Lotus Offering: Philosophy and Practice of Buddhist Devotion

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Venerable Acharya Buddharakkhita is Founder and President of the Maha Bodhi Society in Bangalore, India. In 1956, he was a member of the Editorial Board of the Sixth Buddhist Synod in Rangoon, which brought out a complete edition of the Pali Canon. Since then, he has written numerous books a translations of Buddhist texts, which have been published in many countries. Best known is his classic English rendering of the Dhammapada. He also edits and publishes a monthly magazine, Dhamma.
An internationally recognized meditation master, he has lived and taught abroad, and founded the Buddhist Meditation Society in United States. He has also taught Buddhology at the Nalanda Pali Post graduate Institute, Bihar University. Firmly committed to putting Buddhist principles into practice, he has achieved distinction for muli-faceted humanitarian activities in his native India.

Buddhism, being essentially rational in approach, does not encourage an exuberant display of piety. Sobriety characterizes the Buddhist devotional approach.
The act of devotion is a spiritual exercise aimed at development of several faculties, namely, the rational, the emotional and the volitional. It is in effect, an orchestration of various mental powers and spiritual faculties, which at its crescendo reaches the Supermundane.
Faith, rooted in wisdom, in order to reach that unshakable Transcendental state (aveccappasada) of total commitment and surrender to the Triple Gem, is the goal of devotion in Buddhism. A votary, in the course of his devotion, Buddhism, being essentially rational in approach, does not encourage an exuberant display of piety. Sobriety characterizes the Buddhist devotional approach.
The act of devotion is a spiritual exercise aimed at development of several faculties, namely, the rational, the emotional and the volitional. It is in effect, an orchestration of various mental powers and spiritual faculties, which at its crescendo reaches the Supermundane.
Faith, rooted in wisdom, in order to reach that unshakable Transcendental state (aveccappasada) of total commitment and surrender to the Triple Gem, is the goal of devotion in Buddhism. A votary, in the course of his devotion,