Chí tâm sám hối (four-line verse)
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
- Buddhist repentance text or verse (sám, kệ)
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
Four-line verse "Sincere Repentance", recited before the Three Jewels to repent of all evil karma born of beginningless greed, anger, and delusion, arising from body, speech, and mind. Recited during the repentance service.
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
This text differs from the original: only four seven-character lines "Con xưa đã tạo bao ác nghiệp..." and one line invoking Cầu Sám Hối Bồ Tát; it is the shortest repentance text, also copied in online release-of-living-beings rituals.
The common version: Daily recitation prayer of vow and repentance
Offerings and how the rite is done
Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Lễ sám hối (repentance ceremony)
Other texts for Lễ sám hối (repentance ceremony)
- BuddhistDaily recitation prayer of vow and repentance
- BuddhistKệ sám hối ("Trước ngôi Tam Bảo con quỳ")
- BuddhistSám hối sáu căn (the section "Đệ tử chúng con chí thành sám hối")
- BuddhistRepentance prayer and repentance verse read before sleeping
- Folk practiceVăn khấn lễ Phật (prayer text for offering to the Buddha)
- Folk practiceVăn khấn Phật khi lễ chùa (bản hoatieu.vn) (prayer text to the Buddha when making offerings at the pagoda, hoatieu.vn version)
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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