Prayer text for love at home

Lễ cầu duyên (ceremony to pray for a good match). Early in the year, first day of the lunar month, fifteenth day of the lunar month

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Folk practice

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Prayer for love and marriage recited at home, addressing the nine directions of Heaven, the ten directions of the Buddha, the Tứ Phủ (Four Palaces) and the Mother Goddesses, giving one's name, age and address, asking them to grant a meeting with a suitable partner and a marriage.

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

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How it differs from the common version

Performed at home: bow to the nine directions of Heaven, the ten directions of the Buddha, invoke the Buddhas, the Tứ Phủ công đồng (Four Palaces pantheon) and the three Mẫu; state clearly that one has not yet found a soulmate; ask the spirits to descend into the pair of mandarin ducks as a auspicious object; ends with "rập đầu bái đến trăm lạy", without "Cẩn cáo".

The common version: Prayer text for love at chùa Hà

Offerings and how the rite is done

Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Lễ cầu duyên (ceremony to pray for a good match)

Other texts for Lễ cầu duyên (ceremony to pray for a good match)

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Sources

  • Văn khấn cầu duyên, bài khấn cầu duyên (hoatieu.vn)

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

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