Prayer text to Đức Ông at a pagoda (version from hoatieu.vn)

Offering at the Đức Ông shrine in a pagoda. When visiting a pagoda, make this offering before going up to the main hall

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Folk practice

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What this prayer says

Prayer text for the offering to Đức Ông at the pagoda, presenting offerings and purified money before the hall of Đức Ông Tu Đạt Tôn giả, the Eighteen Dragon Deities, and Già Lam Chân Tể; asking them to look upon and protect the family from illness and misfortune and to grant wealth and good fortune. Recited when visiting the pagoda, before proceeding to the main hall.

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

There is no line "Con lạy chín phương trời"; there is no line "Chúng con tâu lên Ngài Tu Đạt tôn giả từ cảnh trời cao soi xét"; the address opens with "Thiết nghĩ"; it ends with "Dãi tấm lòng thành, cúi xin bái thỉnh. Cẩn nguyện".

The common version: Prayer text for the Đức Ông offering

Offerings and how the rite is done

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The wording is kept exactly as published by the source. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.

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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