Prayer text for the ceremony of đổ móng (pouring the foundation) and đổ mái (pouring the roof slab) (without chanting sutras)

Lễ đổ móng, đổ mái, cất nóc (foundation-pouring, roof-pouring, and roof-raising ceremonies). Before pouring the foundation; on the day of pouring the roof or placing the ridge beam on the roof

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Buddhist

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Prayer for the pouring of the foundation and the roof slab according to Buddhist ritual, without sutra chanting, in which the head of the household kneels with joined hands and speaks before the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, inviting the heavenly beings, the deities, the ancestral spirits and related spirits to witness, and dedicating merit for peace and safety for the family and for everyone, and for smooth work.

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

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(Cắm hương, quỳ, chắp tay, chủ sám bạch)

(Tụng. Mõ, chuông)

(Chủ sám)

(Hạ lễ)

How it differs from the common version

Opens with "Nam mô Phật Bổn Sư Thích Ca Mâu Ni", refers to oneself as "đệ tử"; invites the heavenly beings, the spirits, and the souls of the deceased instead of the list of Tôn thần; includes a section on arousing the mind of merit, offering food to the four ranks Thượng, Trung, Hạ, Sau, three mantras, a six-line verse, and dedication of merit; does not have the line "Con lạy chín phương Trời".

The common version: Prayer text for cất nóc (raising the roof ridge) and đổ mái (pouring the roof slab)

Offerings and how the rite is done

Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Lễ đổ móng, đổ mái, cất nóc (foundation-pouring, roof-pouring, and roof-raising ceremonies)

Other texts for Lễ đổ móng, đổ mái, cất nóc (foundation-pouring, roof-pouring, and roof-raising ceremonies)

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