Prayer text for the indoor giao thừa offering (Buddhist version)

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
  • Indoor offering

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Prayer text for the giao thừa (New Year's Eve) offering inside the house in the Buddhist form, paying respects to the Buddhas, Dharma and Sangha of the Ten Directions together with the heavenly and earthly deities, presenting pure offerings and making offerings to the ancestors, asking for protection so that the family may be peaceful and prosperous, illness removed and disasters avoided; recited before the altar inside the house on the night of giao thừa.

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

Differs from the original: recites four names of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas instead of "Nam mô A Di Đà Phật"; pays homage to Buddhas, Dharma, and Sangha of the Ten Directions; does not pay homage to Thái Tuế or Thành hoàng; the vows concern practice and taking refuge; vegetarian offerings.

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)

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

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