went to see the Buddha. The Buddha saw them coming off in the distance, and addressed the mendicants: “Mendicants, do you you see those monks coming who are companions, pupils of Venerable Mahākappina?” “Yes, sir.” “Those mendicants are very mighty and powerful. It’s not easy to find an attainment that they have not already attained. [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 05/09/2020

[To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam… [To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath] Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me. {Michtam…: or, A golden Psalm of David} Mine enemies would daily swallow {me} up: for {they be} many that fight against me, O thou most High. {enemies: Heb. observers} What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 05/08/2020

The Buddha describes Venerable Mahākappina as thin, fair-skinned, with a big nose—and as awakened.At Sāvatthī. Then Venerable Mahākappina went to see the Buddha. The Buddha saw him coming off in the distance, and addressed the mendicants: “Mendicants, do you you see that monk coming—white, thin, with a pointy nose?” “Yes, sir.” “That mendicant is very mighty and powerful. It’s not easy to find an attainment that he has not already attained. [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Christian Devotion for 05/08/2020

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,… And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, This {is} the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein {is} no blemish, {and} upon which never came yoke: And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and {one} shall slay her before his face: And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times: And {one} shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast {it} into the midst of the burning of the heiferThen the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. [Read More]