Văn khấn (prayer text) for wealth, fortune, and peace at the Tam Bảo altar

Going to the pagoda, making offerings to the Buddha at the Tam Bảo (Three Jewels) altar. On the fifteenth day and the first day of the lunar month, on Tết holidays, at the beginning of the year, and when there is an important matter

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Folk practice

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What this prayer says

Prayer text for wealth, fortune, and peace at the Tam Bảo hall, offering incense, flowers, food offerings, and a petition to ask the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Dharma protectors to witness and protect, so that disasters are avoided, fortune and wealth arise, and the family is healthy and harmonious.

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Sources

  • Văn khấn cầu tài, cầu lộc, cầu bình an ở ban Tam Bảo (vankhan.vn)
  • Văn khấn tại chùa ngày đầu năm Bính Ngọ 2026 (Báo Hà Tĩnh)

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