Prayer text of thanksgiving for moving the Thần Tài altar
Bốc bát hương, chuyển bàn thờ (ritual of filling the incense bowl and moving the altar). When moving to a new house, replacing the altar, replacing the incense bowl, or moving the altar to another place in the house; choosing the date and time by custom
- Used across Vietnam
- Folk practice
- Closing thanks and burning of votive paper
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
Thank-offering prayer when moving the Thần Tài (God of Wealth) altar, giving thanks and asking the honored deities to permit moving the altar to an auspicious place, praying for blessings, peace, and smooth business; recited during the thank-offering and burning of votive paper.
The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.
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Other texts for Bốc bát hương, chuyển bàn thờ (ritual of filling the incense bowl and moving the altar)
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsPrayer text for installing a new incense bowl, addressed to the deities, grandparents and ancestors
- Folk practice, Address to the deitiesPrayer text for installing a new incense bowl, addressed to Thổ Công and Thổ Địa
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsPrayer text for changing to a new altar (VTC News)
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsPrayer text for moving the altar to a new house
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsPrayer text for moving the ancestors' altar to a new house (long version)
- Folk practice, Address to the ancestorsPrayer text for moving the ancestors' altar to other positions within the house
- Folk practice, Address to the deitiesPrayer text for moving the Thần Tài altar to a new house
- Buddhist, InvitationRite for taking down the incense bowl
- Buddhist, Installing the incense bowl or altar in its new placePrayer text for the rite of installing the incense bowl (without sutra chanting)
More about Bốc bát hương, chuyển bàn thờ (ritual of filling the incense bowl and moving the altar)
Nhật Nguyệt articles on the rite, the custom and how to prepare.
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Sources
- Văn khấn chuyển bàn thờ về nhà mới (docungtamlinh.com.vn)
- Văn khấn chuyển bàn thờ gia tiên (hoatieu.vn)
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