Prayer for giao thừa outdoors (Buddhist version)
Cúng giao thừa ngoài trời (New Year's Eve offering, outdoors). The night of the 30th (or 29th) of the twelfth lunar month, at the shift into the hour of the Rat of the first day of Tết
- Used across Vietnam
- Buddhist
- Outdoor offering
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
Outdoor giao thừa (New Year's Eve) prayer in the Buddhist version, in which the tín chủ (the person making the offering) chants at giao thừa, bowing to the Buddha and praying for world peace, for the country to flourish, for ancestors to rely on the Buddha's power and reach a peaceful realm, and for everyone to deeply believe in cause and effect and to practice for liberation.
The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.
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Showing the version used across Vietnam.
How it differs from the common version
Keeps the five opening sentences "Giao thừa chuyển năm... Vạn tượng canh tân" of the model text, omits entirely the section of reverent bows and invitations to the Hành khiển administrators, replacing it with a lục bát verse prayer for peace and practice.
The common version: Prayer text for the giao thừa offering outdoors
Offerings and how the rite is done
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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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