Daily recitation prayer of vow and repentance

Lễ sám hối (repentance ceremony). Daily, early morning or at night before sleeping; the pagoda's hồng danh sám hối (repentance of the Buddha's names) service

  • Used across Vietnam
  • Buddhist

Culture and belief A record of custom.

What this prayer says

Daily repentance prayer, recited before the Three Jewels and the Buddhas of the ten directions to acknowledge faults committed by body, speech, and mind, to pray for peace and safety for parents and relatives, and to pray for the deliverance of the spirits of ancestors of many generations and of spirits not yet reborn. Recited in the early morning or at night before sleeping.

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

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(Ghi chú: Nhớ và ghi ra những điều, dù nhỏ, dù lớn mà mình đã gây ra trong kiếp này và thành tâm sám hối)

(Ghi chú: Nếu quý vị làm lễ Sám Hối riêng, hãy đọc lại câu “Hết thảy các tội con xin chí thành quỳ nơi đây dâng lòng Sám Hối. Xin chư Phật mười phương, chư Bồ Tát và Đức Mẹ Quán Thế Âm Bồ Tát chứng minh cho lòng thành của con. (54 hoặc 108 lạy.)

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