Prayer text for the Ban Công Đồng (year-end thank-offering, VOH version)
Year-end thanksgiving ceremony at đền, chùa, đình, phủ. In the twelfth lunar month, before Tết Nguyên đán (Lunar New Year)
- Used across Vietnam
- Mother Goddess worship (Tứ Phủ)
- At the pagoda, temple or temple of literature (paired with a prayer said at home)
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
Prayer to the Ban Công Đồng (the council of deities) at the year-end thanksgiving offering, presenting incense, flowers, and fruits to the Buddhas, immortals, saints, and the patron saint of the temple, thanking them for blessing one's work with success and asking for continued support; recited at a temple (đền), pagoda, shrine (miếu), or phủ.
The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.
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How it differs from the common version
Same words as VOH's short Tứ Phủ text (tu-phu-cong-dong.02), reposted in the article on the year-end thank-offering: it has a line for the date, month, and year (the other version advises not to state the date), omits the words "lễ mặn" in the line presenting the offerings, the notes in parentheses are written more briefly, and the chant Nam mô A Di Đà Phật comes with "(3 times, 3 bows)" instead of three lines of chanting.
The common version: Short Tứ Phủ prayer text (VOH version)
Offerings and how the rite is done
Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Year-end thanksgiving ceremony at đền, chùa, đình, phủ
Other texts for Year-end thanksgiving ceremony at đền, chùa, đình, phủ
- Mother Goddess worship (Tứ Phủ), At the pagoda, temple or temple of literature (paired with a prayer said at home)Prayer text for the year-end thank-offering at đền, miếu, phủ
- Northern Vietnam, Hà NộiPrayer text for love at chùa Hà
- Folk practicePrayer text for the Tam Bảo altar (version from hoatieu.vn)
- Mother Goddess worship (Tứ Phủ)Prayer text for the Lễ Tam Toà Thánh Mẫu
- Folk practicePrayer text for Thành hoàng at Đình, Đền, Miếu
- Mother Goddess worship (Tứ Phủ)Prayer text for the Công đồng altar
The wording is kept exactly as published by the source. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.
Sources
- Lễ tạ cuối năm, cúng trả lễ như thế nào? (voh.com.vn)
Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.
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