Prayer text for the offering to spirits at the grave
Prayers to deities and spirits at the grave. Whenever visiting the grave: Thanh minh, year-end, death anniversary, when repairing the grave
- Used across Vietnam
- Folk practice
- At the grave
Culture and belief A record of custom.
What this prayer says
Prayer to the soul at the grave, recited at the grave. The tín chủ (the person making the offering) presents offerings before the grave, respectfully invites the soul of the relative to receive them, asks permission to repair the grave and vows to accumulate virtue and do good, praying for the dead to be liberated and the living to be at peace, and for the descendants to be blessed.
The prayer below is kept in Vietnamese, the language it is read aloud in during the rite.
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Offerings, steps and things to avoid for Prayers to deities and spirits at the grave
Other texts for Prayers to deities and spirits at the grave
- Folk practice, Address to the deitiesPrayer text to deities at the grave (for tảo mộ, repairing the grave, bốc mộ)
- Folk practice, Address to the deitiesPrayer text to the deity officials outside the cemetery
- Folk practice, Address to the deitiesPrayer text to Long Mạch, Sơn Thần and Thổ Thần (before and after moving the grave)
- Folk practice, At the gravePrayer text when visiting and repairing graves (the version "Cung duy... Cẩn cáo")
- Folk practice, Address to the deitiesPrayer text at the shrine of the spirits of the cemetery
The wording is kept exactly as published by the source. The dotted italic words are blanks for you to fill in.
Sources
- Bài khấn thần linh ngoài mộ (hoatieu.vn)
- Văn khấn vong linh ngoài trời (hoatieu.vn)
- Văn khấn Tết thanh minh (vankhan.vn)
- Văn khấn lễ vong linh ngoài mộ (tuvi.vn)
- Tiết Thanh minh, Văn khấn Tiết Thanh Minh (vankhan.vn)
Part of the open dataset Vietnamese offering prayers (văn cúng), licensed CC BY 4.0.
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