Buddha Vandana: A Book of Buddhist Devotions

Buddha Vandana: A Book of Buddhist Devotions is a Buddhist devotional handbook prepared for free distribution by Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara in Los Angeles. The book provides Pāli chants with English translations for temple and personal practice. Its contents include devotional chanting, homage to the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha, offerings of light, incense, flowers, water, food, and medicine, sharing of merit, loving-kindness reflections, and selected Pāli suttas such as the Mangala Sutta, Ratana Sutta, and Karaniya Metta Sutta. The book also introduces basic teachings of the Buddha, including selected passages from the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, the Four Noble Truths, protective meditations, and selected material related to mindfulness practice. The introduction emphasizes the role of chanting in Buddhist religious life and explains that the English translations aim to be literal and faithful to the Pāli rather than poetic.