What would you say are the Ritualistic/Worship Principles of Buddhism?

Answer 1

Buddhists take refuge in the Buddha to gain inspiration and right understanding for their self-purification and to affirm their confidence in the Buddha or to recall the Buddha to their minds.

Buddhists do not take refuge in the Buddha with the belief that he is a god or son of god.The Buddha never claimed any divinity.Buddhists take refuge in the Buddha as a teacher who has shown the real path of emancipation.We pay homage to the Buddha to show our gratitude and respect ,but we do not ask for material favours through him.We do not pray to the Buddha thinking that he is a god who will reward us or punish us.
We recite verses or some sutras not in the sense of supplication but as a means of recalling his great virtues and good qualities to get more inspiration and guidance for ourselves and to develop the confidence to follow his teaching so that we too could be like him.