Prayer text for the offering when a newborn is brought home and for the đầy tháng (first-month ceremony) (without chanting sutras)

Ceremony to welcome a newborn home. The day the baby is brought home from the place of birth

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Buddhist

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Prayer text read when bringing the baby home from the hospital or at the first-month ceremony, addressing the Buddhas and inviting the heavens, deities, ancestral spirits and related spirits to witness, praying for the baby's peace and dedicating merit.

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

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Your regional custom

Showing the version used across Vietnam.

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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

it includes a section on vowing to give merit, offering food to the four ranks (Thượng, Trung, Hạ, Sau), three mantras and dedication of merit. It does not pay homage to Thành hoàng, Táo quân, Thổ địa as the book template does. One text serves two occasions, choose the sentence according to whether it is bringing the baby home or the đầy tháng (first-month ceremony).

The common version: Prayer text for welcoming a newborn home

Lines that depend on the occasion

  • * Đón bé từ viện về thì đọc:: Read this sentence when performing the ceremony on the day the baby is brought home from the hospital.
  • * Đầy tháng thì đọc: gia đình chúng con thành tâm tác lễ tri ân.: Read this sentence when performing the đầy tháng (first-month ceremony).

Offerings and how the rite is done

Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Ceremony to welcome a newborn home

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Collected text. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.

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

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