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Bhavana Vandana BhavanaBhavana VVandaanda BookBook ofof DevotionDevotion Compiled by H. Gunaratana Mahathera HAN DD ET U 'S B B O RY eOK LIBRA E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.buddhanet.net Buddha Dharma Education Association Inc. Bhàvanà Vandanà Book of Devotion Compiled By H. Gunaratana Mahathera Bhàvanà Society Meditation Center Bhàvanà Vandanà Book of Devotion Compiled By H. Gunaratana Mahathera Copyright © 1990 by Bhàvanà Society All rights reserved R D : T C B B E F R F, , H C S. R. S T T R.O.C. T: () F: () T O C P ......................................................................................................................... iixx P ........................................................................................ x I ....................................................................................................... H .......................................................................... O V A ................................. 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T E P .............................................................................................. iv Buddha Vandanā ........................................................................................................... H T B ................................................................................ Dhamma Vandanā ...................................................................................................... H T D ............................................................................ Sangha Vandanā ........................................................................................................... H S ................................................................................ Pūjā .............................................................................................................................................. O ............................................................................................................................. Ariya Aññhangika Magga ..................................................................................... T N E P ...................................................................... Paticcasamuppāda ....................................................................................................... D O ............................................................................. Tanhā Janeti imaü Gehaü ................................................................................. C B H .................................. Abhinhaü Paccavekkhitabba Dhamma ............................................... D R ................................. Dhammaniyāma Sutt a ............................................................................................ T N D ............................................................................. v Osāna gāthā ....................................................................................................................... C R ................................................................................... Khama yacana ................................................................................................................. A P .............................................................................................. Mangala Sutt a ................................................................................................................. G D G F .......................................... Ratana Sutt a ...................................................................................................................... J D ................................................................................................... Mahājayamangala Gāthā .................................................................................... T G V J V ....................................... Atīta Paccavekkhanā .............................................................................................. R R ............................ Dasadhamma Sutt a ................................................................................................ D T D .............................................................. Anatt alakkhaõa Sutt a ........................................................................................... T D C S .............................. Āditt apariyāya Sutt a ............................................................................................. T F S .................................................................................................. vi Ovāda Pātimokkha .................................................................................................. D A / ........................................................ Buddhajayamangala Gāthā ............................................................................ V B’ J V ........................... Bojjhanga Paritt a ...................................................................................................... P F E ......... Tilakkhanādi Gatha ................................................................................................. V T C ............................... Dhammasanganīmatika Mātikā Pāñha ............................................. P M T D ................................ Catuvīsati Paccaya .................................................................................................. T- C ........................................................................ Att ha Mahapurisa Vitakka ............................................................................. E G N T ......................................................... Caturārakkha Bhāvanā ....................................................................................... F P M ........................................................ Buddhānussati .................................................................................... R B ................................. vii Mett ā Bhāvanā ................................................................................... M L- ....................... Karanīyamett a Sutt a .................................................................... M L- D ...................... Khandha Paritt a ................................................................................ D P L- ......... Mett anisamsa Sutt a ...................................................................... T P L- ............................ Asubha Bhāvanā ............................................................................... M U B ........... Maranasati ....................................................................................................................... M D ................................................................................. Patt anumodana ............................................................................................................ S M .................................................................................................... S L- (Only in English) ......................... viii P In preparing this Vandana book we used some material from the Vandana book compiled by Bhikkhu Bodhi and myself for use at the Washington Buddhist Vihara. Also, we acknowledge with thanks the use of The Pali Chanting with Translation, Vandana and Vat Pirith, Mirror of the Dhamma and Toward Peace. This book would not have been printed so soon with this quality if not for the kind help of Bhikkhu Rahula, Bhikkhu Dang Pham Jotika, Bhikkhu Sona, Samaneri Sama, Hal Barron, Dr. N. K. G. Mendis and Margo Born. I express my sincere thanks and gratitude to them, and Susila Mallawarachchi for designing the cover and the press for printing this book in time. H G M Bhavana Society Rt. , Box - High Kiew, WV. USA Tel () - December , ix P P As Pali writing does not have its own alphabet, people have adopted their own alphabet to write Pali and pronounce phonetically — pronouncing as it is writt en. The Pali alphabet is made of forty-one lett ers. These are divided into eight vowels, thirty-two consonants, and one pure nasal sound called Niggahita. The lett ers are classifi ed into the categories represented in the following diagram: vowels: a,ā,i,ī,u,ū,e,o gutt urals: k,kh,g,gh,ï palatals: c,ch,j,jh,ñ cerebrals: t,th,d,dh,n dentals: ñ,ñh,ó,óh,õ labials: p,ph,b,bh,m semi-vowels: y,r,ë,l,v sibilant: s spirant: h pure nasal: ü x Among the fi ve classes of mutes, the gutt urals are formed in the throat, the palatals with the tongue pressed against the front palate, the cerebrals with the tip of the tongue in contact
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