Prayer before the altar of Ông Bà

Daily chanting and bowing of Hòa Hảo Buddhist followers. Daily at home; on major holidays of the Church, there are communal prayers recited together

  • Mekong Delta
  • Hòa Hảo Buddhism
  • Address to the ancestors
  • Prayer recitation

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Prayer before the ancestors' altar of a Hòa Hảo Buddhist follower, offering incense to the Cửu Huyền Thất Tổ (Nine Generations and Seven Ancestors), asking them to witness the sincere heart, taking refuge in the Buddha, and praying for the ancestors to be reborn in the Pure Land and for descendants to be guided to stability and steadfastness in cultivation. Recited when making offerings to ancestors, holding incense and bowing 3 times, kneeling with hands clasped raised to the forehead to pray, then planting the incense, standing upright with hands clasped at the chest to continue, and bowing 4 times.

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

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This text is the version from the South.

Cầm hương xá 3 xá quì xuống chắp tay đưa lên trán nguyện:

Cấm hương rồi đứng ngay thẳng chắp tay vào ngực đọc tiếp:

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Sources

  • Sấm Giảng Quyển Sáu: Cách tu hiền và sự ăn ở của một người bổn đạo (trang của Ban Trị sự Trung ương Giáo hội Phật giáo Hòa Hảo, phatgiaohoahao.org.vn)
  • Bài cúng hằng ngày của Phật Giáo Hòa Hảo và cách cúng (hoatieu.vn)

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

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