Văn khấn Phật khi lễ chùa (bản hoatieu.vn) (prayer text to the Buddha when making offerings at the pagoda, hoatieu.vn version)

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 to the Buddha when worshipping at a pagoda, offering incense sticks before the Đại Hùng Bảo Điện to repent and ask the Buddha, Bodhisattvas, and noble Sangha to protect the family so they may live in peace, be healthy, have smooth fortune, and to save relatives.

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

It differs from the original text in that: there is no sentence "Con lạy chín phương trời, mười phương Chư Phật" after the three recitations; the body is written continuously as prose, adding "si mê lầm lạc"; it ends with "Dãi tấm lòng thành, cúi xin bái thỉnh. Cẩn nguyện!" instead of "Chúng con lễ bạc tâm thành" and the three recitations.

The common version: Văn khấn lễ Phật (prayer text for offering to the Buddha)

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Sources

  • Bài khấn đi lễ chùa (hoatieu.vn)
  • Các bài văn khấn đi lễ chùa đầu năm (VOH, Đài Tiếng nói Nhân dân TP.HCM)

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