Sám văn cầu phúc thọ (Sám tán cầu an 5)

Lễ cầu an đầu năm (New Year prayer for peace and safety). From Tết Nguyên đán (Lunar New Year) to the full moon of the first lunar month; in Huế it is held in a spread-out way from the 2nd day of Tết

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Buddhist
  • Buddhist repentance text or verse (sám, kệ)

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

A prayer of repentance for blessings and longevity, recited during the whole cầu an (prayer for peace and safety) ceremony at the start of the year, honoring the Three Jewels and the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, repenting of faults and praying for increased blessings and longevity, a peaceful life, and a peaceful world.

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

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Your regional custom

Showing the version used across Vietnam.

How it differs from the common version

A six-character sám văn, praying for blessings and longevity; ends with "Nam Mô Tăng Phúc Thọ Bồ Tát Ma Ha Tát".

The common version: Prayer text to the Buddha (pagoda ceremony for cầu an (prayer for peace and safety) at the beginning of the year)

Other texts for Lễ cầu an đầu năm (New Year prayer for peace and safety)

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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