Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 05/11/2019

Māra ensures that the Buddha fails to get alms, but the Buddha is happy to feed on joy.At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Magadhans near the brahmin village of Pañcasālā. Now at that time in Pañcasālā the young women were taking care of guests. Then the Buddha robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, entered Pañcasālā for alms. Now at that time Māra had possessed the brahmins and householders of Pañcasālā, so that they thought, “Don’t let the ascetic Gotama get any alms! [Read More]