Văn khấn lễ Phật (prayer text for offering to the Buddha)

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

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Prayer text for worshipping the Buddha at the Tam Bảo hall, recited before the Buddha altar to repent of karmic obstacles and ask for protection so that the family may have minds free of affliction and bodies free of illness, and for the salvation of parents, siblings, relatives, and all sentient beings.

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

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Nhật Nguyệt articles on the rite, the custom and how to prepare.

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Sources

  • Văn khấn lễ Phật (vankhan.vn)
  • Văn khấn tại chùa ngày đầu năm Bính Ngọ 2026 (Báo Hà Tĩnh)

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

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