Full prayer text for the home Buddha altar

Lễ Phật ở ban thờ Phật tại gia (Buddha worship at the home Buddha altar). Daily; the first day of the lunar month, the fifteenth day of the lunar month, Buddhist holidays, and Bodhisattva feast days

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Buddhist

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

The full prayer text before the family Buddha altar, paying homage to the Three Jewels, stating the date and the name of the person praying, offering incense, flowers and clean water, repenting of faults and vowing to correct oneself, then dedicating merit to family, relatives, the deceased and all beings; recited for the whole ceremony.

The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.

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2 more blanks

Phần trình bạch

Phần sám hối

Phần phát nguyện tu sửa bản thân

Phần cầu nguyện cho gia đình

Phần cầu nguyện cho người đã khuất

Phần cầu nguyện rộng lớn

Phần hồi hướng và kết lễ

Other texts for Lễ Phật ở ban thờ Phật tại gia (Buddha worship at the home Buddha altar)

Collected text. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.

Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.

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