Prayer text for the giao thừa offering (without chanting sutras)

Cúng giao thừa trong nhà (New Year's Eve offering, indoors). 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

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Prayer text for the giao thừa (New Year's Eve) offering without sutra chanting, paying respects to the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and noble Sangha, inviting the heavenly beings, the spirits and the ancestral spirits together with the spirits with a karmic connection to witness the ceremony, presenting pure food offerings and dedicating merit for peace and safety; used for the offering at home or at an office or shop at the moment of giao thừa.

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

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(Tụng. Mõ, chuông)

(Chủ sám)

(Hạ lễ)

How it differs from the common version

Differs from the original: one text for the home, office, and shop; refers to oneself as "đệ tử"; invites the heavenly beings, the spirits, and related wandering souls; includes generating merit, a mantra, and dedication of merit.

The common version: Prayer text for the indoor giao thừa offering

Offerings and how the rite is done

Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Cúng giao thừa trong nhà (New Year's Eve offering, indoors)

Other texts for Cúng giao thừa trong nhà (New Year's Eve offering, indoors)

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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